[Plate 47.] 



THE TRANSPARENT DENDROBE. 



(dendrobium transparens.) 

 A Stove Epiphyte fro in Northern Hindostan, belonging to the Natural Order of Orchids. 



Specific Character. 



THE TBANSP ABENT DENDROBE (True De^drobes). — Stems erect, tapering, smooth. Leaves ovate -lanceolate, 

 acuminate, oblique at the point. Flowers in pairs or threes. Sepals linear-oblong ; petals broader, blunt. Lip 

 acute, oblong, downy, with the sides erect and rolled inwards. 



Dendrobium transparens: Wallieh, Catalogue, No. 2038 : Lindley, Genera and Species Orchid., p. 79. 



ONE of the most delicate and beautiful of a delicate and beautiful genus. It was first 

 made known by Dr. Wallich, whose collectors found it in Nepaul ; and from very 

 imperfect specimens it was incorrectly described in the Genera and Species of Orchidaceous 

 plants as a pendulous species, with the habit of the Pierard Dendrobe. It was introduced 

 by Messrs. Veitch and Co., for whom it was collected by Mr. Thomas Lobb at a place called 

 Myrong, on the Garrow Hills, at an elevation of 5,300 feet. This Myrong, or Myrung, seems 

 to be a wood abounding in plants ; for in Griffith's " Itinerary Notes/' thirty -four species are 

 named as having been uncommon enough to be gathered by him, and among them are eleven 

 Orchids, of which this Dendrobe was probably his No. 1013, growing on rocks and trees ; at 

 least, we find it among his Khasija plants. From the nature of the vegetation associated 

 with it we may infer that it is by no means a tender kind. 



It is readily known among its race by its short erect stems, obliquely emarginate leaves, 

 and wide spreading pinkish flowers stained with crimson in the middle of the lip, and as 

 transparent as anything vegetable well can be. It flowers most abundantly, and must be 

 regarded as a great acquisition. 



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