back of the anther, and by means of which it is fixed to the top of the 
back of the cokimn : within, it contains 2 cells, each furnished with an 
elevated line, or imperfect septum, and each containing 2 pollen-masses 
of an ovate form, and double, or formed of 2 portions, yellow, waxy. 
Stigma in front of the column, just below the anther. Germen very long, 
slender, slightly twisted, resembling a pedicel. 
Well, indeed, might Dr Carey, who introduced this plant 
to our gardens, say, that " it is one of the most beautiful ve- 
getables in the world," when we consider, that its numerously 
ramified stems, which, in their native country, attain a length 
of 6 feet, are covered with a mass of blossoms, of such loveli- 
ness, as the annexed figure can convey a very imperfect idea. 
It thrives, however, well in our gardens, treated in the same 
manner as the more common parasitic Orchidece ; and the 
specimen from which the reduced sketch (kindly communi- 
cated, as well as living plants, by Mr H. Shepherd,) was 
taken, had reached the length of 14 inches, and had 16 flowers 
upon it, all expanded at the same time. 
A very accurate delineation of this species exists among 
the drawings belonging to the East India Company sent over 
by Dr Hoxburgh, and which I had the opportunity of seeing 
when in the possession of Sir Joseph Banks some years ago ; 
and a slight sketch taken from which, is now lying before me. 
It there stands under the name of Dendrobium Pierardi, ha- 
ving been discovered by M. Pierard upon trees in the Delta 
of the Ganges. 
A plant, very nearly allied to the present one, is figured both 
in the Botanical Register (No. 548.), and Botanical Magazine 
(No. 2242.), under the name of U. cucuUatum, but it is infe- 
rior to the T). Pierardi, both in the size and beauty of its 
flowers, which also grow opposite to the leaves, and have a la- 
bellum of a very different shape. The stem, the figure of the 
leaves, and general structure of the inflorescence, are remark- 
ably similar. 
It blossoms in the month of April in the stove of the Li- 
verpool Garden. A fine young plant which we have in the 
Glasgow Botanic Garden has not yet produced flowers. 
Fig. 1. Portion of a plant, reduced to half the natural size, from a sketch of 
Mr H. Shepherd. Fig. 2. Two of the flowers, nat. size. Fig. 3. 
Back view of a flower cut off from the top of the germen. Fig. 4. Front 
view of a flower, the lip being cut away. Fig. 5. Front view of the 
column of fructification. Fig. 6. Back view of ditto. Fig. 7. Back 
view of a column, the Anther-case having sprung from the summit, 
but remaining attached to its filament; the Pollen-masses, Fig. 8. 
being discharged,— -a// from Fig. 3. more or kss inagnijied. Fig. 9. 
Leaf, nat. size. 
