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DENDROBIUM riMBRIATUM. 
Fringed Dendrobiim. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA— Nat- Ord. ORCHIDEJE, 
Gen. Char — Labellum ecalcaratunij articulatum cura apice processus ungui- 
formis, cujus lateribus petala antica adnata^ calcar aemulantia. Masses 
poUinis 4, parallelae. — Br. 
"Dendrobium fimbriatum ; caulibus erectis fertilibus aphyllis, foliis lan- 
ceolatis striatis, racerais multifloris, labello iiuliylso oblique campa- 
nulato fimbriato, perianthii foliolis tribus extcrioribus basi obtuse 
calcaratis. 
Roots consisting of numerous, large, white, simple and fleshy fibres. Stem^ 
a foot or a foot and a half in length, about half an inch in diameter at the 
base, terete, tapering gradually towards the extremity, which is not a 
quarter of an inch in breadth ; zig-zag, jointed, the whole of the fertile 
stems, and the lower parts of the sterile ones striated with the membra- 
naceous sheathing remains of the bases of former years' leaves. The leaves 
themselves are confined to the upper extremity of the sterile branches, 
four or five inches long, lanceolate, alternate, striated, sheathing at the 
base. 
Raceme drooping, five or six inches in length, consisting of about six large and 
very beautiful ^wer*, which are entirely of a rich fulvous or tawny co- 
lor. The three exterior segments of the perianth are the smallest, about 
an inch long, ovate, spreading, their margins entire, and, as well as the 
extremities, more or less rolled back, united at the base, and prolonged 
into a very obtuse ascending spur; the two inner segments broadly ovate, 
very obtuse, somewhat undulated, the margins more or less recurved, 
and minutely ciliated : t-ip large, pendent, obliquely campanulate, the 
base scarcely forming a tube, the mouth very much spreading, and 
ijoost beautifully fimbriated at the margin, the base running down into 
the spur behind. Germen pedicelliform, slightly swollen upwards, and 
furrowed, not twisted. Column of fructijication yellow, very short. Stig" 
ma large, square. Anther yellow, large, forming a sort of operculum on 
the summit of the column, and attached, by means of a filament near its 
summit at the back, to the top of the back part of the column ; two- 
celled ; and containing two pollen'masses, each of which is oblong, yeU 
low, waxy, divided by a longitudinal line. 
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