NAT. ORDER. 
Orchidacecs. 
DENDROBIUM FIMBRIATUM. FRINGED DENDR0B1U2,1 
Class XX. Gynandria. Order I. Monandria. 
Gen. Char. Sejjals, membranaceous, erect, spreading. Petals, 
large, membranaceous. Lip, articulated, sessile, three lobed. 
Anthers, two celled. Leaves, plain and veined. Flowers, soli- 
tary. 
Spe. Char. Stems, terete, pendulous. Leaves, ovate-lanceolate. 
Racemes, lateral, many flowered. Sepals, oblong, undulated and 
spreading. Petals, larger, undulated, ciliated. Lip, undivided, 
hooded and fringed. 
The stem of this most beautiful plant rises from two to three 
feet in height ; the sepals which stand erect are membranaceous 
and spreading, the lateral ones larger, oblique, and connate with 
the lengthened base of the column ; the petals are frequently larger 
than the upper sepal, sometimes smaller, always- membranaceous ; 
the lip articulated or cornate with the foot of the column, always 
sessile, undivided or three lobed, most commonly membranaceous, 
sometimes appendiculate ; the column is Semite re te, with a length- 
ened base ; the anthers are two celled ; pollen-jnasses, four, collat- 
eral, in pairs ; epiphytic plants, sometimes caulescent, sometimes 
with a creeping rhizoma, bearing pseudo buds ; the leaves are 
plain and most commonly veined, ovate-lanceolate, striated and bi- 
farious; the Jloioers are solitary, fasciculated or racemose, hand- 
some ; the Hp is convolute, with a broad, spreading limb of an in- 
tense beautiful golden color. 
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