DENDROBIUM KINGIANUM. 
" (Captain King’s Dendrobi-um.) 
Class. Order. 
GYNANDRIA. MONANDRIA. 
^Natural Order' 
OR CHID ACE A3. 
Generic Character.— ySsjoa^smembranaceous, erect, 
■ spreading ; lateral ones largest, connate with the 
lumnat the base. Petals often much larger than 
e sepals, sometimes smaller, always membranaceous. 
nbelltm jointed or connate with the foot of the 
lumn, always sessile, undivided or three-lobed, corn- 
only membranaceous, sometimes appendiculate. 
•)lumn semi-cylindrical, much prolonged at the base. 
nthers two-celled. Pollen-masses four. 
Specific Character. — Plant an epiphyte. Pseudo- 
bulbs ovate at base, extending into a long neck, with 
two or three leaves at the apex. Leaves elliptic-oblong, 
emarginate. Peduncles terminal, four or five-flowered, 
rather longer than the leaves. Sepals ovate, acute. 
Petals obovate, acute, smaller than the sepals. Lip 
three-lobed, pubescent ; lateral segments acute ; in- 
termediate one a little longer, with an acute 
I point at the end, and two lateral angles somewhat 
I rounded ; surface with three elevated lines along the 
1 middle. 
I Besides the large flowering species of Dendrobia, which we have chiefly 
'lected for our previous illustrations of the genus, there remain a vast number of 
jecies with much smaller blossoms, and which are hence less gorgeous and striking 
their appearance. Many of these, nevertheless, are scarcely less charming than 
eir more gaudy congeners, and will bear an equally attentive inspection. From 
nong them we have chosen the present, partly on account of the interest which 
invariably attached to anything novel, but more for its own intrinsic loveliness. 
For its introduction we are indebted to Mr. Bid will, who obtained specimens 
^^0 or three years ago in New Holland. A large mass of the pseudo-bulbs were 
irchased at the sale of that gentleman's collection, by the Messrs. Loddiges, of 
ackney, in whose nursery a few flowers were produced in 1844. In February 
the present year, the character and beauty of the species were more fully 
:^5'ealed, by a copious display of blossom, and through the additional vigour and 
alth which the plants had acquired since the former period ; and being favoured 
th the permission of Messrs. Loddiges, we accordingly had the accompanying 
1 ure prepared. 
In this species we are presented with the same character which has been pre- 
’msly noticed in other New Holland kinds, of a pseudo-bulbous stem, crowned 
jth a few leathery leaves, and elongating in the form of a spike of flowers; a 
fniliar instance of which is afforded in D. speciosum. Our plant, however, is by 
i means possessed of the huge size and stoutness for which D. speciosum is 
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