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DENDROBIUM, Swartz. 
Dendrobium coespitosum, n. spec. Pseudo-bulbs tufted, narrowly 
conical, from '5 to 1 in. long. Leaves linear-oblong; the apex sub- 
obtuse, minutely and obliquely emarginate, about 1*5 in. long and *25 
in. broad. Racemes terminal 1 to 2 in. long, the rachis slender, minutely 
bracteolate, 8- to 12-flowered. Sepals and petals sub-equal, narrowly 
lanceolate acute, *25 in. long, slightly spreading. Lip slightly shorter, 
fleshy obovate-oblong,decurved at the base, otherwise flat, without lateral 
lobes, the margins ciliolate near the base; disc much thickened and 
deeply 3-grooved ; mentum concave. Anther papillose ; pollinia thin. 
Sikkim: in the Naru Valley, at an elevation of 6,000 feet; in 
flower in June. 
This species belongs to the group Stachyobium and is allied to D. 
alpestre, Royle, but that species has a lip with incised-serrate lateral 
lobes, a small crisped terminal lobe, and a central bi-lamellate disc. It 
is also allied, but not so closely, to D. ericejiorum , Griff. 
Dendrobium pauciflorum, n. spec. Stems 2 to 3 feet long, as thick 
as a goose-quill, branching, and tapering towards each extremity, 
pendulous, smooth when young but slightly grooved when old. Leaves 
linear-lanceolate, obliquely and minutely emarginate at the apex 3 to 
4 in. long, and '5 to '75 in. broad. Racemes lateral about *5 in. long, 
1-4-flowered ; flower-bract ovate, blunt 'I in. long. Flowei's '75 in. 
long. Lateral sepals ovate ; the dorsal narrower, blunt. Petals ovate- 
lanceolate, ciliolate. Lip *5 in. long, oblong, clawed : basal lobes 
narrow, directed forwards, fringed, the part betAveen these lobes much 
thickened and bearing on its surface 3 raised lines ; terminal lobe flat, 
hispid with no central thickening or lines; mentum with a large 
nectar-secreting chamber, its upper (posterior) portion partially 
covered by the wings from the sides of the column. 
Sikkim above Engo, at an elevation of about 4,000 feet; in flower 
in June. 
The flowers are of a golden yellow colour, the sepals and petals 
being broadly margined with crimson. The apical lobe of the lip is 
spotted with red. Its nearest ally is probably D. sphegidoglossum, 
Reichb. fil. The position of the basal lobes of the lip is so far forward 
that they are really not basal but lateral. 
BULBOPHYLLUM, Thouars. 
Bulbophyllum cornu-cervi, n. spec. Pseudo-bulbs globular, touch¬ 
ing, only Y in. in diam. Leaf coriaceous, sub-sessile elliptic or elliptic- 
rotund tapering slightly to the base, 1 to 1*5 in. long and '6 to '8 in. 
broad. Raceme 1*4 to 1 *75 in. long, on a sub-erect stalk rather longer 
