Dendrobium]. cxxxvi. orchIde^e. 35 
long, -5 in. wide. Flowers 1 or 2 from terminal tuft of bracts; 
pedicels *5 in. long. Upper sepal ovate-lanceolate, laterals ovate; 
mentum blunt curved, -25 in. long. Petals narrower linear all 
pale straw colour or veined with red. Lip oblong entire yellow 
with red edges or red veined, tip dilate toothed with round orange 
callus in centre. Hab. Common on orchard trees. Singapore; 
Kranji; Selifar. Johor, Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall); Batu Pahat. 
Pahang, Pekan. Selangor, Kajang. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Kupa- 
yiang (Cantley). Perak, Thaiping (Curtis); Temengoh. Penang 
Pulau Tikus (Curtis); Tringganu (Rostados). Kelantan, Kwala 
Aring (Yapp), stems 3 in. long. Distrib. Burma, Borneo. Native 
name : Sakat Kalumbai. Use : As a drug in dropsy. 
(2) D. serra Lindl. Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 3; Ridl. Mat. i. 38. 
Aporum micranthum Griff. Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. 376. 
Stems tufted, flattened occasionally branched, 6 to 24 in. long, 
base covered with leaves, tip with sheaths only. Leaves distichous 
ovate acute laterally flattened articulate at base, 75 in. long, 
■25 in. wide, green or red. Racemes from the leafless part, rarely 
below, covered with copious brown bracts. Flowers -12 in. wide, 
pure white. Sepals ovate-lanceolate recurved; mentum long, 
narrow blunt. Petals linear. Lip linear-oblong tip of 2 parallel 
blunt linear lobes with a small forked callus at their base. Column 
rather long. Capsule pear-shaped, *25 in. long. Hab. Common 
in woods on trees, Singapore (Wallich). Changi, etc. Johor, 
Batu Pahat. Pahang, Pekan. Perak, Ulu Temengoh. Distrib. 
Borneo, Java. 
(3) D. rhodostele Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. ii. vol. iii. 
360; Mat. i. 38. 
Stem 12 to 15 in. long, like that of D. serra. Leaves lanceolate 
or ovate-lanceolate acute, 75 to 1 in. long, *25 in. wide. Flowers 
very small, white. Sepals ovate blunt; mentum short broad 
blunt. Petals linear acute. Lip linear-oblong, midlobe bilobed 
rounded broader. Column rather larger than in D. serra, pink. 
Pollinia narrow linear. Capsule pear-shaped, -25 in. long. Hab. 
Rare. Pahang, Tahan valley (Ridley). 
(4) D. rosellum Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxi. 168; Mat. i. 39. 
Habit of the two preceding. Stems branched, over 1 ft. 
long. Leaves ovate acute rather distant, -5 to 75 in. long, 75 in. 
wide. Flowers pink, 75 in. wide. Upper sepals ovate, laterals 
wider, mentum long straight, tip thicker. Petals small ovate- 
lanceolate. Lip long narrow, side-lobes very short, midlobe obovate 
with oblong grooved callus at base yellow, tip bilobed, lobes broad 
round. Column rather long. Hab. Rare, Johor, Gunong Pantai 
(Ridley). Distrib. Borneo, common. 
(5) D. eulophotum Lindl. Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 5; Ridl. Mat. i. 39. 
Stems 4 to 16 in. tall, leafy to top. Leaves lanceolate acute, 
*5 to 1 in. long, *12 in. wide; sheaths -5 in. long. Racemes axillary, 
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