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Dendrobium.] 
Racemes very short from middle of internode. Flowers 2, sessile 
unexpanded, yellow. Bract ovate-triangular broad dry. Ovary 
thick, -5 in. long. Sepals lanceolate twisted, laterals sub-triangular 
blunt; mentum short blunt. Petals narrow lanceolate. Lip 
much shorter, 3-lobed, side-lobes short falcate, midlobe longer 
lanceolate acute pubescent, with red mid-line. Column sub-globose 
narrowed above, arms o. Capsule elliptic, 1 in. long’ Hab. Local, 
on trees near sea coast, Singapore, Changi; Selitar. Johor. Distrib. 
Rhio. 
(24) D. gracile Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. PI. 92. D. setifolium 
Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxi. 270. 
Stems tufted slender pendulous, over 1 ft. long, with one inter¬ 
node at base swollen fusiform, 1 in. long, -5 in. thick. Leaves 
setaceous, very slender, channelled 3 in. long, sheaths 1 in. long. 
Raceme lateral very short. Flowers *75 in. wide on pedicels *86 in. 
long. Sepals lanceolate white. Petals linear white. Lip 3-lobed, 
side-lobes rather large round, white, red veined inside, midlobe ovate 
clawed, white. Column straight narrow, arms tooth-like longer 
than anthers. Hab. Rare, Singapore, Chan Chu Kang. Distrib. 
Rhio, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Siam. 
(25) D. clavator Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 255; Mat. i. 47. 
D. mellitum Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 41, p. 32. 
Stems over 1 ft. long, slender, one internode near base thickened 
fusiform, *75 in. long. Leaves terete channelled, 3 in. long, *06 in. 
through. Racemes from nude tip of stem. Bracts many. Flowers 
*75 in. wide. Upper sepal lanceolate acute, laterals wide ovate 
falcate; mentum broad curved. Petals lanceolate shorter broader 
than upper sepals, yellowish, tinted red. Lip, side-lobes oblong 
round pale red nerved, midlobe ovate blunt minutely toothed, 
disc elevate, yellowish red. Hab. Scarce. Johor, Sungei Tebrau. 
Perak, Thaiping. 
My D. mellitum is, I think, only a very dwarf form. 
(26) D. truncatum Lindl, Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 15. D. clavipes 
Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 728; Ic. PI. 2027; Ridl. Mat. i. 47. 
Stems 6 to 12 in. long, slender, one internode at base ovoid 
globose, *5 in. long, tip often nude. Leaves narrow linear, 1 to 
1-25 in. long, *12 in. wide, tip bifid. Flowers often on bare tip, 
■36 in. long, white. Bracts ovate acute, small. Sepals lanceolate 
acute, veined pink; mentum as long curved, thick. Petals lanceo¬ 
late. narrower. Lip hastate, side-lobes hardly distinct round, 
midlobe lanceolate acute, callus on disc yellow, oblong. Hab. 
Pahang, Pulau Chengei. Selangor, Batu Caves. Perak (Scorte- 
chini); Baling. (Williams). Distrib. Sumatra, Java. 
{27) D. planibulbe Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1843, Misc. 54. D. tuberi- 
ferum Hook. F.B.I. v. 728; Ic. PI. 2025; Ridl. Mat. i. 48. 
Stems 12 to 18 in. long, red, 2 intemodes dilate into an ovate 
