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CXXXVI. 0RCHIDE2E. 
[. Dendrobium . 
Racemes -5 in. long. Flowers 2 to 8, rosy pink, 75 in. wide; 
pedicel and ovary -5 in. long. Sepals ovate sub-acute; mentum 
short broad, round. Petals lanceolate, much smaller. Lip -25 in. 
long, claw very short, sub-hemispheric, sides enclosing column, tip 
beak-shaped, a large bearded callus at base. Column short pubes¬ 
cent. Anther purple papillose. Hab. On trees usually by streams, 
local, Johor, Pulau Tiuman (Nanson); Batu Pahat. Perak, Batang 
Padang (Curtis); Ulu Temengoh; Teluk Anson (Williams). Dis- 
trib. China. 
(42) D. lamellatum Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. PI. 89. D. 
compressum Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1844, t. 53. 
Stems 2 to 4 in. tall of 4 or 5 flexuous internodes fusiform with 
a narrow base, thin and flat, 1 to 1-5 in. wide, green. Leaves 2 
to 3, ovate sub-acute on the tip of young stems 2 to 3 in. long, 
1 in. wide. Flowers few in short racemes from upper nodes of 
leafless stems. Ovary and pedicel *5 in. long. Flowers 1 in. long, 
cream colour turning ochre. Sepals ovate broad; mentum long 
flattened blunt. Petals obovate blunt. Lip shorter obcuneate, 
tip broad round fimbriate, white, a central orange bar of 5 low 
keels. Hab. Widely scattered but never common, Singapore, 
Changi; Jurong. Johor, Batu Pahat. Pahang, Kwantan (Durn- 
ford). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur (Curtis). Negri Sembilan, Siliau 
(Williams). Perak (Scortechini). Distrib. Tenasserim, Borneo, 
Java. 
(43) D. secundum Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. PI. 81; Bot. 
Mag. i. 4352; Exot. FI. t. 269; Bot. Reg. t. 1291. 
Stems stout terete, 3 ft. long, -25 in. through. Leaves elliptic 
oblong or linear-oblong blunt, 4 in. long, 1-25 in. wide. Racemes 
4 to 6 in. long on old stems; peduncles -5 in. long. Bracts ovate 
acute persistent. Flowers very numerous, crowded secund, -5 in. 
long, rose-pink rarely white. Sepals small ovate acute; mentum 
twice as long, curved, tip dilate. Petals smaller, blunt. Lip linear- 
spathulate, entire, tip orange. Hab. Singapore, Long Island (Nan- 
son). Johor. Pahang, Pekan. Negri Sembilan, Seremban (Dr. 
Braddon). Penang (Wallich). Perlis, Ginting Kabok. Lankawi, 
Dayong Bunting and Burau (Robinson). Dislrib. Burma, Cochin 
China, Malay isles to Philippines. 
(44) D. cornutum Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 720; Ic. PI. 2029; Ridl. 
Mat. i. 51. 
Stems slender, 12 to 18 in. long. Leaves narrow linear-lanceo¬ 
late acuminate, 3 to 4 in. long, *25 to *5 in. wide. Racemes short, 
few-flow r ered. Flowers 1 in. long, bright mauve pink. Sepals 
oblong blunt; mentum curved blunt, twice as long as sepals. 
Petals smaller, elliptic-oblanceolate blunt. Lip spathulate, claw 
long, callus small at base. Hab. On trees on high mountains, 
Pahang, Gunong Tahan (plentiful); Kluang Terbang (Barnes). 
Selangor, Gunong Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson). Perak, Gunong 
