Refugium Botanicwn.) [ November, 1872. 
TAB, 143. 
Tribe MaLaxIDE, 
Genus DENDROBIUM, Sw. 
D. srcameratum, Lindl. Bot. Reg. xxv. 1889, Misc. 85. Walp. Ann. 
vi. 299! Pseudobulbis congestis fusiformibus, junioribus folii- 
geris, laminis cuneato-oblongis acutis apice bidentatis tenuibus, 
siccls pergamaneo-membranaceis, racemis in pseudobulbis 
adultis aphyllis lateralibus, paucifioris parvifloris, bractcis 
triangulis obtusis ovaria pedicellata equantibus, mento obtus- 
angulo, sepalo dorsali ovali fornicato subacuto, sepalis lateral:- 
bus triangulis, tepalis late ligulatis usque ovatis acutis, labello 
cuneato-dilatato trifido, laciniis lateralibus triangulis porrectis, 
lacinia media transversa ovata acuta seu retusiuscula, coluamna 
apice tridendata, basi antica usque infra foveam foveis duabus 
parallelis, carina angusta separatis, anthera gibba calva.— 
Dendrobium breviflorum, Lindl. Contrib. Orchid. of India, No. I. 
p. 14, No. 14. Flores flavidi, lineis punctisque purpureis. 
Mr. Gibson brought this Dendrobium, probably from the 
Khasya Hills, to the Duke of Devonshire’s garden, where it 
flowered as early as 1839. I have obtained it from Consul 
Schiller’s garden and from Mr. Low. My wild specimen was 
gathered in Hastern Himalaya, 2000 feet, July, Mann! I have 
scarcely any doubt left that I am fully entitled to reduce the Den- 
drobium breviflorum (Singapore? Loddiges) to the D. bicameratum. 
I explain the mistake from Dr. Lindley’s having described the 
D. bicameratum as what it is, a Stachyobwwm, and having taken 
the D. breviflorum, by an oversight, for an Hudendrobium. I must 
add that I have a strong suspicion that the apex of the lp was 
shrivelled or broken when the representation in Dr. Lindley’s 
herbarium was prepared. 
Pseudobulbs near one another, fusiform, the younger bearing 
leaves with cuneate-oblong acute bidentate thin lamine, which 
are paper-like when dried. The flowers stand on the older leafless 
pseudobulbs in lateral, small, short, few-flowered racemes. Bracts 
triangular-obtuse, as long as the stalked ovaries. Chin obtuse- 
angled. Dorsal sepal ovate subacute fornicate; lateral sepals 
triangular. Tepals broadly ligulate or ovate-acute. Lip cuneate, 
the widened part trifid; lateral lacime triangular or uncinate 
