back of the anther, and by means of which it is fixed to the top of the 
back of the column: within, it contains 2 cells, each furnished with an 
elevated line,-or imperfect septum, and each containing 2 pollen-masses 
of an ovate form, and double, or formed of 2 portions, yellow, waxy. 
Stigma in front of the column, just below the anther. Germen very long, 
slender, slightly twisted, resembling a pedicel. . 
Well, indeed, might Dr Carry, who introduced this plant 
to our gardens, say, that “ it is one of the most beautiful ve- 
getables in the world,” when we consider, that its numerously 
ramified stems, which, in their native country, attain a length 
of 6 feet, are covered with a mass of blossoms, of such loveli- 
ness, as the annexed figure can convey a very imperfect idea. 
It thrives, however, well in our gardens, treated in the same 
manner as the more common parasitic Orchidee ; and the 
specimen from which the reduced sketch (kindly communi- 
cated, as well as living plants, by Mr H. SHepHerp,) was 
taken, had reached the length of 14 inches, and had 16 flowers 
upon it, all expanded at the same time. _ i 
A very accurate delineation of this species exists among © 
the drawings belonging to the East India Company sent over 
by Dr Roxpureu, and which I had the opportunity of seeing | 
when in the possession of Sir JosepH BANKS some years ago; 
and a slight sketch taken from which, is now lying before me. 
It there stands under the name of Dendrobium Pierardi, ha- 
ving been discovered by M. Pierarp upon trees in the Delta 
of the Ganges. | 
A plant, very nearly allied to the present one, 1s figured both 
in the Botanical Register (No. 548.), and Botanical Magazine | 
(No. 2242.), under the name of D. cucullatum, but it is infe- 
rior to the D. Pierardi, both in the size and heauty of its 
flowers, which also grow opposite to the leaves, and have a la- 
bellum of a very different shape. The stem, the figure of the 
leaves, and general structure of the inflorescence, are remark- 
ably similar. 
It blossoms in the month of April in the stove of the Li- 
verpool Garden. A fine young plant which we have in the 
Glasgow Botanic Garden has not yet produced flowers. 
Fig. 1. Portion of a plant, reduced to half the natural size, from a sketch of — 
Mr H. Sueruerp. Fig. 2. Two of the flowers, nat. size. Fig. 3. 
Back view of a flower cut off from the top of the germen. Fig. 4. Front 
view of a flower, the lip being cut away. Fig. 5. Front view of the 
column of fructification. Fig. 6. Back view of ditto. Fig. 7. Back 
view of a column, the Anther-case having sprung from the summit, 
but remaining attached to its filament; the Pollen-masses, Fig. 8. 
being discharged,—all from Fig. 3. more or less magnified. Fig. 9. 
Leaf, nat. size. 
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