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DENDROBIUM squalens. 
Dingy-coloured. Dendrobium. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDER. Jussieu gen. 61. Brown prod. 1. 300. Div. IV. 
Anthera terminalis mobilis decidua. Masse pollinis demim cereacez. 
Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 205. ‘i Or 
DENDROBIUM. Labellum ecalcaratum, articulatum cum apice pro- 
cessis unguiformis, cujus lateribus petala antica adnata, calcar emulantia. 
Masse pollinis quatuor, parallela. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 212. 
D. squalens, terrestre bulbis conicis truncatis, floribus resupinatis confertis, 
foliis lanceolatis plicatis sub-3-nervibus scapo duplo longioribus. Lind- 
le 7 
Herba terrestris bulbis conicis nudis truncatis. Folia cuique bulbo 2 v. 3 
suberecta rigida lanceolata 1-4 pedalia leto-viridia tri-plurinervia, plicata. 
Scapus rigidus erectus foliis duplo brevior basi vaginatus. Spica conferta 
8-10-flora. Bractee ovarit longitudine ovate acuminate membranacee. 
Flores majusculi, pallide rufescentes, recti (sec. autores resupinati), perianthii 
laciniis oblongis obtusis recurvis, labello carnoso canaliculato viridi lobo 
meee obtuso purpureo crassiore. Columna et cetere partes generis. Lindley 
This species of Dendrobium appears to be nearly related 
to the D. longifolium of M. Kunth, from which, however, it . 
seems to be perfectly distinct. In the latter plant the scape 
is described as being twice as long as the leaves; but in the 
species before us the scape is almost hidden by the leayes, 
than which it is at least twice as short. The D. longifolium 
is moreover a native of Popayan; while the present plant 
was found growing in woods near Rio Janeiro, whence it 
was sent to England by Mr. John Forbes, a collector in the 
service of the Horticultural Society, in 1822. 
The period of its flowering is May and June. 
Whether the Denprosia undulatum et variegatum of the 
authors of the Flora Peruviana are related to this it is 
scarcely possible to judge, with the very imperfect materials 
afforded by those botanists; but it is probable that the 
above-mentioned plants bi on a _ othe 
species among which they are placed, 
sitical sections of the genus, Lindley MSS. 
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