y® MALAXIDE^.
solitai-y or two or tliree together from very short uiim^tely bracteate peduncles which
proceed from the slightly swollen nodes of the leafless stems, rose-coloured or pale
purple, the lip yellow with purple radiating lines at the base. Sf-pals subequal, oblonglanceolate,
subacute. Peíais as long as the sepals but much broader, elliptic, blunt.
Up suborbicular (when spread out), without side lobes, the claw very short; edges
shortly ciliate on the anterior half; posterior portion convolute, upper surface pubescent.
Column and its foot about equal in length, the latter with a nectary at its extremity.
Anlher with a curved erose lip. Capsule 5 cm. long, clavate. Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii, 48;i;
Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 79; in J3ot. Reg. t. 1756; Wall. Cat. 2007 ; Bot.
Mag. t. 2584; Wight Ic. t. 90S; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 750; Veiteh i\ian. Dendrob. 69;
Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. v, 738; Kiug & Pantl. in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard, Calc. viii, ól,
plate 72.
Eastern parts of Dehra Dun, in forests by the banks of tlie Song river, Gamble
and Mackimon ; flowering in May. Extends to Nepal, Sikkini and C]iina;it is also found
in Assam, in Bengal, and southwards to Tenasserim and S. India.
6. PENDROBIUM AM02NU.M Wall, in Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orch. 78 (exl. syn. D.
aphyllam).
Stenvi slender, pendulous, up to 7'5 dm. long, slightly tbickeued at the nodes.
Leaves 6-5 to 10 cm. long, oblong-lanceolate with an obliquely acute apex. Flowers
about 3'5 cm. across, 2 or 3 from very short bracteate peduncles springing from the
nodes of leafless stems. Sepals oblong-lane col ate, obtuse or acute. Petals larger, ovate.
Lip equalling the sepals, oblong-obovate (when spread out), shortly clawed ; side lobes
broad, rounded, convolute; terminal lobe orbicular with undulate edges, disk villous.
C o t e « broad at the apex; nectary large, its upjjer margin arose, and its lower with
two calH, the centre occupied by a thickened line. Anther minutely papillose, Lindl.
in Bot. Reg. 1844, 49; Journ. Linn. Soc, iii, 12; Bot. Mag. t. 6199; Reichb. f, in
Gard. Chron. J875, i, 305, figs. 57 and 53; 1881, ii, 6¿5, fig. 126; Veiteh Man.
Dendrob. 17; Hook. f. Fl. Br, Ind. v, 738; King & Pantl. in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard,
Calc. TÜi, 49, plate, 69. D. Tnesochlorum Lindl. in Bot. Keg. 1847, under t. 36; Paxt.
Fl, Gard. i, 63, fig. 43. D. Egerionice Lindl. I . e . ; Paxt. 1. c., fig. 44.
Dehra Diin, Gamble; southern slopes of Mussoorie hills up to 5,000 feet. Falconer
Mackinnon; Garhwál, Didhie Nos. 25842 to 25848; Kumaon, Col. Davidson. Usually
on trees May and .June. It extends eastwards to Sikkim, Bhutan, Sylhet and
Burma.
The fiowers of tide beautiful species are violet-scented. The sepals and petals are -wtiite tipped
with violet, the lip is white tinged with yellow and has a pm'ple sjiot near the apes, and the lower
portion of the column and the mentum are violet-eolured.
7 . DESDROBIUU TKAS5PAREN8 W a l l . C a t . 2008-1.
Stems slender, erect, 3—6 dm. long, slightly thickened at the codes. Leaves linearlanceolate,
7*5 to 10 cm. long and up to 1-3 cm. broad, the apex oblique and acute.
Flowen about 3*5 cm. across, in pairs from the nodes of the leafless stexai-, floral bract
DENDIiOBIUlI. gg
broadly lanceolato, scanous, much shorter than the stalked ovary. iSepals submuai
lanceolate, acute. Peíais about as long as the sepals, but ovate and not so acute Lil
as long as the sepals, broadly elliptic-obovate (when spread out), clawod; side lobes
broad, erose, convolute, terminal suborbicular, undulate; the upper surface pubescent
Column with two horn-like processes at the apex, the foot narrowed and with a small
nectar-secreting cavity at its apex. Menttm short, conical, obtuse. Lindl Gon and
Spec. Orci,. 79; Bot. Reg. 1844, Misc. 62; in Journ. Lin^. Soc. iii, 12 Bot Ma '
. 4663; Paxt. FI. Gard. i. 134, t. 27; Veiteh Man. Dendrob. 81 ; ' Hoo'k. f Fl
Ind. V, 738; King & Pantl. in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc. viii 50 plate' 7^'
D. ^HcnshaUi Reichb. f. in Bonpiandia iii, 926. Bendroh. Grifi. N o t u l / l 9 8 , No. 1Ì35,
Kumaon, near Naini Tál, up to :5,00u feet ; flowering in May. It extends eastward«
to Nepal, Sikki,n and the Khasia Hills. ^ eastward.
lines ^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^ P-ple
8. DENDROBIUSI GAMBLEI Kinn- & P a n t ] in A « T.
ct i a n t l . m Joupn. As. hoc, Bcng. Ixvi, part 2, S84
a ™ pendulous, slender, 3-6 dm. long, with short scarions sherfks at H„ „ '
sessJe, .3-8 cm. long and 1 to 3-5 cm. broad s u b f a l c a t e i r o , , 1
snbaouminate, thick, caducous, veins obscure. ^oS " t l p" r t T
node, or the leafless .terns; „.y small, lancoolL, . c u m C e « „ t"
1-» cm across, .„odorous. S^pal, and pefak about equal, lanceolate, acumtato ! h'
r e f l e « d tips, pale greenish-yellow, .i-nerved. Lip 1-9 cm Ion» convo „t„ 7
entire length, the edges fimbriate-serrate except t L r d s the Z a T a t the ' v eS
sub,uadrate when flattened out, blunt at the ape. and narrowing into a . „ ; 7 c , a T :;
he base; upper surface with a broad grooved thickened band frotn b i T ,
base. « « i » c l o n g S e , s i ! / „ " C and " / 7 f °™'=-'acerate nectary af it
its lip dentieulate. ' ° ^ "" fPiH-se outside,
Dehra Dun, Gamble, Mackinnon (Duthie's Nos i
= to August. It has been found a L ou t L ^ K i g S t y t . pIIL"
June
.1» mmbr.noiii, and tie flower, ore somted. ' ""^uis, the le™.
I'LATE 99. Dendrobium Gambloi Kim & P„„n—k . ,
side view of single flower' 2 side vie , v " f , Phot,-»/ natural 1,
ovary attached; =, front v » rf „1° „ " ' . J ' " ' ' ' " " « " « " " o i I » h m u with
- a e r ; 8, pollinia;
9. DENDEOBIOM oiiEHDATOM Liudl. in Paxt. PI. Gard. i 63 fig 45
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