12 ANNALS OF EOYAL BOTANIC G-ARDEN, CALCUTTA.
P L A T E IS.
DEXDROBIÜJI [Eudenclrobium) NUTAXS. Lindi.
D. nutans \ caulibas ccespitosis inferoo atteouatis, superno crassiusculis foliosis, internodis
profunde sulcatis, foliis breviusculis lineari-oblongis lanceolatisve acutia obtusis v.
sub-bilobis pubcscentibus, racerais brcvibns asillaribus paueifloris, pedúnculo brevi basi
vagiiiato, floribus nutantibus flavis, sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis, mento conico
sepalis diniidio breviore, labello sepalis fcquilongo lineari-lanceolato lobis lateralibus
parvis rotuüdatis, epichilio bypocliilio ieqmlongo concavo acuto marginibus undulatis
i n c u m s , disco 5-nervi, columua Icngiuscula. Lindi. Gen. and 8p. Orchid. 90 ei in Boi.
Beg. 18IL, Misc. 52. Tkvaites Enum. Fl. Zeyl. 298 (esci. syn. Jerdonianum), Ilook.
f , Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 734. D. villosulum, Lindi. Gen. and Sp. Orchid. 86, in part.
IIAB.—CEYLON ; in the Central Province, alt. 4—6,000 ft., Macrai, Sfc. NILGHIKI
HILLS, at Ootacauiund. {Ic. in Merh. Fiori. Calcittta).
Stem tufted, 6—10 in., sometimes rather swollen towards the middle, but hardly
davate. Leaves 2 — b y ^—^ in., spreading and recurved, rather coriaceous. Raceme 2—4-
fld.; peduncle j in., leaf-opposed; pedicel with ovary f in.; bracts minute; flower | in.
long, naiTow. Column ratlser long for the genus. Capsulo sab-clavate, f in. long.
lindley describes the peduncles as subtenninal, and the flowers as white tinged with green, probably
from a cultivated specimen ; but in an e3:cellent drawing made by Mrs. Walker in Coylon, they
fire, as represented here, of a pale rather bu3 yellow. Thwaites lias referred to this the Peninsular
D, Jerdonianum, Wight (Ic. t. 1614), and no doubt thg species are nearly allied, if not varieties of
one; but in that the stems are much more robust, the leaves deeply acutely cleft at Ihe broad apes,
and the flowers larger. The drawing here reproduced is inscribed "D. Jerdonianum, Wight, Ootacamund,
^ in., lid. in H. B. C. Feb. 1863, T. A." The length of the column is remarkable, as noticed
under J), pachijglosium (Plate XII),
Pig. 1, flower; 2, the same \ritli ihe sepals nnd petals removed; 3, lip; i, iDtlier; 6, pollinia; G, capsule
7, tbe same cut transTerscly o'i but fi^s. 6 and 7 enlarged.
P L A T E 19.
DENDROBIOM {Eiidendrohium) CANDIDUM, Wall.
D. candidum ; caulibus ccespitosis gracilibus erectis basi attenuatis, foliis lanccolatis
acuti s, floribus in cauUbus aphyllis breviter racemosis albis, pedunculo brevi vaginato,
bracteis majusculis ovatis concavis, sepaHs petalisque lineari-oblongis obtusis, mento brevi
rotundato, labello sepalis breviore ovato-lanceolato obtuso basi cuneato lobis lateralibus
aiigustis rotundatis, disco barbato callo elongato instmcto, Wail, in Lindi. Boi, Reg. 1838,
m e . n. 54; Foxt. Fl Gard, i. 63, / . 41; Hook. f . Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 735.
UA^B.—TROPICAL and SUB-TROPICAL HIMALAYA, from Kumaon, alt. 3,000 ft., to Sikkim,
ascending to alt. 7,000 ft., and Bhutan. KHASIA HILLS, Gibson.
Stems tufted on a short stout creeping rhizome; internodes 1—H in-i striate; leafless
stems with loii^ fibroiis roraains of the leaf-sheatha at the nodes. Leaves 3—5 by ^ in.^
spreading and recurved. Racemes at the nodes; peduncle -J-—f- in., rather stout; alieaths
A CENTURY OF INDIAN ORCHIDS ; (J. D. HOOKER), 1<5
short; bracts ^ in.; pedicels with ovary -| in.; flower 1—1^ in. across the spreading
subfalcate lateral sepals, very fragrant, pui-e white. Lip yellowish towards the base.
A beautiful species and very fragrant. I have seen no Khosian specimens; hut the drawing
here reproduced is inscribed "D. candidum, WaU., Mr. Gibson's collections; grows erect like D.
nobile." Mr. Gibson was a collector in the Khasia, sent out by the Duke of Devonshire about the
year 1834, and who, according to Lindley (Bot. Eeg,), discovered D. candidum at Nungklow in the
Khasia hills.
Pig. 1, flower with the pcriontk segments detached; 2, lip; 3, itnlher; 4, poUinia:—of/ tnlarg^l.
P L A T E 20.
DENDEOBIUM [EudendroUum) STUPOSUIF, Lindl.
D. siuposutn-, caulibus elongatis sulcatis, foliis lineari-oblongis lanceolatisve acutis,
floribus paucis in caulibus aphyllis racemosis albis, pedunculo gracili vaginato, sepalis
oblongis acutis lateralibus carinatis, petalis late oblongis acutis erosis, mento brevi rotundato,
labello obovato-oblongo v. sub-cuneato villoso et glanduloso-ciliato lobis lateralibus
brevibus tcrminali rotundato. Lindl Bot. Reg. 1838, Misc. 62 et 1844, Misc. 52,
Hook. /. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 186. D. sphegidoglossum, Eeichh. / . in Bonplandia ii. 58;
Hook. f . I c., V. 737.
HAD.—KHASIA HILLS, alt. 3—5,000 ft. {le. in Hart. Calcutta.). TENASSEEIM, Parish.
Stems tufted, 6—12 in., internodes 1—\\ in. Leaves 3—4 by f inch, rather thin.
Bacemes at the nodes. Fcdunch slender, in., with short scattered green sheaths; bracts
linear-oblong, obtuFe, green; pedicel with ovary ^—^ in.; flowers i in. long. Lip
nearly as long as the sepals, concave, not recurved, white with red veins and a yellow
tramsverse band.
The specimen figiu'ed, which is inscribed "introduced from the Khasia Hills in 1867, fld. on
1st June 1868," differs from the description in tlie Flora of British India in the smallness of the
lateral lobes of the lip, or rather in the greater breadth of the terminal lobe, and in wanting the red
veins and yellow band wHch are represented in a drawing of the Tenasserim plant by Mr. Parish-
That the drawing cannot be altogether relied upon is evinced by the sepals and petals being
represented as acuminate in the flowers of the natural size, and with rounded tips in the enlarged
figures 1 and 2; the latter being the more correct. By inadvertence I have in the Flora of British
India (r. 737) adopted Keichenbach's later name of sp/icgidoglossuw, which is corrected at p. 186
of Vol. YI.
Fig. 1, ilo\rcri 2, Ihc same with one sepal and petal remoTed; S, lateral sepal; 4, lip:—a/i n r hss enlarged.-
P L A T E 21.
DENDEOBIUM (Etcdendrobitm) AURANTIACUM, Reichl. f.
D. aurantiacwn ; caulibus cccspitosis elongatis sulcatis, internodiis elongatis, foliis
paucis lineari-oblongis apice emarginatis, floribus in caulibus aphyllis amplis aurantiacis
V. aureis solitariis v. binis apicem versus pediinculi validi curvi yaginis coriaceis
imbricatis tecti, bracteis elongatis spatliaceis, sepalis lateralibus oblongis v. oblongolanceolatis
acuminatis, petalis latioribus pvato-oblongis obtusis, mento brevi lato conico apice
rotundato, labello late unguiculato orhiculari margiuibus eversis disco pubescente marginibus