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Botanical Drawings of A. Poiret

DRAWING NUMBER 38.

Artist: A. Poiret. Del.

Notes by Charles Gaudichaud Beaupré.

DENDROBIUM, Swartz.

1. DENDROBIUM LANCEOLATUM.

D. caule erecto, simplici, folioso; foliis lanceolatis, subacuminatis, distichis, patentissimis, striato-quinquenerviis, planis, mambranaceis; scapo radicali erecto, paucifloro; foliolis calycis oblongis, acutis; labello integro, spatulato, obtuso.

In insulis Mariannis (Rawak.), cum sequentibus.

2. DENDROBIUM MIRBELIANUM. Pl. 38.

D. caulibus simplicibus, erectis, medio bulboso-incrassatis; foliis oblongis, emarginatis, coriaceo-carnosis, nervosis, planis; racemo in apice caulis (proximo) oppositifolio, elongato, plurifloro; foliolis calycis lanceolatis, acutis; labello trilobo; lobis lateralibus rotundatis, intermedio longiore, oblongo, acuto.

J´ai consacre cette belle espèce au savant professeur M. de Mirbel, comme un témoignage de reconnaissance et de respect.

I have dedicated this beautiful species to the wise professor M. Mirbel as a testimony of recognition and respect.

3. DENDROBIUM ANCEPS.

D. caulibus ramosis, repentibus; disticho-imbricatis, deltoideo-pvatis. Carinatis, acutis, carnosis, enerviis; pedunculis axillaribus, brevibus, bracteosis, 1-3-floris; bracteis distichis, superioribus majoribus, coloratis; foliolis calycis oblongis; labello….

D. anceps. Bot. regist. 1239.

MARIANA ISLANDS.

PAGES 423-424.

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