Dendrobieae .

• Inflorescence lateral on a leafy or leafless stem, or terminal , or from the top of a 1-2 leaved pseudobulb.

8. DENDROBIUM.

Lip adnate to the produced foot of the column, contracted at the base or clawed , base erect and incumbent on the column, not mobile.
** inflorescence distinct from the pseudobulb.

9. BULBOPHYLLUM.

Racemes or spikes elougate , rarely 1 –fid . or umbelliform. Sepals usually subequal , free. Lip jointed on the foot of the column and mobile.

10. SUNIPIA.

Characters of Bulbophyllum , but anther turned away from the rostellum and dehiscing upwards. Flower spicate, coriaceous , concealed by the concave bracts.

11. CIRRHOPETALUM.

Flowers umbellate. Lateral sepals longer than the dorsal, placed under the mobile lip or connate .

12. TRIAS.

Scape 1-fid . Sepals spreading equally. Anther produced into a long appendage. Very small herbs, pseudobulbs 1-leaved.

13. DRYMODA.

Scape 1-fid . Lateral sepals far removed from the dorsal. Pollinia connate in pairs. Pseudobulb small , 1-leaved; leaf caduceus.

14. MONOMERIA.

Raceme long , lax-fld.; flowers large. Lateral sepals broad , far removed from the dorsal . pseudobulb 1 –leaved ; leaf narrow, petioled, coriaceous.

15. DENDROCHILUM.

Flowers small, racemose. Sepals equal , spreading . pseudobulb 0, or on a rigid creepiug stem; leaf narrow.

16. PANISEA.

Scape slender , few-fid . Sepals subequal . Lip very narrow , with a long sigmoid claw. Pollinia 4, distict. Pseudobulb narrow , crowded , 1-leaved.

17. ACROHAENE.

Scape loosely many-fld. Mentum saccate . Petals fimbriate. Lip jointed on the base of the column. Pollinia 2, globose, connected by a granular appendage.

18. CHRYSOGLOSSUM.

Scape tall , raceme long . Mentum saccate. Lip not jointed on the column . Anther 2-celled . Pollinia 2,not conuected. Leaf plaited.