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A little epiphyte, forming part of the noble collection of 

 plants imported sometime since from the East Indies, 

 His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, and now preserved at 

 Chatsworth. It has small, pale, yellow-ochre coloured 

 flowers, without any thing striking about them. It flowered 

 in the beginning of April. 



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54. DENDROBIUM cindidum. Wall, Mss. 



erectis 



obliquis obtusis, pedunculis axillaribus erectis bifloris, sepalis patulis latera- 

 libus basi parillm productis, petalis conformibus, labello ovato-lanceolato 

 obtuso medio barbato supra basin calloso lateribus erectis cucuUatis. 



For flowers of this I am indebted to His Grace the Duke 



of Devonshire, who 



them to me in the beg 



April ; I have since been favoured by Mr. Paxton with 

 sketch of the plant. It was found by Mr. Gibson, his Grac 



of 



collector in India 



Nungclow 



the north side of the 



Khoosea Hills, growing on rocks, sand, and decayed 



The flowers, which are pure white, are most exquisitely 



The habit of the plant is that of DendroUum nobilc ; 



scented 



is to 



pendul 



that 

 that 



principal part of their leaves before flowering 



D. Pierardi and 



The stems are about a foot high, and lose the 



^5. OCTOMfiRtA gracilis. 



Loddig 



es 



Mss. 



O. gracilis ; folio lineari-carinato apiculato recurvo, floribus paucis fasciculatis 

 labeili emarginati lobis lateralibus erectis rotundatis. 



A 



mconspicuous species of this 



having flo 



difie 



very like those of O. Bauen, but smaller and with a 



rently shaped lip, and very narrow, channelled, recurved 



leaves. 

 Janei 



It 



was 



ved by Messrs. Loddiges from 



Rio 



56. ONCIDIUM tetrapetalum. Gen.^Sp.OrchA98. 



A small plant of this beautiful little species, imported 

 trom Jamaica by John Henry Lance, Esq. has lately flowered 

 m the garden of the Horticultural Society. It proves to 

 have triquetrous leaves, and therefore has been arranged in 



