a different place; and among the many specimens of these 
plants now before us we find no variation from what we take 
to be the essential distinction between them— namely, the 
form of the lip, and the appendage at its point. In O. aranei- 
fera the lip is always oval and emarginate, while in O. fuciflora 
it is constantly wedge-shaped and furnished with a fleshy lobe 
at its point, which circumstance gave rise to Richards’ name 
of apiculata. 
New GARDEN PLANT. 
DENDROBIUM VEITCHIANUM. 
D (Dendrocoryne) Veitchianum ; caulibus clavatis angusté costatis 2-3-phyllis, 
foliis sessilibus oblongis apice acutis insequilateris, racemo erecto mul- 
tifloro folis longiore, bracteis ovatis membranaceis acutis, pedicellis 
sepalisque ovatis acutis extüs villosissimis, petalis unguiculatis spathu- 
latis acutis tenuibus glabris, labello maximo alte trilobo, denticulis 
tribus in medio, laciniis lateralibus ascendentibus rotundatis crenatis 
flabellatim venosis intermedia convexá rotundatá biloba. 
We are not sure that this will not prove a rival to the 
best of the East Indian Orchids. Itis a most beautiful plant, 
with upright racemes of large mossy flowers, nearly two 
inches in diameter, and a fine stiff habit. Its sepals are 
a clear dull yellow, the petals pure white, the lip deep- 
green bordered with white, and richly marked with crimson 
veins. It is from Java, and is in the possession of Messrs. 
Veitch, to whom we are indebted for the materials from which 
the above description has been drawn up. This, too, is one 
of Mr. Thomas Lobb’s fine things. 
