l'l.ATK XXVIII. 



DENDKOBH M JEXK1NSII. 



A very Pretty epiphytal orchid, of dwarf Mature and tufted habit. The pacudomilb. aw densely aggregated on a 

 creeping rhizome, so as often to form brood dense mn««; they nre individually oblong, four-angled, and 

 furnished with a lOlitary oblong leathery obtuse or sometimes rctuae leaf. The scape springs from tho ban of 

 the pscudobulb. or ia cither one-flowered or sipport* " fow-flowored raceme, the (lowers themselves being 

 larse comparatively with the sue of the plant, rich golden yellow, with a deeper or orange-yellow eye ; they 

 are Inodorous. The sepals aro ovate, considerably sandier than the petals, which, however, are of the same 

 form, both sepals and petals Wins obtuse, and of a clear yellow colour. The h> i« ronndUh.rcn>tW.n, 

 undivided, emaiginatc, oucollatc, of large die, being nearly an inch across, .lightly pubescent on the surface, 

 and filiated at the margin. 



DiHDROBnm JoKiMil, Mies fa litteri. ; to<%- BUamitcl AyMr, 1889, t 87 ; IMckttteck fL »«/,*«' .*.«&» 

 Ifolanicet Sptmolicr, vi. 307. 



Amongst the many beautiful and varied species of this extensive genu- wluch have from lime lo lime 

 flowered in our gardens, lhat which wc now figure, through the kindness of Lordliondeshorough, i- by no 

 means the least attractive. It was originally sent to this country by Dr. Wallicb, about 1S37, and ap| 

 to have been first flowered in September. 1833, by the Messrs. Loddigcs, of Hackney, from whose plant the 

 figure published in the ZoUmuxl Agister ttas prepared. Dr. WaUieh, who had received it at the Calcutta 

 Botanic Gardens, in November, 1836,irom Captain Jcnkins-by whom it had been collected at Gonipara 

 IGualpara), near the Assam frontier— named it in honour of ita discoverer, to whom, lie -ays. " this garden. 

 I he cause of botany, and science generally, arc deeply indebted." 



It will thus be seen that DenMium Jadfintii has long been an inmate of our orchid houses. Never- 

 theless, by some means or other, it has been pushed on one side by many orchid cultivators, to make room 

 for plants of more recent introduction. Now, although we are always glad to receive new and distinct 

 species or varieties, if they are of a really ornamental character, we would fain impress upon the minds of 

 the growers of these charming plants the necessity of conserving in our collection, any good and distinct 

 species, like the present, when once they arc obtained ; and after the superb condition in winch tins Dendrobo 

 has been exhibited hv Lord Londcslmrongh. through the skilful treatment given to it by Ins gardener. 

 Mr. Denning, it must he admitted by all, that we have here a plant which is eminently worthy of be.ng 

 permanently retained in our orchid housed. 



MiMm /<«««* » * close creeping specie*, of compact-growing habit The pscudobulhs are 

 usually about an inch long and bluntly four-sided. and they each bear a solitary thick, leathery, deep bhush- 

 green oblong leaf, of about the same length as themselves s these leaves are tery persistent, and rem am on 

 tho plant for several yearn. A* already motioned, this is a plant of creeping habit, and therefore .t succeeds 

 best grown upon a stont block of wood, and suspended from the roof of the orchid-house. Tins, indeed. 

 was the method adopted by Mr. Denning, in the cultivation of the very fine specimen above alluded to. as 

 nun be seen by a glance at the Gguro which forms our illustration. 



StCOSD SCUTES. 



