former year, at the height of five thousand feet, by Mr. Lobb. 

 Mr. Parish mentions that he had forty-four blossoms open at 

 one time upon some plants that he kept in a small basket, and 

 adds that they continued a very long time in perfection." /. 

 Bateman. — I fear that here, as in the case of D. barbatulum, the 

 form and size of the sepals are liable to considerable variation. 



" This plant, like all the other Bendrobia belonging to Dr. 

 Lindley's nigro-hirsute section of the genus, is very impatient of 

 stagnant moisture, although it can hardly have too much water, 

 provided the same passes freely away. To effect this, it should 

 be placed in a pot filled with little else than broken potsherds 

 mixed with some chopped sphagnum and a morsel of fibrous 

 peat. It likes a good heat." — /. B. 



Fig. 1. Column, spur, and ovary. 2. Pollen-masses. 3. Front view of the 

 lip : — magnified. 



