(t. 5961); B. comosum, Coll. & Hemsl. (t. 7283), and — 
B. Beccarii, Reichb. f. (t. 6567). And they by no means 
cover the range of variation. 
The last-named is one of the largest orchids known, 
being a tall climber, with thick rhizomes, leaves two feet 
long by a foot and a half broad, and large clusters of 
flowers. It isa native of Borneo, where also perhaps the 
very smallest orchid hitherto described is at home. This © 
is B. Odoardi, Reichb.f. Both of these remarkable orchids 
are named after our old friend, Dr. Beccari, who spent 
some years in the botanical exploration of Borneo. | 
Not much bigger is B. minutissimum, F. Muell., an 
Australian species (Fitzgerald’s “ Australian Orchids,” — 
under Dendrobium), which has leaves and flowers barely 
one-twelfth of an inch in diameter, 
B. Weddelii, Reichb. f., is a very graceful species, with a 
delicately mobile lip. : | ; 
Deser.—An epiphytic herb, with a thick, elongated — 
rhizome. Bulbs distant, angular, one-leaved, about two 
inches long. Leaf oblong, three to four inches long, 
many-nerved. Scapes solitary from the base of the bulbs; 
peduncle one to two feet long, erect; racemes many- 
flowered, pendulous, about six inches long. Flowers 
nearly sessile, about two inches in diameter, nodding. — 
Sepals linear-lanceolate, very acute, an inch or more long, — 
green outside, white within. Petals linear, minute. Lip — 
spotted purple and white, tongue-shaped, shorter than the 
ie Sone to the base of the column and mobile.— 
Fig. 1, column, lip, and one petal; 2, column and base of the lip seen from ~ 
the front and below ; 3, base of the lip seen from above; 4, anther-case; 5 and — | 
6, pollen :—all enlarged. 
