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Tas. 4429. 
DENDROBIUM Devontanvum. 
The Duke of Devonshire’s Dendrobium. 
Nat. Ord. OrncurpEx.—GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4352.) 
Denprosium Devonianum ; caulibus elongato-cylindraceis articulatis striatis pro- 
liferis junioribus foliiferis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis distichis submembrana- 
ceis acuminatis, floribus (5-6) aggregatis, sepalis lanceolatis integerrimis, 
petalis ovatis acutis ciliatis apice purpureo-maculatis, labello cucullato amplo 
latissime cordato pulcherrime plumoso-fimbriato intus maculis 2 aurantiacis 
apice emarginato purpureo, calcare brevissimo. 
DenpRosium Devonianum. “ Paaton, Mag. Bot. v.17. p. 169.” 
Assuredly one of the most delicate and most lovely of all 
Orchideous plants, and worthy to bear the name of that. distin- 
guished nobleman, the Duke of Devonshire, who has done so 
much to encourage Horticulture and Botany. It isa native of the 
Khoseea hills, East Indies, and bears this name in Mr. Paxton’s 
Magazine of Botany, vol. vii. I do not find it anywhere fully 
described. Our plant, from which the accompanying figure 
was made, is from the collection of the late Mr. Clowes. It 
flowered with us in September, 1847. The charm of this plant 
is confined wholly to its flowers: the stems and foliage possess 
no attractions. Except in the colour and markings and pubes- 
cence, the flowers have a considerable resemblance to those of 
D. fimbriatum. The leaves are widely different. 
Duscr. Stems elongated, nearly cylindrical, jointed, pale 
whitish-brown, and, as it were, proliferous ; the young shoots 
leafy ; Jeaves few, distichous, wide apart, linear-lanceolate, sub- 
membranaceous, acuminate. Flowers forming @ rather dense 
raceme at the end of leafless shoots, large, handsome ; the ground 
colour is white. Seals broad-lanceolate, rather obtuse, entire, 
faintly tinged with purple, the two anterior ones uniting at the 
base and decurrent into a short obtuse or emarginate spur. 
Petals larger than the sepals, very spreading, ovate, acute, 
D 
MARCH Ist, 1849. 
