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a iUymifoUa ; sempervlreus, lucida ; ramis prostratis intertextis, foliis lincari-obovatis obtusis margine pecurvis 
subtus pubescentibus, pomls subsesailibus solitariis recurvis, petalis incouspicuis, 
400. Dexdrobium Gibsoni. 
Paxton. A beautiful Epiphyte 
from tlie jungles of India. Rowers 
rich apricot-yellowj with a purple 
stain on tlic lip. Blossoms all tlie 
summer. Introduced by the Dakc 
of Devonshire. (Fig. 204.) 
Dendrolium (Stachyobinm) Gibsoni ; 
foliis acumiuatis, raceniis nutantibua pen- 
dulisque multifloris elongatis, Lracteis 
minutis ovatis obtusis, floribus subcar- 
nosis, sepalia subrotuiulis basi in comu 
brevi connatis, petalis latioribus integer- 
rimis, labeUo coclileato cucullato obtuso 
villoso fimbriate. 
We do not find a description of this 
noble plant, common as it is in gai'dcns, 
under a name given to it some years since 
by one of us, in compliment to the indus- 
trious collector by whom it was first trans- 
ferred from India to Chatsworth, Never- 
theless it is one of the finest of ihe yellow 
species, rivalling even D. clavatum in 
brilliancy ; from that species it differs 
manifestly in its obsolete bracts and much 
smaller flowers. Its nearest ally is i>. 
Jlmbriatum^ with which we have reason to 
think it is sometimes confounded. Like 
D. Jtmlriatum^ it bears its flowers in long 
nodding racemes; their colour is yellow, 
and they are stained on the inside with a 
purple blotch in the same manner as those 
of the plant figured in the Botanical Maya- 
zine under the name of Z*. jimhriatiuu 
ocnl<ttum. But the flowers are smaller, 
between fleshy and leathery in texture, 
much blunter in tlie bud, in consequence 
of the greater roundness of all the parts, 
and the petals are entirely destitute of the 
fringe which accompanies those of D» 
finilrlafunu 
We find it in our Herbarium from 
Griffith, gathered on Mango-trees in the 
province of Tenasserim, witli the follow- 
" Flor«9 aurei ; labellum coch- 
leato-cucullatum, pulcberrime firabria- 
tum, cucullo rubro striato, macuU atro- 
ad eius orificium." The 
ing note 
sanguuiea aa ejus 
specimen here represented was produced 
at Chatsworth last September. At the 
same time we saw it covered with flowers 
in Messrs. Veitch's magnificent Orchid- 
house at Exeter. 
407. Desfontainea spinosa. Rdz and Pavon. A hardy (?) evergreen shrub, with long 
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