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446. 
DfiNDROBIUM 
WM 
A 
neat-looking 
■dtli 
Introduced 
(Kg. 226,) 
Mes; 
ALBUM. 
Indian 
flowers, 
Yeitch. 
account 
Dr. Wight of this species : 
" Erect, jointed ; stems enlarging from 
the base to the apex, internodes much 
shorter than the leaves- Leaves oblong, 
elliptic, acuminate. Flowers axillary, 
paired, long-peduncled ; sepals ovate, 
acute ; lateral ones falcate ; petals ohovato-elliptic, ol>tuse 
larger than the posterior sepal. Lip tbree-lobed ; lateral 
lobes entire, obtuse, middle one cucullate, ovate, acute, 
saccate at the base, ciliate. Flowers pure white. Native 
of the Ivamally Plills. Flowering in September. 
is one of the handsomest of the genus I have j-et met with ; 
tlie large pure white flowers and dark foliage are very 
conspicuous. It seems to be rather rare, as I have only 
once obtained specimens.'*'— Indian Orchids, no. 1645. 
The plant is scarcely distinct from D. aqiteum, figured 
in the Botanical Register^ 184*^, t. 54 ; appearing to differ 
in nothing except a more narrow middle 
lobe of the lip, more distinct fringes upon 
its edge, and an absence of the green tinge 
which has been observed in D, aqueiim. 
447. Centrosolexia picta . 
Hooker. A vreedy-looking hot- 
house perennial willi mottled leaves. 
Flowers wliitislij with a hairy pink 
tnbe. Belongs to Gesnerads. In- 
troduced at Kew. 
Sent by Mr. Spruce from the banks of 
the Amazon. It is remarkable for its 
beautifully painted, blotched or mottled leaves. Its flowers 
are large and white, destitute of the long fringe to the 
limb so characteristic of C. glabra, and the opposite 
leaves are here nearly equal in size. A procumbent and 
creeping plant, growing in dense tufts. Stems branched, 
cylhidrical, fleshy, downy. Leaves opposite, on long 
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