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Davallia—continued. 
equalling the rachis in breadth. sort two to six toa segment, 
lateral, feeciy half-cup-shaped. Fiji Islands, 1885. 
D. gibberosa brachycarpa (short-fruited). sort as broad as 
deep, overtopped by a long horn, New Hebrides, 1884. Syn. 
D. brachycarpa. 
D. hirta cristata(crested). ‘roids drooping, beautifully crested. 
South Sea Islands. 
D. Lorrainii (Lorraine's). riz. as thick as a quill, the scales 
nearly black. s¢/. din. to 4in. long, brownish, naked. fronds 6in. 
to 12in. long, deltoid, quadripinnatifid ; pinne stalked, deltoid, 
the lowest largest, produced on the lower side, their rachises 
winged to the base; pinnules and segments sub-sessile, crowded, 
deltoid, much reduced on the lower side; final lobes ligulate, a 
quarter to one-third of a line broad, with a sorus at the base of 
the inner side. Malay Peninsula, 1882. 
D. retusa (retuse). sti. pale reddish. /ronds deltoid, tripinnate ; 
pinnules pale green, rhomboidal or cuneate. Sumatra, 1886. An 
elegant Fern, of spreading habit, suitable for basket culture. 
D. tenuifolia Veitchiana (Veitch’s). /ronds spreading, plume- 
like, broadly ovate, quadripinnate; ultimate lobes cuneate, 
simple or bifid, China, 1885. A handsome basket Fern. See 
Vig. 14, for which we are indebted to Messrs. James Veitch and 
Sons. 
DELPHINIUM. This genus comprises about forty 
species, distributed over the North temperate zone. To 
the species and varieties described on pp. 450-1, Vol. I., 
the following should now be added: 
D. azureum album (white). //. creamy-white, in long, wand- 
like racemes. J. large, deeply three to five-parted, the divisions 
He into narrow lobes. Stems 2ft. to 3ft. high. North America, 
882. 
D. cashmirianum Walkeri (Walker's). /. lin. or more in 
diameter; sepals pale blue, striped with darker blue ; petals dull 
yellowish, tipped with brown; peduncles din. to 4in. long, one- 
flowered. 7. orbicular, three to five-lobed; lobes lobulate. 
Kashmir, 1885, A dwarf, rockwork plant. (B. M. 6830.) 
D. hybridum sulphureum (sulphur). A synonym of D. Zalil. 
D. Zalil (Zalil). fl. pale yellow, rather larger than «a shilling, 
disposed in long racemes. May to August. J. dark green, finely 
cut, Stem branching; branches 8in. to l6in. long. Afghanistan, 
1887. Anattractive annual. Syn. D. hybridum sulphureum. 
DENDRAGROSTIS. A synonym of Chusquea 
(which see). 
DENDROBIUM. ‘This genus is here revised in 
accordance with the admirable monograph recently pub- 
lished by Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, in Part III. of 
their ‘‘ Manual of Orchidaceous Plants.’”’ To the species, 
varieties, and hybrids described on pp. 452-8, Vol. I., the 
following should now be added: 
D. emulum (emulous). /. white, fragrant, l4in. across, the 
apical half of the segments sometimes stained pale yellow ; sepals 
narrow-lanceolate ; petals linear; lip very short, three-lobed, the 
side lobes acute, spotted pink, the middle one reflexed ; racemes 
terminal, lax, five to seven-flowered. Stems terete, 2in. to 4in. or 
more in length, sometimes tapering to a long, thin base with a 
small psendo-bulb, and bearing at their summit two or three very 
coriaceous leaves. Australia. (B. M. 2906; F. A.O.i., part ii. 5.) 
D. Ainsworthii roseum (rosy). jl. deeper-coloured than in the 
type; sepals and petals rosy-magenta; lip amaranth-crimson, 
with a dark spot, feathered at the edge, veined deeper crimson. 
February and March. (W. O. A. i. 20.) 
D. amethystoglossum (amethyst-lipped). jl. ivory-white ex- 
cept the amethyst-purple anterior lobe of the lip, crowded, about 
lin. in diameter; sepals and petals ovate-oblong, acute; lip 
elongated, linear-spathulate, apiculate, convex in the middle, 
incurved at the margins except towards the apex; spur long, 
obtuse; column exposed; racemes Sin. to 5in. long, many- 
flowered. January and February. J. sessile, oval-oblong, sub- 
acute. Stems robust, sometimes 2ft. to 3ft. high and nearly lin. 
thick. Philippine Islands, 1872. (B. M. 5968.) 
D. antelope (antelope-horned). jl. yellowish; sepals ligulate- 
triangular, acute; petals long, antenniform, upright, painted 
sepia inside ; lip striped and speckled mauve, the square anterior 
lacinia having its abrupt apiculus short. Moluccas, 1883. 
Stove. 
D. arachnites (cobwebby). . bright cinnabar-red, in fascicles 
of two or three, but sometimes solitary, 2}in. across when spread 
out; sepals and petals linear, acute; lip veined purple, shorter 
than the other segments, sub-pandurate, convolute over the 
column at the base; column very short. J. linear-lanceolate, 
acute, l4in. to 2hin. long. Stems terete, 2in. to Sin. long. Moul- 
mein, 1874. Very rare in cultivation. 
D. aurantiacum (orange). A synonym of D. aurewm auran- 
tiacum. 
D. aureum album (white). 1. very pale, nearly white. 
Dendrobium— continued. 
D. a. aurantiacum (orange). //. orange-yellow. 
coloured of all the varieties. Syn. D. aurantiacwm. 
D, a. Henshalli (Henshall’s). /1., lip white, suffused yellow at 
base, where there are two reddish-purple spots. (B. M. 4970, 
under name of ). heterocarpum Henshalli.) 
D. a, pallidum (pale). 1. sometimes smaller than in the type ; 
lip white, with the exception of a yellow stain at base. Stems 
longer and slenderer. (B. R. 1839, 20.) 
D. bracteosum (bracteate). . purple, with a yellow lip, 
marked reddish on the front margins, grouped in capitate masses ; 
sepals triangular-keeled, the spur about two-fifths the length 
of the free part of the lateral sepals, rather blunt; petals 
narrower, oblong, acute ; lip nearly spathulate, a little convex 
on the upper sides, much thicker at the base; bracts nearly 
as long as the flowers. New Guinea, 1886, (L. ii. 74.) 
D. Brymerianum histrionicum (actor). /., lip having “some- 
times a beard, sometimes none, like a comedian.” Autumn. 
D. calamiforme (Calamus-like). A synonym of D. teretifolium. 
D. Calceolaria (Calceolaria-like). This is now regarded as a 
variety of D. moschatwin. 
D. capillipes (hair-stemmed). //. bright golden-yellow, in short 
racemes. /. 6in. Moulmein. A curious species, resembling a 
pigmy form of D, albo-sanqguinewm. It succeeds on a block or in 
a basket. (R. X. O. ii. 169, f. 4-6.) 
D, cariniferum lateritium (brick-red). _//l., sepals light yellow ; 
petals white ; lip brick-red, with a yellowish front lobe. 1883. 
D. c. Wattii (Watt’s). /l. larger than in the type, white, with 
parts of the lip yellow, the middle lobe of the lip longer than in 
the type, two-lobed. Jl. narrower, with nearly smooth sheaths. 
(6. M. 6715.) 
D. chloropterum (green-winged). /., sepals and petals light 
green, streaked red outside, and with broken lines of darker 
colour inside ; lip light reddish, with darker lines, the front lobe 
with a light yellowish border, the callus white ; column whitish ; 
peduncle loosely few-flowered. /. narrow-oblong, bilobed at apex. 
Pseudo-bulbs fusiform. New Guinea, 1815. (J. B. 1878, 196.) 
D. chlorostele (green-columned). jl. bold and stiff; sepals 
white, edged purple, ligulate, acute; petals broad, blunt, the 
outer halves purple, the interior white; lip shaped like that of 
D. Wardianum, with a strong, light, square cushion at the base, 
and an amaranth-coloured, radiating area around, bordered 
outside with light sulphur, the apicular zone bright purple. 
1887. A hybrid between D. Linawianum and D. Wardianum. 
D. chrysanthum anophthalmum (eyeless). A distinct variety, 
having no blotches on the lip. 1883. 
D. chryseum (golden). jl. golden-yellow, almost orange, with a 
few faint crimson lines on the side lobes of the lip, solitary or in 
racemes of two or three; sepals oblong; petals broadly elliptic, 
almost as broad again as the sepals; lip orbicular, pubescent, 
with a minutely fimbriated margin, obscurely three-lobed, the 
small side lobes rolled over the very short column; spur short, 
obtuse. J/. from the uppermost joints only, linear-lanceolate, Sin. 
to 4in. long. Stems terete, erect, lft. to 2ft. high. Assam (?). 
D. chrysocrepis (golden slipper). . golden-yellow, with a 
deeper lip, 1}in. in diameter, solitary on short, slender peduncles 
from old, leafless stems; dorsal sepal and petals similar, 
obovate, concave; lateral sepals ovate, more spreading; lip 
somewhat pear-shaped, ventricose, velvety, the inner surface 
densely clothed with reddish hairs. March. J. three or more, 
elliptic-lanceolate, pointed, 2in. to Sin. long. Stems slender, 6in. 
to 10in. long, dilated above into flattened, leafy pseudo-bulbs. 
Moulmein, 1871. (B. M. 6007.) 
D. Chrysodiscus (yellow-disked). l., sepals and petals whitish, 
blotched purple at apex; lip light sulphur-white, with a velvety, 
white, thickened cushion at base, a large orange area around, 
purple lines radiating from the cushion, the acute apex purple. 
1887. A hybrid between D. Ainsworthii and D. Findlayanum. 
D. C. oculatum (eyed). /., sepals and petals having a larger 
and deeper apicular blotch; lip with a deep maroon disk, sur- 
rounded by a bright yellow zone. 
D. chrysotoxum suavissimum (very sweet-scented). The 
correct name of the plant described on p. 457, Vol. I., as 
D, suavissimum. 
D. ciliatum (ciliated). . lin. across, many in pseudo-terminal 
and lateral racemes; sepals and petals pale yellow, the former 
The richest- 
linear-oblong, the lateral two falcate, the petals linear, 
dilated at apex; lip deep yellow, streaked obliquely with 
reddish-brown from either side of the trilamellate disk, 
obscurely lobed, triangular, incurved at the sides, the anterior 
lobe yellow-ciliate. October and November. J. sessile, oval- 
oblong, gradually narrowing upwards, 3in. long, deciduous. 
Stems tufted, 1ft. to 14ft. or more in length. Moulmein, 1863. 
(B. M. 5430.) 
D. coerulescens (bluish). A variety of D. nobile. 
D. crassinodi-Wardianum (hybrid). /. like those of D. eraxsi- 
node Barberianum, but with two dark eye-spots; lip less acute 
thanin D. Wardianum. 1886. This is supposed to be a natural 
hybrid between D. Wardianuim and D. crassinode. SYN. 
D. melanophthalmum. 
