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and is best grown in a basket, as it is drooping and 

 deciduous. 



D. barhatulum. — A charming epiphyte from Moulmein, 

 which flowered first in the collection of the late J. A. Turner, 

 Esq., of Manchester, and was then called /). Fytcliianum. It 

 grows a foot or more long, and produces clusters of flowers of 

 the most delicate white, with a few spots of crimson. Not 

 being a robust grower, it succeeds best on a block, and must 

 have a tolerable rest after its growth is made. 



D. BensonicB. — A lovely species, of somewhat recent intro- 

 duction. It bears some resemblance to D. cviindatuin in 

 habit, producing large creamy white sepals and petals ; the 

 lip is orange, with two large black spots at the base. A 

 handsome and desirable species. I saw some nice plants in 

 bloom for the first time in 1867. Native of Rangoon. 



D. hlgihbum. — A very rare and handsome species, totally 

 unlike any other Dendrohium we know of, and certainly the 

 handsomest of the Australian kinds. It is a dwarfish-growing 

 plant, producing racemes of rich rosy purple flowers, and will 

 sometimes continue to throw out spikes from the same stem 

 for several successive years. It will thrive admirably in the 

 Cattleya or the Mexican house, potted in fibrous peat and 

 sphagnum moss, giving abundance of drainage, and a plen- 

 tiful supply of water in the growing season ; if allowed to 

 become dry enough to shrivel, it will with great difficulty be 

 restored. It is beautifully figured in the second volume 

 of Warner's " Select Orchidaceous Plants,'' from a fine 

 specimen which flowered with Mr. Pilcher in the late collec- 

 tion of S. Rucker, Esq., of Wandsworth. Native of the warm 

 parts of Australia. 



D. Boxallii. — A very beautiful species of recent introduc- 

 tion ; sepals and petals white, beautifully tipped with purple, 

 the lip has a deep orange disc. Native of Moulmein. 



