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and more stem-like, while the racemes of flower are much 

 longer and more graceful, and the sepals and petals are nar- 

 rower and creamy white. It is a free-flowering and desirable 

 species, and succeeds well in the cool-house after its growth 

 is complete. 



D. infundibulum. — This is a species of great beauty, distri- 

 buted in the first place under the name of D. moulmeinense, 

 and resembling D. formosum in habit of growth and flower, but 

 surpassing it much in size and profusion of blooms. Native of 

 Moulmein. 



D. Jamesianum, — This is a very fine species named in 

 honour of the late Mr. James Veitch. It is somewhat in the 

 way of /). formosum. The stems are about a foot high, and 

 the flowers nearly as large as those of D. formosum, pure 

 white, except the lip, which is deeply stained with cinnabar 

 red. It blooms during spring and summer. Native of 

 Moulmein. 



D. japonicum. — This is by no means an exhibition plant ; 

 but although it cannot lay claim to much beauty, its flowers, 

 which are pure white, with a few purple spots on the lip, 

 yield a delicious fragrance ; it grows about a foot high, and 

 coming from Japan, will make a good addition to the cool- 

 house, and is very useful for cutting for decoration. This, 

 according to Professor Reichenbach, is the true D. monili- 

 forme of botanists, the D. moniliforme of gardeners being 

 more correctly named D, Linaivianum. 



D. Jenkinsii. — A beautiful dwarf evergreen species from 

 India, growing about two inches high ; the flowers are very 

 large for the size of the plant ; the colour is a pale bufi", 

 margined with yellow ; they are produced from the bulb, one 

 or two together, and last ten days in beauty. This is best 

 gro^vn on a bare block of wood, suspended fi'om the roof. A 

 magnificent specimen of this species was exhibited at Ken- 



