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and a little loam and leaf-mould may be added to the 
compost with considerable advantage. This species has 
another point of recommendation in the fact that its 
blossoms appear in the middle of winter, when flowers of 
any kind are doubly welcome. It is a native of Queens- 
land, Victoria, and New South Wales, where it is known 
as the ‘Rock Lily,” and was introduced as long ago as 
1824. 
Botanical .Magazine, t. 3074. 
Var. H/illiz—Stem and leaves longer; racemes more 
crowded, with flowers which are paler than those of the 
Bype. Syn. D. 77liz2. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 5261. 
D. superbiens.—A handsome plant, related to D. bigib- 
bum. It has erect, woody pseudo-bulbs, 1}ft. or more 
high, as thick as the finger, leafy on the upper half till two 
years old. Leaves broad, 3in. long. Flowers on long, 
terminal, slender spikes, each flower 2in. across; petals 
broader than the sepals, both reflexed, and coloured rosy 
purple, with the margins almost white; lip crimson-purple, 
short, with incurved side lobes, the front lobe oblong, 
reflexed, and wavy. A native of tropical Australia; in- 
troduced in 1876. ‘This is a variable species, the best 
varieties being very much superior to the worst. It 
should be planted either in teak baskets or in Orchid- 
pans, in a compost of peat, sphagnum, and charcoal. It 
requires very moist tropical treatment when growing, and 
to be rested in a dry stove. It blossoms in autumn. 
Plate; Sander’s Reichenbachia, 1., t. 39. 
D. superbum.—A magnificent plant, better known under 
the name of D. macrophyllum. The pseudo-bulbs are 
pendent, from aft. to 4ft. long, in. in diameter; leaves 
6in. long, r3in. broad, deciduous. Flowers in pairs from 
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