Sepals and petals and labellum are white, the tips being tinted pink, while the disk 
is ornamented with a large golden spot sometimes lined with deep purple. A4. 
B2. C2. D2. E2. (eb) F2. 
Syn. D. Boxallii. 
DENDROBIUM GRATIOSISSIMUM. var. Boxallii. Native of Lower Burma. 
A pretty species with variable stems. Sometimes these are long and pendulous, 
at others moderately stout and semi-erect. Leaves are about 4 inches long, bilobed 
at the apex and fall before the racemes appear from the upper nodes. Racemes 
a rich reddish purple. The labellum white tipped with purple and with a large 
rich orange disk. A4. B2. C3. D2. E2 or 1. (ea) F4. 
DENDROBIUM GRIFFITHIANUM. Native of Chappedong. 
A magnificent species with robust, erect, club-shaped stems, the upper parts 
being somewhat four-sided, growing to a height of from 12 to 18 inches, bearing 
at the top 2 or 3 leathery, oblong acute leaves about 34 inches in length by 12 
inches wide. The racemes are long and drooping, and bear from a few to a 
great many flowers in the manner of D. densiflorum. The sepals are oblong and 
pointed, the petals being about twice their width, and rounded at the tips. The 
labellum is spreading and heart-shaped, the back part of the side lobes being 
curled inwards to form a funnel. The individual flowers are about 4 inch in 
diameter, and are a very rich golden yellow in colour, the petals being ciliated, 
while the labellum is covered with a fine yellow down, the edges being finely 
toothed. Flowers in Spring. Al. B2. C4. D2. El. (ea) F11. 
Variety Guibertii. Stems stouter and rather shorter than the type. Leaves smaller. 
Flowers larger and more brilliant. 
DENDROBIUM HAMATUM. Native of Cochin China. 
A delicate species with long, very slender stems 3 feet or more in length, with 
leaves four inches in length, oblong-lanceolate and acute, and about 3 inch 
wide. The racemes are pendulous, and carry a few small but distinctive flowers 
about 14 inches across, yellow in colour, and freely spotted with purple dots. 
A4. Bl. Cl. D1. E4, or E2. (eb) F7. 
DENDROBIUM HARVEYANUM. Native of Burma. 
Another attractive yellow-flowered species with short fusiform stems, somewhat 
furrowed, with a few oblong-ovate and pointed leaves. The racemes are pro- 
duced laterally from the axils of the leaves. They carry 4 or 5 flowers each 
about 13 inches across with lanceolate sepals and oblong, fringed edged petals. 
Labellum is round, concave, the edge being fringed—the surface is covered with 
short, soft down. The colour of the flowers is dense yellow, the labellum having 
two deep orange blotches. Flowers in Spring. Al. Bl. C4. D2. El. (eb) FS. 
DENDROBIUM HEDYOSUM. (Syn. D. scabrilingue (q.v.)-) 
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