TI "= ILLUSTRATION- H0RTli-<»i.K. 



DENDROBIUM THYRSIFLORI 



oed. OBGHIDEAK. 



ETYMOLOGY : from ftvfyw, 



GENERIC CHARACTER : sepa 

 inatis. Petala sepalo supremo saepius majora, 

 matuni, semper sessile, indivisum v. trilobum, saepius membr* 

 producta. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 4, per paria collateral. - 



tree, and Sio ; manner of lift. ,„„ 4. r .1 



me, most oi the species irrowinn; 

 • pateutia. lateralibus majoribua oblong 

 semper membranacea. Label! urn cum 

 laceum. nunc appciidiculatum. 

 ■ Herbae cpij,I,,fl,v\ mair vanhs 

 pseudobulbifero. Folia plana, saepius n ,,„.<<(. Flon* snlihu-r, fa.,-:, ,<!„>< ,..,''■ ■ ■ _ 



of Orchid. PL ' 9P**m. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER: pseudobulbi v. caules articulati-elongati m ti a,,i,, :;.| r„ii„i 

 vosa nitida; racemi laterales maximi thyrsoidei multiflori foliis duplo longiorw bractair nl 1 ■ '■ 

 scariosae pedicellis multo breviores ; sepala ovato-acuta petalis obcordatis rrtttmtib i; , ■,,' 

 him i-homboideum unguiculatum retusum limbo patentisaimo. — Flores eandidi hl..-ll.> 1 •'•" 

 Dendrobium tTiyrsifloruin, Reichb. fil. (?) ; quo?... — 



A single glance at our plate will give an idea of the splen- 

 dour of this species, which is not surpassed in beauty by 

 any Indian Orchid. It is of vigorous habit of growth, and 

 its stems, or elongated, club-shaped, erect, annulated pseu- 

 dobulbs are cylindrical slightly furrowed , and crowned with 

 three or four lanceolate, acute, shining leaves, flat, or 

 slightly rolled backwards. Each stem bears one lateral 

 drooping thyrsoid spike of flowers, of compact, cylindrical, 

 perfectly regular outline. 



The broad spreading flowers have pure white sepals and 



petals, the latter obcordate, slightly hood-shaped and clawed. 



The spreading labellum is of a lovely golden yellow, of a 



darker hue towards the centre. 



We have not been able to find any definite information 



PL. CCVIII. 



CAMELLIA ALBINO BOTTI, Italian seedling. 



NAT. OED. TERNSTROEMIAGEAE. 



For ETYMOLOGY and GENERIC and SPECIFIC CHARACTERS, see 111, Hort., under plate 168, 1874. 



Charactee of the vaeiett : An admirable plant with regularly imbricated in zones, with obcordate, flat, enti 

 stout wood and handsome foliage ; leaves acutely acuminate, or slightly emarginate petals, the of a beautiful deep r< 

 distantly toothed. Flowers among the largest of the genus, | in centre, encircled by a marginal band of pure white. 



