244 ORCHIDS. 



The plant generally grown under this name is Dendro- 

 bium Fytcheanum, a native of Moulmein, and a hand- 

 some plant. In the true barbatulum the sepals are not 

 circular, the racemes are long and pendulous, and the 

 base of the stems is swollen. The figure in B. M., 5918, 

 is the true species, that of B. M., 5444, and Bat. 2d Cen., 

 102, is D. Fytcheanum. 



A. Dendrobium Bensonia. Moulmein . B. M., 5679. 



F. M., 355. 



Jen. Orch., 32. 



A lovely species with white flowers ; lip with orange 

 disk, and two black spots at the base. A free-growing 

 and very handsome plant. Grow in pot. 



Dendrobium bicolor. SYN. of Dendrobium Palpebra. 



A. Dendrobium bigibbum. Tropical northeast coast of 

 Australia Fl. des Ser., 1143. 



War. Orch., 28. 



B. M., 4898. 



Bat. 2d Cen., 169. 



A rare and beautiful species, with long slender stems, 

 producing the flowers in erect racemes of five or more 

 from the ends of the old stems. Blossoms rich rosy pur- 

 ple, in autumn. Grow in the sun, with plenty of warmth 

 and moisture, and never allow the stems to shrivel. 



Dendrobium Boxalli. Martaban . . F. M., 2, 114. 



Jen. Orch., 19. 



Habit semi-pendulous ; flowers in clusters of three from 

 the swollen joints of the old stems ; sepals and petals 

 white, tipped with purplish violet ; lip with fine orange 

 disk. A rare plant. 



