258 ORCHIDS. 



B. Dendrobium nodatum. Moulmein. Fl. des Ser., 1582. 



B. M., 5470. 



Flowers primrose, with orange lip marked with purple. 

 A very pretty but not a free-blooming species, though very 

 easy to grow. 



B. Dendrobium Palpebrcs. Moulmein. 



A species somewhat resembling Dendrobium densi- 

 florum in habit. Flowers white, with deep yellow stain 

 at base of the velvety lip, which is fringed at the base 

 with long hairs. 



A. Dendrobium Parishii. Moulmein. B. M., 5488. 



Bat. 2d Cen., 126. 



Jen. Orch., 39. 



A dwarf plant with thick drooping stems. Flowers two 

 together, dark purple and rose. Blooms in summer. A 

 handsome, free-growing plant. We find basket culture 

 suits it best. 



B. Dendrobium Paxtonii. Khasya . Pax. Mag., 6, 169. 

 Flowers orange-yellow ; lip with dark spot at the base, 



and fringed. Blooms at different seasons on a spike from 

 near the top of the old bulb. Treat as Dendrobium no- 

 bile. Differs from D. chrysanthum in having petals ser- 

 rated and surface and margin of lip hairy. 



B. Dendrobium Pierardii. East Indies. Hook. Ex., 9. 

 SYN. Dendrobium cucuttatum. Lodd. Cab., 750. 



B. M., 2584. 

 B. R., 1756. 



