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B. Dendrobium xanthophkbium. Moulmein. 



SYN. Dendrobium marginatum. Bat. 2d Cen., 105. 

 Flowers in pairs on old stems ; sepals and petals 

 white ; lip spotted with orange, bordered with white. 

 Block or pot culture. 



The following are species : 

 Dendrobium aciculare. 

 D. album. See Camaridium. 

 D. czmuhim. B. M., 2906. 

 D. amplum. Lindley. Pax. Mag., 7, 1 2 1. 

 D. aqueum. B. R., 29, 54 ; B. M., 4640. 

 D. brcvifolium. 

 D. calamiforme. 

 D. caniculatum. 

 D. compressum. B. R., 30, 53. 

 D. cupreum. B. R., 1779. 

 D. cucumerinum. B. R., 59, 37 ; B. M., 4619 ; Lem. Jard., 



358. 



D. denudans. 



D. discolor. B. R., 27, 52. 

 D. elongatum. 

 D. herbaceum. 



D. lingua 'forme. Hook. Ex., n. 

 D. longicornu. B. R., 1315. 

 D. macrostachium. B. R., 1865. 

 D. plicatile. 

 D. revolutum. 

 D. feres. 

 D. undulatum. 

 D. vaginatum. 



This family, entirely from the East Indies, is one of the 

 most beautiful of orchidaceous plants. The species with 



