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Dendrobium 



D. crassinode (thick-knotted).* JL from the last matared growth, 

 each iiode producing from two to fovr stoat MOSSOBW; sepals and 



Sr^gafcasr 1 ***- 



species is . 3^M- for the enonm 



stem,w 



or on a block of wood. (KM.! 



with 



st^ce. ::., 

 D. 



, and arranged about Iin. apart. 

 best grown in a small basket 

 TLrre ire two cr :hrev MR 

 white, with a dark 

 mMeatoa the type, 

 an of greater sob- 



ttftttSSXZSff*' 

 "* '^d h fea^^^ **~ 



rfX / fromttolHl: 



two and three together, about 2n. across, on somewhat lone 



ok ; lip stained 



og, with white 

 rery handsome 

 for growing in 



a (ehalkedV A chatty-white, solitary from the 

 long leafless stems, rather small, downy' lip with a 

 ak, pencilled with crimson ; margin eiliateX May. 



I. M. 



?X* JL of moderate sire, freely pro- 

 i growth ; sepals and petals white, 

 to orange at the. base, tipped with 



eudo-bulbs Shil to 14in. long. iin. in diameter. India. 1846. 

 compact-growing pendulousrtore deciduous species. (B. M. 



D. erystallinum (crystallineX 

 MM from the last matured L 

 tipped withroa, or igj^ff^ 



n erect 

 (B.M. 



L JL IJin. to 



> pate yellow. India, 1835. Very closely 

 .*??. . * distinguished 

 openaTKba^ 



to lift, long, jin. in 

 1868. An eteO*Mii^ store deciduous 

 .M.S19.) 



(B.M.2W2.) 

 D. cnpreum (coppery). A synonym of D. 





OBL) 



rariety, except in the 

 golden Ubellum gSduallT - 

 a paler yellow. India. 1870. 



L spotted with rich orange at the Use, and bordered al 

 h a delicate lace-likefrill, which gires the plant a 

 t is quite unique. Well-grown pseudo-bulb* often ear 



*. * . li .. J^ . 1 * a-'-l- r *W-.* Owm* 



nss 



Fig. 634. (B.M.4429.) 

 P.1H. ! ill H ! (whiteX A P white, with a yellow throat. 



D. D. xmiottiannm (Elliott's). /., sepals and petals with much 

 purple on their tips ; whole flower reined with rose. 1876. 



D. D. rhodonenrnm (red-reined). /., sepals and petals streaked 

 with dark purple ; lip large and round. Monhnein, 1868. 



fc /Brtegs.*'** 



hBMLaf 



ini --n. in 

 ' store dec 



D. Draoonia (DracoX* JL white, 

 the points of the last matured 



in llililin of six or 



Moulmein, 1862. Erect sto ^re^een^st^ 

 D. eowmram. (B. M. 5459.) 



D. ebnrnenm (irory-floweredX A synonym of C. Draamit. 



D. erythrozanthnm (red-yellowX* JL orange, striped with 

 purple, avail, densely clustered, produced from the last matured 

 growth. May and June, Pseudo-bulbs Sft to 4fv high, about 

 ^u in diameter. Philippines, 1874. A rery rare, erect, store 



D. Faleoaerl (FalconersX* JL produced from one-rear and older 

 nodes ; sepals and petals white, tipped with purple ; lip same 

 .f dark purple, margined with orange, 

 broad. Pseudo-bulbs about 3ft. IMC, 

 ; nodes iin. in -Ihrnirtflr. rery don 



D. F. albidnlnm (whiteX JL pure white, slighUy Hayi with 

 purple at the tips of the sepals, petals, andlip. &. 1876. 

 (a H. 1874, 15.) 



D. F. glgantenm (giganticX / much the same in colour, 4c., 

 asttMi&pe! L 3in. long, Iin. broad. Pseudo-bulbs 1ft. to lift 

 iM&VBlnaehed; nodes iin. in diameter, about Iin. apart. An 

 erect or semi-erect form. 



D. Fmrmart/Farmer-sX- JL produced ^jJSgSg 



^^-^j&a: 



about 1ft. in 



iare swollen at the 

 ^. M. 4fifli - 



See Fig. 



_n (golden - yellowX A beautiful rariety, 

 i the type by ita bright yellow sepals and 

 lip. Mbulmein, 18547TB. ft. 545L) 'There is 

 rTcOwH, bat both are rare, 

 (fimbriated)* JL about 2n- across, of a thin 



sasySafe*"*^ 



v.r rvr.i IMM MMl -: 



also a white rariety 

 D. 



bir^ thSQ ^to forty learea, 

 . India, 18& A rery showy 



D. Findlayanum Hr. il .y M /. 

 from the upper nodes ofthe last 

 and petals white, tipped with pink;. lip white, with 



(beautiful).- AwhHe,n.to6ia.aaMa,ofgnat 

 laced from thTpoint, and also from the axiS, of 

 rest the poiat^f the fnwtit \ nli ; Up Urre. 



