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ovate with a trumpet-shaped mouth, white, with the tip deep 

 magenta-purple, marked with three deeper-coloured veins, 

 and the concave base yellow with a velvety surface. The 

 flowers are very fragrant. — East Indies : Nepal and Sikkim, 

 5,000 feet elevation. 



Fig. — Bof. Mag., t. 6199 ; Knoioles and Westc, Floral Cab.^ iii. t. 117 ; 

 Gard. Chron., N.S., iii. 305, figs. 57, 68 ; Id., xvi. 625, fig. 126. 



D. anosmum, LindJey. — A magnificent species, in the way 

 of D. sxiperhum, but not having the rhubarb scent which is 

 characteristic of the flowers of that species ; the sepals and 

 petals, moreover, are broader, thus forming fuller and better- 

 shaped flowers. The long thick pendent stems are like those 

 of D. superbum, and the foliage and general aspect of the plant 

 are similar ; the flowers are large, and produced in pairs at the 

 nodes, the colour being a beautiful rosy lilac, with a large 

 deep purple-crimson spot at the base of the lip. It blooms 

 during the spring months, the blossoms lasting two or three 

 weeks in perfection. Even now this is a scarce plant, and 

 is best grown in a basket, as it is di'ooping and deciduous. — 

 Manilla. 



Fig. — Faxton, Mag. Bot., xv. 97, with tab. 



Stn. — D. superhum anosmum, 



D. Aphrodite, Bchh. f. — A charming species, with slender 

 branching stems, nearly a foot long, swollen at the joints, i.e., 

 nodose. The leaves on the younger stems are oblong obtuse, 

 but these fall away before the flowers are developed ; the 

 latter are produced singly from the joints, two and a half to 

 three inches across, the smooth oblong obtuse white sepals and 

 petals spreading, the lip clawed, with a white callous disk on 

 the claw, the sides inflexed, with a deep blood red spot at the 

 base, and the front lobe large, subrhomboid acute, deep orange 

 with a white margin and apex. It is a free and rapid grower, 

 and very gay-looking when in blossom, but is a shy bloomer, 

 flowering for several seasons upon its old growths. — Moulmein. 



Fig.— Bot. Mag., t. 5470 ; Fl. des Sevres, t. 1582. 



Syn.— J>. nodatum, 



D. aureum, Lindley. — This is a very distinct and desirable 

 species and one that should be grown by every one who is 

 fond of sweet-scented flowers. It has terete-clavate pendent 

 stems, which flower after the oblong acute leaves have fallen, 

 producing two or three-flowered racemes. The sepals and petals 

 are cream-coloured or yellow (D. rhomheum), the lip with a 



