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r. endocliaris, Bckb. f. — An ornamental hybrid, raised by 

 Mr. Seden. The stems very much resemble those of Z). aureum 

 (heterocarpum), and bear the flowers in pairs. These are nearly 

 as large as those of that species, but with broader white petals ; 

 the lip is nearly that of I>. moniliforme, with projecting basilar 

 lobes. — Garden Jujbnd ; aureum x moniliforme. 



D. erytliroxailthlim, Echb.f. — A very pretty species, which 

 in habit of growth resembles D. secundum. The racemose 

 flowers form a dense mass, and are of a bright amber, striped 

 with purple-crimson. It blooms in August, the flowers being 

 produced in clusters of two to three dozen together. — 

 Philippine Islands. 



D. Falconeri, Hook. — A magnificent plant of pendulous 

 growth, and one of the most beautiful of the genus. The 

 stems are long, slender, branched and knotted, with few small 

 linear leaves, terminal on the young shoots. The flowers 

 are four and a half inches across, produced singly all along 

 the older leafless stems ; the sepals oblong lanceolate, the 

 petals ovate acuminate, the lip cucullate with the front por- 

 tion ovate acute, all white, or blush white freely tipped with rich 

 deep purple, the lip having in addition a broad orange-coloured 

 disk, which is marked by a large central dark purple spot. 

 It is now plentiful, so that growers will have a better chance 

 of finding the best way to cultivate it by placing it under 

 diff'erent treatment and in different houses. During the growing 

 season it likes a good supply of water ; but after it has 

 ^finished growth, which is by autumn, it should be kept rather 

 dry till it begins to show flower, but must never be allowed to 

 suffer for want of water, as it frequently grows during the 

 winter months. Under this treatment it flowers every year, 

 well repaying any trouble that is taken to induce it to pro- 

 duce its charming white purple-tipped flowers, which open in 

 May and June, and remain about ten days in perfection. 

 The blunt-petalled variety is called Jacksoni by Morren. — 

 Northe^-n India : Assam, Bhotan, elevation 4,000 feet. 



YlQ.—Bui. Mag., t. 4944; Id., t. 6058 (blunt-petalled var.) ; Fl. des 

 Serves, t. 1197 ; Belg. Hort., 1874, t. 15 (blunt-petalled var.); Floral Mag., 

 2 ser., t. 226. 



D. ralconeri albidulum, RM. /".—This variety has pure 

 white flowers, slightly tinged with purple at the tips of the 

 sepals and petals, the apex of the lip having also a slight tinge 



