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of purple. It was flowered by H. G. Elliott, Esq., Clapton. 

 — Northern India. 



D. Falconeri giganteum, Hort. — A very superior variety of 

 D. Falconeri, producing stronger stems than those of the 

 type form, and more after the style of those of the original 

 Assam variety of D. Wardianum. The flowers are larger 

 and of greater substance, otherwise they resemble those of 

 the type. — Northern India. 



D, Farmeri, Paxt. — A compact-growing evergreen species 

 with delicately beautiful blossoms, and the habit of D. densi- 

 florum. The stems are clavate from a small knob-like base, 

 and deeply furrowed so has to become quadrangular ; at the 

 top of the stem are from two to four ovate leathery leaves, and 

 later on the loose drooping racemes of numerous flowers ; 

 these have the ovate obtuse sepals and the larger petals 

 yellowish white flushed with pink, and the lip is straw- 

 coloured and pubescent, rich yellow in the centre and denticu- 

 late at the margin. It blooms in April and May, and lasts 

 two weeks in beauty if kept in a cool house. This species 

 requires the same treatment as D. demijioriim. There are 

 many forms of this plant, which varies much in colour and in 

 the manner of its growth. — India. 



Fid.— Paxton, Mag. Bot., xv. 241, with tab. ; Fl. des Serres, t. 741 ; Lem. 

 Jard. Fl., t. 307 ; Bot. Mag., t. 4669 ; Pescatorea, t.4 ; Jennings, Orch., t. 24. 



D, Farmer! albiflorum, Hart. — In this variety the sepals 

 and petals are almost pure white, with the downy lip orange- 

 coloured. In the Gartenflora it is called D, Farmeri album. 

 — India. 



Fm.—BeJg. Hort., 1860, 321, with tab. ; Gartenflora, t. 595. 



D. Farmeri aureo-flavum, Hook.— A beautiful rich golden 

 yellow-flowered variety, with the same quadrangular stems as 

 in D. Farmeri, but not quite so strong-growing. It is some- 

 what intermediate in aspect between D. Farmeri and D. 

 chrysotoxuvi, but quite difi'erent from the latter in the four- 

 angled stems ; the sepals and petals are bright yellow, and 

 the lip deep golden yellow and pubescent. — Moulmein. 



Fig.— Bot. Mag., t. 5451 ; Orchid Album, iii. t. 99. 



D, flmbriatum, Hook. — A very showy evergreen species, 

 with stoutish terete erect stems two or three feet long, produc- 

 ing its drooping racemes from near the apex of the last year's 



