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will succeed in a pot or basket, or on a block, provided it has 

 a liberal supply of water when in vigorous growth. We have 

 seen it bloom in summer and also late in autumn. — Borneo. 

 'FlG.—Boi. Mag., t. 5303 ; Fl. des Serrea, t. 2395. 



D. luteolum, Bateman. — A very distinct and desirable 

 species, in which the stems are erect and terete, and bear 

 lanceolate leaves, and simultaneously on the upper part of the 

 stems a profusion of short lateral two to four-flowered racemes 

 "of pale primrose-coloured flowers, of which the lip has 

 roundish lateral lobes, and the middle lobe a downy yellow disk 

 marked by a few red lines. It flowers during the months of 

 January and February, and lasts several weeks in perfection. 

 — Moubnein. 



YlG.—Bot. Mag., t, 5441. 



DENDROBIUM LTJTEOLUM CHLOROCENTRUM, 



D. luteolum c]llorocentruni,-Rc/i6./. — This variety is alto- 

 gether superior to the type, the flowers being much larger and 

 of better substance. It bears tufts of green hairs on the 

 middle of the lip. One of our own introductions. — Moulmein. 

 Fig.— Gard. Chron., N.s., xix. 340, fig. 48. 



D. MacCartMse, Hooker. — The " Eainy-month flower " or 

 "May-flower'^ of Ceylon, a really splendid species, with 

 terete pendulous stems as thick as a goose quill, green 



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