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inches across, and the downy lip is of the same colour with a 

 pair of sanguineous blotches at the base ; they last two weeks 

 in perfection if they are kept dry. The flowers have a 

 strong smell of rhubarb, in which respect this plant differs 

 from the closely allied D. anosmum, which bears scentless 

 flowers. It is best grown in a basket, with moss. This plant 

 has been commonly grown under the name of D. macro- 

 phyllum, which, however, was previously appropriated to the 

 plant originally known in gardens as D. Veitchianum. — 

 Philippine Islands. 



'FiG.—Fl. des Serves, t. 757 ; Bot, Mag., t. 3970 ; Pescatorea, t. 40 ; Gard. 

 Chron , 1845, 84, with fig. (habit) ; Orchid Album, 1. 1. 42. 

 Stn. — D. macrophyllum ; D. macranthum. 



L. superlDiina anosmum. — See Dendrobium anosmum. 



D. SUperbum giganteum, Bchh. /. — A showy variety which 

 grows in the same way as the preceding, and blossoms about 

 the same time. The flowers are from five to seven inches 

 across, the sepals and petals a beautiful rose-purple ; the lip 

 of the same colour, fringed and marked at the base with a pair 

 of rich purplish red spots ; they remain about two weeks in 

 perfection. A fine plant for exhibition, but it requires to be 

 kept in a cool house to keep it back for that purpose, as it 

 generally blooms very early. — Philippine Islands. 

 Ym.— Warner, Set. Orch. PL, i. t. 26. 



D. SUperbnm Huttoni, Rchb. f. — This exceedingly rare and 

 beautiful variety has pure white sepals and petals, whilst the 

 lip is of the colour of the normal form, saving a marginal 

 border of white. The rhubarb scent is not so decided as in 

 the type. It requires the temperature of the East Indian 

 hou se . — Ma lay an Archipelago. 



D. Tattonianilin. — See Dendrobium canaliculatum. 



B. taurinilin, Lindley. — A most remarkable and distinct 

 species named D. taiirinum, or the Bull-headed Dendrobe, 

 from the strong suggestion of a bull's head with long 

 straight horns made by the curiously constructed flowers. 

 It is a strong-growing plant, with erect terete stems, 

 often attaining a height of five feet. The leaves are 

 very broad, oblong, unequally emarginate ; and the flowers 

 grow in an oblong raceme, crowning a long erect terminal 

 peduncle. The sepals are yellowish green, rolled back at the 



