DENDROBIUM. 



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var . — histrionicum. 



Stems shorter and more swollen in the middle ; flowers smaller, of 

 a duller colour, and with the fringe of the lip rarely developed, and 

 if so, shorter than in the original type. 



D. Brymerianum histrionicum, Rchb. in Gard. Chron. III. s. 3 (1888), p. 101 



A remarkable species, introduced by Messrs. Low and Co., from 

 Burrnah, in 1874. The extraordinary papillose fringe of the lip, 

 which exceeds in length that of every other allied species, is its 



Dendroliium Brymerianum. 



most striking characteristic. It is dedicated to Mr. W. E. Brymer, 

 in whose collection at Ilsington House, near Dorchester, it flowered 

 for the first time in this country shortly after its introduction. 

 It usually flowers in February and March. The variety is a more 

 recent importation from Upper Burrnah; it is greatly inferior to the 

 original type, and has proved most disappointing to amateurs; its 

 flowers, which appear in the autumn, are self-fertilising before they 

 expand, and are rarely properly developed. 



