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sepals oblong; petals broadly elliptical, almost as broad again as the 

 sepals; lip orbicular, pubescent, with minutely fimbriated margin, 

 obscurely three-lobed, the small side lobes rolled over the very short 

 column ; spur short, obtuse. 



Dendrobium chryseum, Rolfe in Gard. Chron. III. s. 3 (1888), p. 233. 



A species with deep yellow flowers, said to be of Assamese 

 origin, recently introduced by Mr. Horsman, nurseryman of Col- 

 chester, from whom we acquired the stock. It is distinct from 

 any Dendrobe hitherto in cultivation, although evidently near 

 Dendrobium fimbriatum, but the horticultural merits of the species 

 cannot be fairly estimated till the plants shall have been longer 

 established in their new homes. 



D. Ohrysocrepis. 



Eu dendrobium — Fasciculata. Stems slender, 6 — 10 inches long, dilated 



above into a flattened leafy pseudo-bulb, bearing three or more elliptic 



lanceolate, pointed leaves 2 — 3 inches long. Flowers golden yellow, 



with deeper lip, 1J inches in diameter, produced singly from the 



old leafless stems on short slender peduncles ; dorsal sepals and petals 



similar, obovate, concave ; lateral sepals ovate, more spreading ; lip 



somewhat pear-shaped, ventricose, velvety, the inner surface densely 



clothed with reddish hairs. 



Dendrobium Chrysocrepis, Parish and Rchb. fide Bot. Mag. t. 6007 (1872). 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. XXX. p. 150. 



"A curious species discovered by the Rev. C. Parish, in Moulmein, 



and communicated by him to the Royal Gardens at Kew, in 1871, 



where it flowered in March of the following year."* The specific name, 



from yjpvozoQ (chryseos), " golden" and /cprj7rtc (crepis), ff a slipper," 



refers to the labellum, the singular structure of which is not less 



deserving the attention of the amateur than of the botanist. 



D. chrysotoxum. 



Eudendrobium — Calostachyce, Stems variable in form and size, usually 

 clavate, but sometimes spindle-shaped and ribbed, 3 — 4 inches long, with 

 3 — 4 leaves, sometimes sub-cylindric, furrowed, 12 — 15 inches long, and 

 more than an inch thick, with 5 — 8 leaves. Leaves varying from linear- 

 to ovate-oblong, acute, 4 — 5 inches long, leathery, deep green. Racemes 

 lateral from near the top of the stems, 6 — 9 inches long, drooping, 

 many-flowered. Flowers 2 inches in diameter, with spreading segments, 

 of a rich golden-yellow with an orange-yellow disc on the lip, on which 

 are a few reddish streaks near the base ; sepals elliptic-oblong ; petals 



* Bot. Mag. sub. t. 6007. 



