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DENDROBIUM. 



Introduced to Chatsworth, in 1837, by Gibson, who obtained it 

 from the Calcutta Botanic Garden. It had been presented to the 

 Calcutta Garden by Lady Dalhousie without any intimation of its 

 habitat; it is now known to be widely distributed throughout 



Deiidrobium Dalhousieamun. 



Burmahj whence it has been frequently imported. Ever since its 

 introduction, Dendrobium Dalhousieanum has been generally recognised 

 as one of the noblest of the genus ; its racemes are frequently — not 

 always — produced from the leafless stems several years in succession ; 

 they usually appear in April and May, and last about a week. 



D. Dearei. 



Stachyobium — Speciosie. Stems robust, 24—36 inches long, the upper 

 third clothed with sessile, oval-oblong, acute, sometimes emarginatc leaves 

 2 inches long, that are persistent about two years. Peduncles from 

 the uppermost joints, racemose, 5 — 7 or more flowered. Flowers white, 

 1\ inches in diameter, on triquetral whitish pedicels ; sepals lanceolate, 

 acuminate with recurved tips ; petals oval, nearly three times as broad 

 as the, sepals and slightly undulate ; lip oblong, obtuse, obscurely three- 



