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DENDROBIUM TORTILE. 
THE accompanying figure represents a good plant of Denrobium tortile, 
which. has just flowered in the collection of John W. Arkle, Esq., Holly 
Mount, West Derby, Liverpool. It is a distinct and striking species, but 
for some reason it does not appear to be much grown, though Mr. Arkle 
remarks that it is “‘ very pretty, lasts long, and seems to do well.” Itisa 
DENDROBIUM TORTILE. 
native of Burma, and is found both in the Mergui district and in the 
Arracan hills, having originally been introduced from the former by Thomas 
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Dr. Lindley, in 1847 (Gard. Chron., 1847, P- 
known ally is probably D. Hildebrandii, Ro 
figured in these pages (vol. iii., p. 49), and which it much resembles in its 
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bb, when collecting for Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, and described by 
797, with fig.). Its nearest 
lfe, which has already been 
