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The Gardens of the Stm. [ch. xm. 



the wet moss on which they lay ! The delicately perfumed 

 little orchid, Dendrochilum glumaceum, was flowering 

 freely, its elegantly drooping inflorescence resembling 



EHODODENDEON STBNOPHYLLUM. 



"the most dainty filagree work. Golden and white- 

 :flowered ccelogynes nestled here and there beside our 

 path. In one place, the curious little Rhododendron 

 ■ericifolium was in bloom ; and another species, growing 

 on mossy trunks, bore waxy, bell-shaped flowers of a 

 clear orange-scarlet colour. The dark glossy green 



