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D. BIGIBBUM ALBO-MARGINATUM, Llnd.—A. beautiful variety, |in which 

 the segments of the flowers are bordered with white, which gives them a very 

 elegant appearance. 



Fia.—Zindenia, vii. t. 317. 



D. BIGIBBUM CANDIDUM, Bclib. /.—This is a very chaste and distinct 

 variety of the type, having white flowers slightly tinged with rosy-purple; it 

 was introduced by us from Torres Straits. 



D. BIGIBBUM SUPERBUM, Bchh.f.—A superior and much bolder form than 

 the type ; the flowers are larger in all their parts, the side lobes of the lip are 

 almost blackish-purple and the spur is longer. — North Australia. 



Fig. -Floral Mof^., 2nd ser., t. 229. 



D. BOXALLII, lichb.f. — A very beautiful species. It has moderately stout 

 stems, thickened on one side below the nodes, linear-ligulatcjbi-dentate leaves, 

 and short clusters of flowers from the defoliated stems ; the sepals and petals 

 are white, beautifully tipped with crimson-purple, and the lip, which is white 

 and similarly, tipped, has in addition a large deep orange-coloured, disk. — 

 Moulmein. 



Fig. — Xeiila Oirli., ii. t. 19i ; Floral Mag., 2ncl scr., t. 114 ; Jennings, Oroh., t. 19. 



D. BRACTEOSUM, Echh. f. — A pretty species with pendulous pseudobulbs, 

 which produce short tufted bunches of small flowers ofja delicate rose colour, 

 with a yellow lip. — New Guinea. 



DENDEOBIUM BETMBKIANUM. ^^^- Ltndcllia, ii. t. 74. 





D. BRYMERIANUM, iJc7j&. /.— 

 This very handsome species was 

 first flowered by and named in 

 honour of W. E. Brymer, Esq., 

 Ilsington House, Dorchester. It 

 has terete stems, a foot high or 

 more, slightly swollen in the 

 middle part, with lanceolate acu- 

 minate distichous leaves, and 

 short lateral racemes produced 

 near the top of the stem ; the 

 flowers are 3 inches in diameter, 

 sweet scented, golden-yellow, 

 with ovate-lanceolate sepals, 

 linear-oblong petals, and a tri- 

 angular cordate lip, the middle 

 lobe of which is greenish-yellow 

 beautifully fringed with a long 

 beard-like appendage of dichoto- 

 mously-branchedflexuose ciliolato 



processes, and the short broad lateral lobes are deep orange with a shorter 



fringe. Flowers in spring.^£iwma/i. 



Fig. — But. Mag., t. G.S83 ; Floral Mag., 2nd ser., t. 459 ; Gard. Chron., N.S., xi. p. 474, 

 f . 65 ; Id., xvi., p. 688, f . 140 ; VeUeh's Man. Oroh. PI., iii. p. 25 ; Orchid Alltm, ix. t. .St8 ; 

 Lindcnia, iv. t. 183 ; Beichenbachia, ii. t. 92. 



