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broader, oblong, whole coloured ; and the lip, which is quite distinct in form from 

 that of D. auperbiens, being much longer, narrower, and more acute at the point, 

 also entirely of a claret-purple. This, like D. sujperbiens, flowers at different 

 times of the year, and lasts three months in perfection. It also requires the 

 same treatment as that species. — Torres Straits. 

 Fig. — The Garden, xiv. p. 244, t. 145. 



D. GRATIOSISSIMUM, RcJih. f. — A delicate and pretty species resembling 

 D. crepidatum in habit, with suberect stems, slender at the base, striated, and 

 bearing ovate-lanceolate acute leaves, which fall before the flowers are pro- 

 duced. The latter are in fascicles of two or three together, 2^ inches across ; 

 the sepals and petals are lance-shaped, white slightly shaded and tipped with 

 rose ; and the lip is entire, broadly ovate, white tipped with rose, and marked 

 at the base with a large roundish yellow spot, faintly striped with orange. — • 

 Moul/mein. 



¥IG.— But. Mug., t. 5652; Xcnia Orcli., ii. t. 193. 



Syn. — D. Bulleriunum . 



D. GRIFFITHIANUM, Lindley. — One of the most glorious of the yellow spring- 

 flowering Dendrobes. It has erect clavate stems, quadrangular on the upper part, 

 and bearing at the top a pair of lanceolate-oblong obtuse leaves ; the flowers grow 

 in loose drooping flexuose many -flowered racemes from the side of the stem ; the 

 petals are ciliolate, and the lip ovate, pubescent, and denticulate ; the plant 

 resembles D. densiflorum, and its immense drooping spikes of blooms are of the 

 richest golden-yellow, and remain in perfection for about a fortnight. It is very 

 rare, and varieties are often sold for it which are much inferior to the typical 

 form. — Burmah. 



D. GUIBERTII, Linden. — A fine showy Dendrobe, resembling a strong-growing 

 D. densiflorum, and possibly a variety of that species. It has clavate stems a foot 

 high, bearing at the top a few broad ovate leaves, from amongst which appear the 

 dense drooping racemes, 14 inches long, of yellow flowers, which have a rich 

 golden-yellow lip, marked around the mouth of the funnel-shaped base with a 

 stain of deep orange. It has been named in honour of the late M. Gruibert, of 

 Paris. — Supposed to be Indian. 



Fm.—Z'ia. Hurt., 3rd ser., t. 258 ; Retue Hurt., 1876, p. 431, with tab. ; Pnydt,Li:s 

 Orch., t. 16. 



D. HANBURYANUM See D. lituiplorum. 



D. HARRISONIAE.— See Lycaste Hakeisoniae. 



D. HARVEYANUM, Rclib. f. — ^A very curious and-distinct species in the way 

 of B. Brymerianum, but with smaller flowers. The stems are fusiform, furrowed, 

 6 inches long, and bear the lateral racemes of four or flve flowers near the top ; 

 the colour of the flowers is deep chrome yellow, with a pair of orange-coloured 

 blotches on the lip ; the sepals are lanceolate-acute, the petals oblong-acute, orna- 

 mented with a dense marginal fringe, and the lip is almost circular, with an 

 obscure basal callus, a rough surface, and a distinct fringe at the margin. 

 It was introduced by the Liverpool Horticultural Company, and named after 

 the late E. Harvey, Esq., of Aigburth, Liverpool, by whom it was first flowered. — 

 Burmah. 



