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Cookson, Esq., ot Wylam-on-Tyne, ivho was the first to exhibit it. It was 

 dedicated to him by the late Professor Eeichenbach. About the same time it 

 also appeared in the collection of the late Right Hon. W. H. Smith, while under 

 the charge of Mr. H. Knight, now Superintendent of the Royal Parks at 

 Laeken, Brussels, who sent us flowers for determination, and as we believed 

 the sport not to be constant, asked him to prove it another year. In the mean- 

 time it was described by the late Professor Eeichenbach. The sepals are similar 

 to those of the type, but it is in the petals that the diflereuoe is found, these being 

 in reality like two lips flattened out so as to take the form of petals, their 

 markings and their surfaces being identical with those of the lip. — India, 



Fig. — Lindenin, viii. t. 340 ; Tcitch'x Jl/in. Orch. PI., iii. p. 64 ; Gardniing Worlil, 

 iv. p. 393 : Jovni. of Hort., 1888, xvi. p. 237, f. 29 ; Id., 1890, xx. p. 63, t 10. 



Syn. — D. noiile Heathfieldianum. 



D. NOBILE HEATHFIELDIANUM — See D. nobile CooKSOxi.ixUM. 



D. NOBILE INTERMEDIUM, Eort.—A pretty and distinct variety, which 

 grows in the same way as D. nohile itself, and flowers at the same time. The 

 sepals and petals are white, and the lip white, with a dark crimson spot in the 

 centre. A desirable variety for winter decoration. A scarce plant, and one of 

 the best. — India. 



D. NOBILE MAJUS — See D. nobile Sandeeianum. 



D. NOBILE NOBILIUS, Bolib. /.—Undoubtedly the largest flowered form of 

 D. nohile j'et introduced. The flowers are about 4 inches in diameter, having 

 broad sepals and petals, white richly suffused with rosy-purple, darker towards 

 the tips ; the lip is white, margined with rosy-purple around the anterior half, 

 and having an intense purplish- crimson blotch in the centre. It flowers during 

 the winter and spring months, and is very rare. — India. 



Fig. — Orchid Album, v. t. 214. 



D. NOBILE PALLIDIFLORUM See D. pkimulinum. 



D. NOBILE PENDULUM, Bort.—K fine variety of B. nohile, with large flowers, 

 richer in colour than those of the type, and produced at the same time. This is 

 often called Eucker's variety. It is best grown in a basket, on account of its 

 pendulous habit. — India. 



D. NOBILE SANDERIANUM, Eclih. /.—A variety described by the late 

 Professor Eeichenbach as follows : — " This was introduced by Mr. P. Sander four 

 years ago. It has now flowered three times, and it has always kept its full 

 grandeur. The flowers are of a dazzling purple, and the reticulation of transverse 

 nerves is very strong ; the mid-line of the mentum is green ; the whole disk of 

 the lip is covered by a grand dark blotch, and all around it is rosy-purple, only 

 leaving a small white area in front, traversed by purple veins, and with a white 

 border to the superior part. All the petals I saw were white at the base. I have 

 to thank Sir Trevor Lawrence for the opportunity of comparing specimens of 

 D. nobile nohilius with this. That lovely plant has all the parts narrower and 



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