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which bears scentless flowers. It is best grown in a basket, with moss. ■ This 

 jalant has been commonly grown under the name of D. •maorophyllvm,, which 

 name, however, was previously appropriated to the plant originally known in 

 gardens as D. Veitohianum. — Philippine Islands. 



Fm.— 2i^iire des Sevres, t.'rir ; Jitit. ]lfa/!.,t. 3970 : Pe-9'-rtto>-ea.,t. id ; Gard . Citron ., 

 184.0, p. 84. with fig. (habit) ; Mouli. First Cciaury Orch. PI., t. 12 ; Sertum Orch., t. 3.) ; 

 Orchid Album, i. t. 42. 



Stn. — P. macrophyllum ; P. maerantlium. 



D. SUPERBUM ANOSMUM See D. anositom. 



D. SUPERBUM GIGANTEUM, Bchb.f.—A showy variety which grows in the 

 same way as the preceding, and blossoms about the same time. The flowers Axe 

 from 5 to 7 inches across ; the sepals and petals a beautiful rose-purple ; the lip 

 of the same colour, fringed and marked at the base with a pair of rich purplish- 

 red spots ; they remain about two weeks in perfection. A fine plant for exhibition, 

 but it requires to be kept in a cool house to keep it back for that purpose, as it 

 generally blooms very early. — Philippine Islands. 



Fia.— irarner, Sel. Orch. PI., i. t. 26. 



D. SUPERBUM HUTTONI, Bdih. /.—This exceedingly rare and beautiful 

 variety has pure white sepals and petals, whilst the lip is of the colour of the 

 normal form, saving a marginal border of white. The rhubarb scent is not so 

 decided as in the type. It requires the temperature of the East Indian house. — 

 Malay Archipelago. 



Syn. — P. Huttoni. 



D. TATTONIANUM.— See D. canaliculaibm. 



D. TAURINUM, Lindl. — A most remarkable and distinct species named 

 D. taurinwm, or the bull-headed Dendrohe, from the strong suggcstioij. of a bull's 

 head with long straight horns made by the curiously constructed flowers. It i^ 

 a strong-growing plant, with erect terete stems, often attaining a height of 5 f eeti 

 The leaves are very broad, oblong, unequally emarginate ; and the flowers grow 

 in an oblong raceme, crowning a long erect terminal peduncle ; the sepals are 

 yellowish-green, rolled back at the points ; the petals very long, erect, twisted, 

 deep purple ; and the oblong lip whitish, crispy, purplish- violet at the apex, and 

 having three elevated lines along the centre. It is best grown in a pot in peat^ 

 We seldom see good plants of this species under cultivation. — Philippine Islands ; 

 Manilla. 



Fia.—Bot. Peg., 1843, t. 28 ; Flore des Serres, 1. 1904 ; Pa.vUm, Jlag. Bat., x. p. 217, 

 with tab. 



D. TERETIFOLIUM, B. Br. — A curious-looking species, very distinct in habit, 

 which is worth growing on account of the profusion of flowers it produces in the 

 winter months. The stems are clustered, dark brown, branched, each branch 

 terminating in a long pendent curved terete taper-pointed hard fleshy leaf, very 

 much resembling that of a Scutioaria ; the flowers are produced in lateral dicho- 

 tomously-branched panicles from the branch of the stem ; the sepals and petals 



