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Dendrobium. 



long, narrow, deciduous. Flowers 2in. across, usually in pairs, in 

 shape similar to those of £>. nobik; sepals and petals amethyst- 

 purple, paler at the base ; lip deep maroon, with the front 

 portion white. This plant may be grown in a pot or in a basket, 

 and during the growing season it enjoys a liberal supply of 

 water. Its blossoms are produced in great profusion during the 

 months of April and May. In form they are somewhat 

 remarkable, being curved like a trumpet, with the mouth up- 

 wards, whence the name of the species, as the " lituus " of the 

 Romans was a slightly-curved trumpet. It is a native of India. 

 (B. M., t. 6050). 



Var. candidum has larger flowers, with white sepals and petals, 

 and a yellow lip. 



A"ar. Freemani has the lip covered with denser hairy bodies, 

 and with the zone yellowish-white. 



D. Lowii {Lindl.). — A pretty-flowered species, related to 

 D. Draconis. The pseudo-bulbs are ift. high, erect, leafy on 

 the upper half, the internodes covered with black hairs. 

 Leaves 3in. long. Flowers in compact racemes, developed near 

 the top of the leafy stems, each flower i^in. across the mouth, 

 somewhat funnel-shaped, with a distinct, straight spur ; petals 

 slightly broader than the sepals ; lip tongue-shaped in front, 

 reflexed, pale yellow, with six raised lines of reddish hairs ; 

 rest of flower pale buff-yellow. This plant, which was 

 introduced from Borneo in 1861, must be grown in a moist 

 house all the year round, in a shallow teak basket, with a little 

 sphagnum about its roots. It develops its blossoms in autumn. 

 (B. M., t. 5303.) 



D. luteolum (Batem.). — Flowers primrose-yellow, with a little 

 orange and crimson on the lip, lin. to 2in. across, produced in 

 threes or fours from the upper part of the last made pseudo- 

 bulbs and branches. Pseudo-bulbs ift. to 2\il. long, ^in. in 

 diameter. Burma, 1864. (B. M., t. 5441-) 



Var. chlorocentrum has pale primrose blossoms, with greenish 

 hairs on the disk of the lip. 



D. MacCarthiae (Hook.). — One of the very finest of the genus. 

 The stems are 2ft. long, as thick as a goose-quill, erect, grey, 

 purplish at the joints. Leaves narrow, 4in. long. The flowers 

 are large, nearly 3in. in length, and rather more in width; the 

 sepals and petals are very pointed, not so spreading as in 

 D. jiobile, and coloured rosy-mauve and white ; the hp is tongue- 

 shaped, as long as the sepals and petals, pale lavender, striped 

 and blotched with purple, a blotch of deep maroon occupying 

 the middle. The beautiful colouring of this species, and the 



