1524 CXXVII. ORCHIDEiE. [Dendrohhim. 



Strips of yellow cortex of any of the varieties is used for ornamenting wommera handles and 

 for intertwining into the men's belts. — liotk. I.e. 



Var. album. This vaiiety is very rare, but differs in nowise from the typical form except m 

 its pure white flowers. 



Var. albomarffinatuiii. Septnients having a white margin. 



Var. phahenopsis. Stems, leaves and peduncles the same as in other varieties of this species. 

 Eacemes of 3 or more large flowers, the sepals and petals of a heliotrope colour, the labellura 

 especially towards tl^e base a rich mauve. Flowers distant, pedicels white IJin. long. Sepals 

 oblong, l^in. long. 7 lines broad, minutely apiculate, the lateral ones forming but a very short 

 upper basal projection, the spur 4 lines long, compressed, scarcely a line in diameter. Petals 

 rhomboid, IJin. broad, tapering at the base to a short claw. Labellum more than three parts 

 the length of the sepals, the middle lobe occupying about half its length, very obtuse and over 

 Jin. broad, the lateral lobes curving round and enclosing the column, the disk with an oblong 

 cushion-like mass, which with the aid of a lens is found to be formed of several irre >ular rows of 

 teeth-like processes. Column very short, the side wings reaching to the top or above the 

 anther. — Including D. b. var. macranthum, Bail. Bot. Bull. a. ; D. phalcenopsis, Fitzg , Austr. 

 Oroh. i. 7. 

 Foima. reiiosum. This form only diffei-s in having the perianth -segments prominently veined* 



2. S. superbiens (stately appearance), G. Reichb. Gard. Chron. 516 (1876). 

 Stems 2 to 4ffc. liigh, somewhat tapering towards the top, and often contracted at 

 the base. Leaves broadly-lanceolate 3 to 4in. or sometimes more long, thin- 

 coriaceous. Peduncles slender, nodding bearing a raceme of 9 or more showy 

 flowers 2iu. or more' in diameter. Bracts lanceolate, setaceous. Sepals reflexed, 

 undulate, purplish-lilac on the face with a white border, the back rosy with 

 darker coloured veins. Spur conical the additional one prominent in the bud. 

 Petals purplish-lilac, broadly cuneate or obovate. Labellum 3-lobecl, lateral ones 

 blunt rhomboid minutely toothed at the anterior part, overlapping the column, 

 middle lobe blunt-triangular, longer than broad, slightly undulate. Disk calli 

 divided into 2 or 3 rows of strong teeth forming one dense mass with 4-furrows, 

 colour amethyst-purple brighter than the other part of the labellum, the base 

 whitish-yellow. Column purplish on the back, whitish in front, with rows of 

 purplish spots at the base. Anthers white. 



Hab.: Islands of Torres Straits. 



3. Z>. Fitzgerald! (after E. D. Fitzgerald), 7''. v. M. in Melb. Chem. June 

 18S4 (only a brief notice). Stems tall and leafy, oCtea more than 2ft. high, 

 corrugated and marked with purple lines and balbiform at the immediate base. 

 Leaves lanceolate, 4 to 5in. long and lin. broad, curved and twisted. Eacemes 

 long slender and pendulous, bearing numerous showy flowers of a purplish 

 colour. Sepals petals and labellum often very wavy, IJin. long and of a whitish 

 colour outside and on the edge. Spur slender and prominent. Labellum with 

 the lateral lohes not undulate, broad and rounded at the upper end and there 

 coloured, middle lobe f the length of the lateral ones, and much \indulate and 

 recurved. Disk plates o, prominently crested at their upper ends. Column 

 wings ending in coloured points above the anther. — D. superbiens, Fitzg. Austr. 

 Orch. ii. Pt. 1. 



Hab.: Islands of Torres Straits. 



I have no specimen, and there does not seem to have ever been a description published. The 

 above is from Mr. Fitzgerald's excellent plate, wbare it is given as D. superbiens, lieiclib. 



4. D. Toflftii (after G. Tofft), Bail. 3rd Suppt. Syn. Ql. Fl. 71. Eesembling D. 

 itndidatuhi, the stems attaining to 4 or 5ft. in height, swollen above the base, all 

 more or less compressed, and prominently marked with purple ribs. Leaves broadly 

 ovate and emarginate similar to those of D. undulatuin. Eacemes several, proceed- 

 ing from the upper part of the stem, about 15in. long, including the rather long 

 peduncle, which latter bears about 3 distant, obtuse, closely sheathing, scarious 

 bracts, besides several which are crowded at immediate base. Pedicels attaining 

 IJin. Sepals attaining IJin., nearly white, more or less recurved above the 



