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51. VaR. WILLIAMS! Will. O. Gr. Man., ed. 6, p. 205.—Petals distinctly 
veined with rosy magenta, especially along the centre ; lip intense crimson- 
purple with very small yellow disc.—B. S. Williams. 
52. VAR. LACERA, G. C., 1869, p. 738.- Flower white, suffused with 
purple, petals with thick teeth, lip narrow.—J. Day, Esq., Tottenham. 
Probably undeveloped. 
Inner halves of lateral sepals bearing a broad orange-coloured stripe. 
53. VAR. VANNERIANA, G. C., 1886, i., p. 331.—Flowers light rose ; 
lip deeper._W. Vanner, Esq. The lateral sepals appear to be becoming 
lip-like in character. 
INDEX. 
alba, 39 fulyens, 8 Massangeana, 49 striata, 48 
Anne, 20 Gravesiz, 15 Measuresiana, 17 Tautzii, 10 
Atalanta, I Hardyana, 45 Normanii, 7 tricolor, 34 
Backhouseana, 42 highburiensis, 11 Osmanii, 9 (unnamed), 47 
Capartiana, 43 Hillii, 37 pallida, 31 Vanneriana, 53 
chocoensis, 26 Hooleana, 6 Penelope, 28 Ss, 2 
Cleopatra, 33 Io, 22 plumosa, 46 Victoria-Reginz, 5 
Colemanii, 25 Juno, 21 Popayan, 28 virginalis, 41 
Corningii, 40 ‘nace 23 purpurata, 18 Williamsii, 51 
delicata, 29 lacera, 52 pola 23,27 Warscewicz Cleopa- 
Dodgsoni, 35 abs, 12 re ze 38 a, 33 
Emilie, 24 Leeana, 13 Pied on W. dats: 29 
Emperor, 50 gern Re Martin- Molen 29 W. Juno, 21 
Ernestii, 44 Cahuzac, 23 Russelliana, 4 W. tricolor, 34 
Fairy, 30 cagelics. 14, 28 Se roederiana, 16 
formosa, 3 marginata, 32 splendidissima, 36 
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DENDROBIUM SPECIOSISSIMUM. 
The existence of a very fine Dendrobium, allied to D. formosum, on 
Mount Kina Balu, in Borneo, has long been known, though very little is on re- 
cord respecting it, and we therefore learn with the greater satisfaction that 
plants of it are on the way home, and that it may soon be included in our 
collections. It was discovered by Hugh Low, Esq. (now Sir Hugh Low), 
Colonial Secretary at Labaun, on his ascent of the mountain in 1851, at 
about 6,000 feet elevation. His dried specimen consists of a four-flowered 
raceme with the basal bracts. Burbidge found it growing on the Marie 
Parie spur of the same mountain, at about 4,000 feet elevation, and speaks 
of the climate as similar to that of a warm autumn evening in a Devonshire 
wood, and the air chilly at night. He thus describes it :—‘‘ A beautiful 
white-flowered Dendrobium grows among the bushes. It belongs to the 
nigro-hirsute section, and has pseudobulbs five or six feet high. The 
blossoms are described by Mr. Lowas being similar to those of D. formosum 
giganteum, but with a deep orange-red blotch on the lip.” —(Gardens of the 
Sun, p. 108.) Whether Mr. Low’s note referred to was a personal 
communication or not we cannot say, but if previously published we have 
failed to trace its origin. For many years nothing further seems to have 
come to light respecting it, until a short time ago, when Messrs. Hugh Low 
