THE ORCHID REVIEW. rit 
bellatulum attached to the roots, and the same thing with C. Charlesworthii. 
The places where C. Charlesworthii grows are, as a rule, far removed 
from villages ; indeed, the whole country is very sparsely populated. It. is 
the home of the tiger, the bear, wild boar, leopard (cheetah), and of huge 
snakes ; and, in consequence, the collecting of the plant is attended with a 
good deal of danger. The Shans will only go out in parties of about ten, 
and they take with them gongs, which are beaten to scare away the wild 
beasts. When I first collected it in quantity I had thousands of flowers, 
and some of them were of great size. I little dreamt at the time that it 
would be found so widely distributed, and I.did not then know that it was 
a new Orchid. It flowered in England at the same season as it does in 
Burma. 
Dendrobium Hildebrandii was first discovered by Mr. Hildebrand, 
Superintendent of the S. Shan States, and some plants were sent to 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. Afterwards, my men came across it, and, 
without knowing what it was, I sent some to Messrs. Charlesworth, who 
identified it, and sold the plants. Its habitat is on the border of Siam, a 
good way east of the Salween River, and some 300 miles east of Lake Inle. 
D. velutinum was found by my men on their return about the same time. 
It is found both east and west of the Salween River, and much nearer to 
Fort Stedman than D. Hildebrandii. 
Cynibidium Lowianum grows about 20 miles east of Fort Stedman, but 
not plentifully, and there are quite a number of pretty little Orchids of 
botanical interest, some of which I am trying to flower in England. 
The following is a rough list of Orchids which I remember to have met 
with within a circumference of, say, 30 miles of Lake Inle, which may, 
perhaps, be of interest :— 
Dendrobium aggregatum, D. albosanguineum, D. aureum, D. Cam- 
bridgeanum, D.cariniferum, D. chrysanthum, D. chrysotoxum, D.crassinode, 
D. crepidatum, D. crystallinum, D. Dalhousieanum, D. Falconeri, D. 
fimbriatum (type), D. Findlayanum, D. Jamesianum, D. sarmentosum (a 
new species, recently named at Kew), D. suavissimum, and D. thrysiflorum. 
Cirrhopetalum picturatum, and others. 
Cymbidium Lowianum. 
Rhynchostylis retusa. 
Aérides odoratum and A. Vandarum. 
Vanda Amesiana, V. Bensoni, V. ccerulea, V. Kimballiana, V. Parishii 
Marriottiana, and V. teres. 
Saccolabium bellinum and S. giganteum. 
Cypripedium bellatulum, C. Charlesworthii, and C. Parishui. 
There are also species of the above and other genera whose names I do 
not know, and numerous species of botanical interest, including various 
terrestrial kinds. 
