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Order ORCHIDE.^. 

 (Orchis Family.) 



From the thick stems of some species of this order may he obtained a nutritive substance. 

 The fruits of others furnish delightful aromatics, but the plants are principally cultivated for the 

 beauty of their dowers. Salop, a farinaceous meal obtained from the tubers of several terrestrial 

 specie's, is said to contain more nutritive matter than any other vegetable product, 1 oz. per diem 

 being sufficient to sustain a man. 



TeIBE EPIDENDEEiE. 



STJBTEIBE LIPAEIEiG. 



LIPABIS, Rich. 



cuneilabris, F. v. M. ; epi. ; Tropical Queensland. A. 

 renexa, Lindl. ; epi. ; Eastern Australia. A. 



OBEKONIA, Lindl. 



iriclifolia, Lindl. ; epi. ; Queensland. A.B. 

 palmicola, F. v. M. ; epi. ; Queensland. A.B. 



STJBTEIBE DENDEOBIEjE. 



DENDKOBIUM, Sid. 



Adse, Sail., Proc. Hoy. Soc. Qd. ; epi. ; Herberton. 

 semulum, R. Br. ; epi. ; Eastern Australia. A.B. 

 agrostopliyllum, F. v. M. ; epi. ; Herberton. B. 

 aureum, Lindl. ; epi. ; Ceylon. A.B. 

 Bairdianum, Bail. ; epi. ; Tropical Queensland. B. 

 bigibbum, Lindl. ; epi. ; Cape York. A.B. 



var. pkalsenopsis ; epi.; Cape York. A.B. 

 Sumneri ; epi. ; Cape York. A.B. 

 superbiens ; epi. ; Cape York. A.B. 

 canaliculatum, R. Br. ; epi. ; Tropical Queensland. A.B. 

 chrysantliuni, Wall. ; epi. ; Ceylon. A.B. 

 chrysotoxum, Lindl. ; epi. ; Burmah. A.B. 

 cincinnatum, F. v. M. ; epi. ; New Guinea. A.B. 

 cretaceum, Lindl. ; epi. ; Java. A.B. 

 crassinode, Beichb. ; epi. ; Siam. A. 

 cucumerinum, Lindl. ; epi. ; Eastern Australia. A.B. 

 Dalliousianum, Paxt. ; epi. ; East India. A. 

 densiflorum, Lindl. ; epi. ; East India. A .B. 

 Devonianum, Paxt. ; epi. ; East India. A. 

 Earmeri, Paxt. ; epi. ; East India. A.B. 

 fimbriatum, Hook. ; epi. ; East India. A.B. 

 Eitzgeraldii, F. v. M. inedt. ; epi. A. 

 Foelschei, F. v. JUL. ; epi. ; Port Darwin. B. 

 gracilicaule, F v. M. ; epi. ; Queensland. A.B. 

 liispidum, A. Rich. ; epi.; Queensland. A.B. 



var. Taylori (as Bulbopliyllum Taylori) ; epi. ; Herberton. A.B. 

 Johnsonise, F. v. M. ; epi. ; JSTew Guinea. A.B. 

 Eeffordii, Bail. ; epi. ; Tropical Queensland. A. 

 Kingianuni, Bidiu. ; epi. ; Eastern Australia. A.B. 



var. pallidum, Bail. ; epi. ; Eastern Australia. A.B. 

 linguiforme, Sw. ; epi. ; Eastern Australia. A.B. 

 MacCartkise ; epi. ; Ceylon. A.B. 

 Macfarlanei, F. v. If. ; epi. ; New Guinea. A. 

 Macrantlium, Reiclib. ; epi. ; Manilla. A.B. 

 monopliyllum, F. v. M. ; epi. ; Queensland. A.B. 

 Mortii, F. v. M. ; epi. ; Queensland. A.B. 



