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having stems very thick and fleshy, six to fifteen inches high, leaves three: 
to six inches long, racemes often over a foot long, flowers rather large and 
pale yellow, and the lip white, spotted with purple. It is found on 
mountain tops on Bellenden Ker and other ranges in the north. He gives 
the native names as “‘ Dhumbee” and “ Tar-beri.”’ Figures cited are Bot.. 
Mag. t. 3074, Bot. Reg. t. 1610, and Fitzg. Austral. Orch. ii. pt. 4, t. em 
The New South Wales plant seems to belong to typical D. speciosum ; that 
from Victoria I have not seen, though it probably agrees. The plant 
figured in the Orchid Album (v. t. 198) as D. Hillii, Hook., has the short 
stout bulbs of D. speciosum. Some interesting particulars respecting this. 
beautiful “‘ Rock Lily,” by the late Mr. R. D. Fitzgerald, were reproduced 
at page 106 of our tenth volume. 
Var. Hiri, F. Muell., is the form originally described by Sir William: 
Hooker as D. Hillii (Bot. Mag. t. 5261), and it is said to be the common 
form in Queensland, and the one to which the aboriginal name is usually 
applied. The stems are described as three feet or more high, the leaves a 
foot or more long, and the racemes 14 to two feet long, and the flowers. 
usually white, turning to yellow, with a purple border to the lip. It Is this. 
beautiful variety which is figured on the preceding page, as may be seen by 
its long slender stems. The photograph was sent by J. M. Davidson, Esq-> 
Stanley Street, 5. Brisbane, Queensland, to the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, 
M.P., who kindly forwarded it to us. The plant is growing on the branches. | 
of a tree in the open air, and thriving in 2 way never seen in European 
hothouses. 
Var. BANcRoFTIANUM, Rchb. f. (Gard. Chron. 1881, i. p. 782) he 
apparently dees not know, but gives it as having the robust habit of var. 
Hillii, but the flower segments longer and narrower, adding that it 1s: 
supposed to be a northern form. Reichenbach originally remarked :—The 
stem is even more slender than that of D. Hillii, Hook., and that alone 
affords a good mark for distinction.” This is precisely the case with two 
specimens preserved at Kew, one recorded as from Northern Australia, the: 
other from New Guinea, but the latter locality requires confirmation. 
VAR. GRANDIFLoRUM, F. M. Bail., was described in 1896 (Bot. Bull. X1V-. 
p. 12), and is said to have a more vigorous habit than var. Hillii, the leaves 
often over a foot long by nearly six inches broad, and the flowers deep 
yellow from first expanding until they decay. It occurs at Eumundi, on the 
North Coast Railway Line. 
VaR. CURVICAULE, F. M. Bail. (l.c. p. 12), has the stems curved, some © 
almost into a half circle, compressed, g to 12 inches long, often 14 inches 
broad, the leaves about five inches long, two inches broad, often concave, 
the racemes nine or ten inches long, and the flowers cream, with the sepals: 
thick, curving outwards, and only six or seven lines long by nearly half as 
