BY F. M. BAILEY, F.L.S. 



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Dendrobium speciosiim, *S'm., var. delicatum. * 



Stems forming dense wide patches on rocks, 6 to 9 in. high, 

 swelling into pseudo-bulbs, at the base like D. Knif^ianumy 

 fluted, and more or loss clothed with the torn bases of old leaves. 

 Leaves 3 or 4, from 3^ to 4 J/2 in. long, and ^ to i^^ broad, 

 the apex obtuse or emarginate, in texture resembling those of 

 var. fusifortne. Racemes i o: 2, from 7 to 8 in. long, bearing 

 8 or 9 distant, fragrant white dowers, the outer segments 6 to 8 

 lines long, the inner ones about the same length, thin and 

 delicate and much narrower, the spur rather long and curved. 

 Labellum of a very delicate texture, white speckled with purple, 

 the middle lobe apiculate, the longitudinal plates of tlie disk 

 yellow, column white. 



Hab. Main Range. Collected by B. Crow aud C. H. Hart- 

 mann, 



Dendrobium Keffordii, Sp. Nov. 



Stems clustered, very numerous, slender, i to 4 ft. high, the 

 lower part naked and cane-like or more or less clothed by the 

 torn bases of old leaves, the upper half leafy. Leaves linear 

 lanceolate, the apex rather obtuse, 3 in. long, and about 3 lines 

 broad near the base, of a thin texture, the sheathing base 

 prominently striate. Kacemes lateral, numerous, shorter than the 

 leaves, 2 -flowered. Flowers yellowish speckled with purple ; 

 pedicels 4 lines long. Sepals or outer segments from a broad 

 base tapering to filiform points, about i in. long, the basal spur 

 short. Petals or inner segments similar to the sepals but smaller. 

 Labellum 3 or 4 lines long, the lateral lobes embracing the 

 column, the middle lobe bordered by a dark purplo fringe, the 

 point elongated and recurved. Disk bright yellow v\ ith two lines 

 of prominent calli, column slender. 



Hab. Johnstone River. Collected by W. R. Keffoid. 



This addition to the large genus Dendrobium in foliage and 

 inflorescence approaches D. agrostophyllum^ F.v.21. and D. 

 Baileyi. F.v.M.^ while in the form of flowers it closely resembles 

 D. tetragominti A. Cun7Z. 



Dendrobium Kingianum, Bidw.y var. pallidum. * 



Stems clustered, often forming broad dense matted masses of 

 several feet in diameter, the height of stem from 2 to 4 in, 

 slender except the base which is enlarged into pseudo-bulbs, all 

 more or less covered by the torn bases of old leaves. Leaves 

 2 or 3, somewhat thin, 2 to 3 in. long, and about j4 in. broad 

 near the base, oblong-lanceolate. Racemes slightly exceeding 



