﻿152 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [May, t 9 o 4 . 



Dendrobium Devonianum (fig. 25) was discovered in the Khasia Hills, 

 by Gibson, when collecting for the Duke of Devonshire, and sent to 

 Chatsworth in 1837. Jt flowered in the following spring, and was figured 

 in Paxton's Magazine of Botany (vii., p. 169), being dedicated to the Duke of 

 Devonshire. It is a striking species, on account of its beautifully fringed 

 lip, which has a pair of large orange blotches on either side of the disc, and 



Fig. 25. Dendrobium Devonianum. 



a bright purple apex, the latter colour being also present at the apex of the 

 petals. Its fascicles of flowers are borne at every node of the stem, which 

 thus appears wreathed in flowers throughout their length, and as they some- 

 times reach a length of three to four feet the effect can easily be imagined- 

 The plant here figured flowered in the collection of Dr. A. W. Hoisholt, of 

 Stockton, California. The species is now known to grow also in Bhotan, the 



