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THE ORCHID WORLD. 
[September, 1913. 
Moulmein at 4,000-5,000 feet elevation, and 
nitroduced by him in 1853. Has been largely 
used for hybridising purposes. 
DeNDROBIUIM ACROBATICUM. — Introduced 
from Moulmein, and named acrobaticum by 
Reichenbach on account of the peculiar 
growth of the bulbs, which reminded him of 
acrobatic contortions. 
DendrobIUM ALBOSANGUINEUM. — Intro- 
duced in 1 85 1 through Thomas Lobb, who 
found it on the hills near the Atran river. 
It occurs in several places of Burmah, always 
on the tops of the highest trees. 
Dendrobiu.M ATRO-VIOLACEUM. — Intro- 
duced from Eastern New Guinea, and 
flowered for the first time in Europe in April, 
1890. 
DENDROBIUM CRASSINODE. — Sent to Kew 
and to Chelsea by Col. Benson in 1868, from 
Moulmein. It flowered simultaneously in 
both establishments in January, i86g, but 
had previously been made known to science 
by the Rev. C. Parish, who sent a sketch of 
it to Sir W. J. Hooker. 
DENDROBIUM CRETACEUM. — Sent to 
Exeter by Thomas Lobb, who detected it in 
the Moulmein district. The specific name, 
from creta, " chalk," refers to the colour of 
the flowers, which appear in May and June. 
DENDROBIUM HuTTONll. — A very 
beautiful variety of D. superbilm, the sepals 
and petals being pure white. Discovered in 
Timor, one of the islands of the Malay 
Archipelago, by Henry Hutton in 1868. 
DENDROBIUM Jainiesianum. — Introduced 
through Col. Benson by whom it was 
discovered in British Burmah, and dedicated 
by Reichenbach to the late Mr. James 
Veitch, junior. 
DENDROBIUM JOHANNIS. — A peculiar 
species having brown twisted sepals and 
petals, and a bright yellow lip, discovered in 
1865 in North-East Australia by the late 
John Gould Veitch, who sent plants to 
Chelsea, where it flowered in August of that 
year 
DENDROBIUM LEUCOLOPHOTUM. — Intro- 
duced through Curtis from the Malay 
Archipelago. It has the habit of flowering 
during November and December. The 
specific name is from the Greek, " a tuft of 
long white hair," and refers to the long one- 
sided racemes of wliite flowers, which bear 
a fancied resemblance to a horse's mane. 
DENDROBIUM MACROPHYLLUM, VARIETY 
HUTTONII. — A white variety of the type, 
and very rare. The plants were sent from 
the Moluccas by Hutton. The variety of 
macrophyllum known as Veitchianum was 
sent to Exeter in 1846 by Thomas Lobb, who 
found it in the jungles in the island of Java. 
DENDROBIUM SUPERBIENS. — One of the 
finest of the Australian Dendrobes, a native 
of York Peninsula and some of the islands 
in Torres Strait, whence it was introduced 
by Messrs. Veitch in 1876, through the late 
Sir Wilham MacArthur, of Sydney. 
DENDROBIUM SUPERBUM, VARIETY 
ANOSUM. — This variety was introduced to 
England by the collector Cumming, and is 
remarkable for the almost entire absence 
of the rhubarb-like odour which characterises 
the species. Burke's variety, introduced in 
1883, has large pure white flowers with 
delicate purple lines in the throat. Hutton's 
variety resembles the latter, but the throat 
is deep purple. 
DENDROBIUM TAURINUM, VARIETY 
AMBOINENSE. — A form of the Philippine 
" Bull's Head " Dendrobe, introduced through 
David Burke from the island of Amboina, 
and first flowered at Chelsea in 1897. The 
colour of the flowers differ from that of the 
type, the sepals being greenish-yellow 
suffused with bronzy-brown ; the petals are 
deep purple-brown, as are the side lobes of 
the lip, the front lobe more nearly resembling 
the sepals in colour. 
DENDROBIUM TORTILE. — Introduced 
through Thomas Lobb in 1847 from 
Tenasserim. The twisted sepals and petals 
of the flowers suggested the specific name. 
In colour they are rosy-lilac, with a pale 
yellow lip blotched with purple at the base. 
DENDROBIUM TRANSPARENS. — Discovered 
by Dr. Wallich in the early part of the last 
century, but not introduced to European 
gardens till 1852, in which year Thomas 
Lobb sent plants to Exeter. 
(To be continued.) 
