PAXTON'S FLOWER GARDEN. 



I). albosanguineum, so named from its broad whitish flowers marked in the middle 

 with a rich sanguine stain, is a stout erect plant with knobby stems, rather thicker at 

 the upper than the lower end. It has broad firm leaves, and from the sides of the 

 stem it produces in pairs very large flowers, of a waxy appearance and consistence, 

 with none of the transparency that belongs to Pierardi and its allies. When spread 

 flat, these are full four inches in diameter. The sepals are very narrow, and curve 

 inwards, as do the broad banner-like petals, which form a kind of vault over the 

 lip and column. The lip is nearly flat, by no means cucullate except just at the 

 very base, where it presses against the column. We now subjoin Messrs. Veitch's 

 account of it : — 



" This species was found by Mr. T. Lobb in open forests on hills near the Atran 

 river, in Moulmein. The description he sent us of it was as follows : — Stems round, 

 jointed, erect; spikes two and three terminal, erect, five and six-flowered; flowers two 

 and a half to three inches across, white, with two intense purple spots on the lip ; 

 petals also stained with purple at the base. We only received it on the 23rd of April, 

 and in June the flowers you saw expanded; the plants were just bursting into flower 

 when he collected them in February. We have it growing both in pots and on bare 

 blocks, in both which situations it is doing well with us. We find it do well under 

 just similar treatment to that we give to L). formosum. It is evidently a free grower, 

 and we have no doubt next spring we shall have it bloom very fine; although the 

 specimen sent you had but two flowers, yet from the old spikes it is evident it flowers, 

 as Lobb describes, in fives and sixes on a raceme/'' We found the flowers to grow 

 in pairs, as we have stated. Perhaps two or three pairs may have been taken for one 

 single inflorescence. 



A CATALOGUE 



Of the Dendkobes belonging to the section Eudendrobium having an undivided lip, ivith their 



synonym.es and horticultural merits. 



Group 1.— GRANDIA. 



1. D. macrophyllum Lindley. — Manilla. — Flowers very large, bright rose-colour, 

 rh ubarb- seen ted . 



2. D. anosmum Lindley. — Manilla.—- -Like the last, but scentless. 



3. D. moniliforme Swartz. — Japan. — Flowers large, showy, rose-colour, not spotted. 



4. D. ccerulescens Lindley. — E. Indies. — Flowers showy, rose-colour, with a purple- 

 stained lip. (alias D. Wallichii of gardens.) 



5. D. nobile Lindley. — China. — Flowers large, rose-colour, with a purple-stained lip, 

 larger than in the last. 



6. D. tortile Lindley. — Java (?). — Flowers very handsome, violet, with a primrose- 

 coloured lip. 



