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C. thymifolia ; sempervirens, lueida ; rarais prostratis intertextis, foliis lineari-obovatis obtusis margine recurvis 

 subtus pubescentibus, pomis subsessilibus solitariis recurvis, petalis inconspicuis. 



Dendrobium Gibsoni. 

 Taxton. A beautiful Epiphyte 

 from the jungles of India. Mowers 

 rich apricot-yellow, with a purple 

 stain on the lip. Blossoms all the 

 summer. Introduced by the Duke 

 of Devonshire. (Fig. 193.) 



Dendrobium (Stachyobium) Gibsoni; 

 foliis acuminatis, raceinis nutantibus pen- 

 dulisque multifloris elongatis, bracteis 

 minutis ovatis obtusis, floribus subcar- 

 nosis, sepalis snbrotundis basi in eoriiu 

 brevi connatis, petalis latioribus integer- 

 rimis, labello coelileato cucullato obtuso 

 villoso fimbriate. 



We do not find a description of this 

 noble plant, common as it is in gardens, 

 under a name given to it some j'ears since 

 by one of us, in compliment to the indus- 

 trious collector by whom it was first trans- 

 ferred from India to Chatsworth. Never- 

 theless it is one of the finest of the yellow 

 species, rivalling even D. clavatum in 

 brilliancy ; from that species it differs 

 manifestly in its obsolete bracts and much 

 smaller flowers. Its nearest ally is D. 

 fimbriatum, with which we have reason to 

 think it is sometimes confounded. Like 

 D. fimbriatum, it bears its flowers in long 

 nodding racemes ; their colour is yellow, 

 and they are stained on the inside with a 

 purple blotch in the same manner as those 

 of the plant figured in the Botanical Maga- 

 zine under the name of D. fimbriatum 

 oculatum. But the flowers are smaller, 

 between fleshy and leathery in texture, 

 much blunter in the bud, in consequence 

 of the greater roundness of all the parts, 

 and the petals are entirely destitute of the 

 fringe which accompanies those of D. 

 fimbriatum. 



We find it in our Herbarium from 

 Griffith, gathered on Mango-trees in the 

 province of Tenasserim, with the follow- 

 ing note : -." Flores aurei ; labellum coch- 

 leato-cucullatum, pulcherrime fimbria- 

 tum, cucullo rubro striate, macula atro- 

 sanguinea ad ejus orificium." The 

 specimen here represented was produced 

 at Chatsworth. 



Desfontainea spinosa. Ruiz 

 and Pawn. A hardy (?) ever- 



green shrub, with long tubular crimson and yellow flowers. 

 Order uncertain. Introduced Ly Messrs. Yeitch and Co. 



Native of Patagonia. 



Natural 



