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DENDROBIUM FIMBRIATUM. 
(FRINGED DENDROBIUM.) 
CLASS. ORDER. 
GYNANDRIA. MONANDRIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
ORCHIDEiE. 
Generic Character. — Lip spurless, jointed with the column. Pollen masses four, parallel. 
Specific Character. — Epiphyte. Leaves lanceolate dark green. Racemes many flowered. Flowers 
very splendid and showy. Sepals and Petals deep rich orange colour, the latter waved and slightly 
fringed. Lip undivided, hollow, and fringed with an irregularly torn fringe. 
This species is a native of Nepal, where it was discovered by Dr. Wallich, and 
by him introduced to this country in 1 823. It is a plant of singular beauty, the 
rich yellow of the fringed flowers strikingly contrast with the dark green of the 
leaves and the graceful manner in which the raceme grows, forming altogether a 
lovely object in the stove, where it requires constantly to be kept. 
The best kind of treatment for it is to plant it in well drained pots filled with ; 
turfy peat, cut into small squares, and propagated by separating pieces of the stem. 
The generic name is derived from two Greek words, dendron, a tree, and bio, 
to live, alluding to the habits of the species, which grow and entwine themselves 
about the branches of trees in the woods of India. The specific name is given from 
the fringed labellum of the flower. 
We are indebted for our drawing to our friend Mr. Campbell, of the Manchester 
Botanic Garden, where it flowered during the month of June. 
