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linear, and lanceolate, and small. As this is a somewhat pendent 
species, a basket does well for it : a native of the East Indies ; 
introduced in 1837* This requires a very dry rest when done 
growing; and flowers at the commencement of the growing 
season. 
21. Dendrobium heterocarjpum. —This is like aureum in its growth, 
and appears not to be a large growing species; the flowers 
are golden coloured, with the sepals and petals yellow, the lip 
being gold. It is a very beautiful species, requires a dry rest; 
is a native of the East Indies ; introduced in 1837. This does 
v r ell in a pot; is an upright species. 
22. Dendrobium longicornu. —This is a very handsome species : 
the flowers are bluish, the sepals and petals being of greenish 
white, while the lip is marked with orange yellow r and pink, or a 
wdiite ground ; the lip has at the base a long spur, which gives 
the name ; the leaves are lance-shaped, hairy, as well as the 
stem or pseudo bulb, which gives the plant a singular appearance ; 
does w r ell on a log of -wood with sphagnum : a native of the East 
Indies ; introduced in 1828. This also requires a rest when done 
growing: flowers early in (he season. 
23. Dendrobium plicatili is a very singular species : a native 
of Manilla; introduced in 1838. The flowers are of a greenish 
yellow ; the sepals and petals are somewhat brown, and the lip is 
beautifully round or plaited, being of a greenish yellow, w r ith a 
few purple spots; the pseudo bulbs are club-shaped, very much 
branched ; each pseudo has only one leaf, w r hich makes them have 
a very naked appearance ; the flowers come out from the top of 
the pseudo bulb, only one or two at a time, and they only last 
one day, so that it may be called a diurnal species. This does 
well on a log, or in a basket; the leaves are ovate. 
24. Dendrobium multicaule is another of the single-leaved 
species ; in habit somewhat like the last, but it is more branching, 
and smaller in all its parts ; the flowers are of a pale bluish ; the 
lip is marked with red and pink, and large and folded inwards, 
which gives it a very singular appearance ; the flowers come out 
at the top of the pseudo bulb in the same manner as the last, and 
last only one day: it is by no means a fine flowerer. A native 
of the East Indies ; introduced in 1835 
25. Dendrobium densiflorum, an upright growing species ; beau¬ 
tiful, and a most abundant flowerer. This is another of the many 
