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30. Dendrobium Jenkinsii is a very pretty species : the flowers 
are yellow, and very large for the plant, which is very small, and 
resembles a small variety of aggregatum ; but is a well marked 
species : it does well on a log of wood, better than in either a 
basket or pot; flowers at the end of the autumn : is a native of 
the East Indies ; introduced in 1837. 
31. Dendrobium speciosum. —A strong growing species: a native 
of Australia : the leaves are broadly ovate and retuse, and of a 
strong texture, being rigid ; the flower’s stem proceeds out of the 
top of the pseudo bulb, and rises to the height of two feet when 
the plant is in fine health ; the colour of the flowers is a flush 
red. This also requires a very cool and dry rest when done 
growing ; it does best in a pot: introduced 1801. 
32. Dendrobium cemulum. —A very pretty species ; a native of 
Australia : the pseudo bulb does not grow larger than tw r o inches 
high ; the flowers are white and striped with purple ; the sepals 
and petals are white ; the lip is curved downwards, but the petals 
laying over the upper portion of the lip, or rather the column ; 
the sepals spread out in the same manner as they do m Den¬ 
drobium denudus ; in fact, the whole flower is like that species ; 
the leaves are small a,nd ovate, and are very stiff and rigid, only 
one leaf to the pseudo bulb ; the flower stems come out at the top 
of the pseudo bulb, and droop, which gives the whole plant a 
neat appearance. It is a very abundant flowerer, and loves to grow 
on a piece of very hard wood, and to be suspended ; requires a 
very dry rest: introduced in 1822. 
33. Dendrobium rigidum. —A native of Australia. This species 
has not flowered in this country as yet, at least not that I know of : 
introduced 1824 ; does best on a log of wood; and also requires 
a dry and cool rest when done growing. 
34. Dendrobium linguiforme. —Tongue leaved. This is another 
curious species ; the leaves are very short and thick, and on very 
short and narrow pseudo bulbs, or rather stamens, for pseudo, 
bulbs they cannot be called: the whole plant is a little creeping 
tuft of dark-green thick leaves ; the flowers are white and striped; 
the sepals and petals are white, and the lip is striped with purple ; 
the flowers come out from the base of the leaves, or at the top of 
the stems ; the flowers are near the same form as those of 
semulum : introduced in 1810. This does best on a log of wood, 
with very little moss about it; requires a dry and cool rest, or it 
