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DECIDUQUS—Applied to organs of any kind which, after fulfilling their functions, 
disarticulate or detach themselves bodily from the part they were attached to, and 
fall to the ground, as tree-leaves in autumn, and the sepals, petals and stamens of 
@ poppy. 
DENDRO‘BIUM (Gr.) Literally, that which inhabits the trees. 
DIGBYAN’A—In compliment to Edward St. Vincent Digby, Esq., of England 
with whom, in 1846, the Brassavola Digbyana first flowered. i 2 
DIS‘COLOR—When the two surfaces of a leaf or petal are of two different colors. 
DORSAL—Behind, or at the back of anything. 
DOWIAN’‘A—In compliment to Capt. J. M. Dow, of the American Packet-service, 
a gallant officer, and a great friend to the naturalists who visited the western 
coasts of the Pacific. 
EBUR’NEUM—lIvory-like. 
EL DORA’DO—The famous though fabulous country described by Francis 
Orellana, companion of Pizarro, when the imagination of Spain saw nothing 
beyond the Atlantic excepting gold, “el dorado” signifying literally the golden or 
gilded. Well applied to that splendid Cattleya the lip of which seems to hold a 
plate of the burnished metal. 
EL’EGANS—Very choice and attractive—worthy of being chosen. 
EPIDEN’DRUM (Gr.) Literally “upon a tree,’ referring, like Dendrobium, to the 
habitat. This name should of course follow the rule observed in Rhododendron, 
Clerodendron, etc., and all others of corresponding derivation, and be written 
Epidendron. Originally it was the generic name of nearly all the tree-orchids. 
FIMBRIA’TUS-A-UM—Fringed. 
GLAU’CUS-A-UM—Green, with the addition of a peculiar blueish-white, as in the 
foliage of carnations. 
HUMBOLDT‘I—Connects the plant with the memory of the greatest botanical 
traveller and scientific naturalist of any age or any country. 
IMBRICATED—So disposed that the edges overlap. 
INSIG’NE—Noble, admirable, conspicuous. 
LABIA’TUS-A-UM—Large-lipped. 
LAE’LIA—Caius Laelius was a noble Roman, B. C. 141. Laelia, the elder of his 
two daughters, was celebrated for the purity with which she spoke her native 
language, and which gave the tone to the conversation of the polished society 
of her age; it was equally distinguished for its sincerity and earnestness. The 
beautiful genus of orchids to which her pleasing name has been applied, similarly 
discloses the highest qualities of the order. 
LEOPOL’DI—In compliment to Leopold |, whose garden at Laeken was noted 
for its splendid orchids. 
LIN’/DENI—In compliment to M. Linden, the celebrated horticulturist of Brussels 
and Ghent. M. Linden spent many years collecting plants in Mexico, the West 
indies, Peru, Brazil, etc: 
LINDLEYAN’UM—In compliment to Dr. Lindley. In connection with his enthusi- 
astic love of orchids, it is well to remember that it was bestowed equally upon 
large-flowered and small-flowered, the former more grand to behold, but marvel- 
ous structure pertaining rather to the pigmies, as in Oberonia and Bulbophyllum. 
LODDIGE’SII—Commemorates the honored names of ‘Conrad Loddiges & Sons”, 
known for a long period as proprietors of one of the most famous nursery gardens 
in the world—Hackney, near London. Mr. William Loddiges, the last of the 
original firm, died December 28, 1849. The business was continued by the 
nephews until September 1852, when the Crystal Palace Company purchased a 
large portion of their stock. The matchless collection of orchids was disposed of 
during 1856. In 1843, their catalogue of these plants (of which Messrs. Loddiges 
were probably the first professional growers) included about 1800 names, and in 
1844 it had risen to no less than 1916! What a contrast with A.D. 1815, when 
the Kew collection numbered only 25! Many of those 1916, no doubt, exist no 
ionger in cultivation, partly because they were interesting only to botanists. 
LOWI—Commemorates the horticultural enterprise and well-deserved success 
of the distinguished firm known all over the world originally as Hugh Low and 
Sons, of England. Sometimes the name refers to Mr. Hugh Low himself, some- 
times to his eldest son of the same name, who resided for some years in Borneo, 
from whence he sent home some very fine plants, in other cases, to one of the 
younger sons, Mr. Stuart H. Low. 
LUDDEMANNI‘ANA—In compliment to M. Luddemann, once Director of the 
once celebrated orchid-establishment of M. Pescatore, Celle-St.-Cloud, Paris. 
LYCAS’TE—The name of a celebrated beauty, perhaps mythological, who is 
said to have lived at Drepanum, in Sicily. Given to this genus because of Its 
corresponding charms. 
