of the easiest of the genus to manage, and well repays the 
cultivator for the trouble he bestows upon it. 
Why it is called crumenatum, (literally purse-shaped) I 
am unable to state. Rumphius, with whom the name origi- 
nated, gives no explanation; but in one place he calls it A. 
crumenatum, and in another Angrecum angustis crumenis. 
Fig. 1. represents a side view of the labellum; 2. the 
column, and 3. the pollen-masses. 
The species is easily multiplied by taking side shoots from 
the old plant; sometimes young shoots will grow from the 
stem instead of flowers ; these, if taken off carefully and laid 
upon warm damp moss, will, in a short time, make excellent 
plants, Its cultivation is simple. It belongs to that class of 
plants which have a period of growth and a period of rest. 
All that is requisite, is the temperature of the stove, and a 
plentiful supply of water during the growing season. When 
this season is past, the plant should be removed to a cooler 
house, or at least to the coolest part of the house, and kept 
perfectly dry, when its wood will harden, it will lose its 
leaves, and form its flower-buds, lt may afterwards be 
brought into the warmest part of the stove, when the result 
will be a profusion of flowers. 
