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and May. It is a native of Burmah, and first flowered in 
England in 1834. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 3643. 
The best variety is that known as mazus. 
D. albo-sanguineum.—A _ short, sturdy species, with 
stems din. in diameter, and less than rift. high. Leaves 
lance-shaped, 6in. long. The flowers, which grow two 
or three together, appear in May; they are very large 
(about 4in. across), and of a soft creamy white; the petals, 
which are twice as broad as the sepals, have a few blood- 
red streaks at the base; and the labellum has two large 
blotches of reddish crimson in the middle. The flowers are 
sometimes borne on one-year-, sometimes on two-year-, old 
stems. This plant should be grown upon a block of 
wood or in a basket, and during the growing season re- 
quires stove heat and a thoroughly moist atmosphere. It 
is a native of the open hill forests of Moulmein. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 5130. 
D. amenum.—A slender-growing plant. Pseudo-bulbs 
about rft. long, with short internodes. Leaves narrow, 
3in. long, deciduous. Flowers 2in. across, produced singly 
(sometimes two or three together) on the upper part of the 
ripened leafless growths; sepals and petals equal, white, 
tipped with amethyst; lip broad, notched at the margin, 
hairy in the throat, coloured amethyst, with a white edge 
and a yellow blotch in front. It blossoms in May, and is 
remarkable for its delicious violet-like odour. It 
requires the same treatment as D. nobile. Native of 
Nepal; introduced in 1874. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 6199. 
D. aureum.—A most charming Orchid, and very easy to 
manage. The pseudo-bulbs are from rft. to r4ft. high, 
smooth, plump, as thick as the thumb in the upper half- 
