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a deep fringe to the central part, which is heart-shaped 
and downy on the surface. The whole flower is a beautiful 
golden-yellow colour. Native of Burmah; introduced in 
1874. For its cultivation, the plant requires the same treat- 
ment as recommended for D. aureum. It blossoms in 
February or March. 
Fig. 51; Botanical Magazine, t. 6383. 
Var. héstriontcum has much shorter pseudo-bulbs, smaller 
flowers, and little or no fringe. 
D. chrysanthum.—A handsome, large-growing kind, the 
pseudo-bulbs often attaining a length of 5ft. or 6ft., semi- 
erect, somewhat twisted, as thick as the little finger. 
Leaves lance-shaped, 4in. long, deciduous. Flowers on 
the young leafy pseudo-bulbs, in axillary racemes, usually 
four to six flowers on each; these are r4in. across, waxy 
in texture, full, bright orange-yellow; the lip is rounded 
and fringed. It blossoms in the autumn. This species is 
most satisfactory when grown in teak baskets hung near 
the roof-glass, growth being allowed to hang downwards. 
It likes abundance of water when growing, new growth 
commencing as soon as the flowers fade, and continuing 
all winter, when the temperature for it should not fall 
below 6odeg. When at rest, the soil at the roots should 
not be allowed to get dry. It may be termed a warm 
greenhouse plant. Native of Upper Burmah, &c.; intro- 
duced in 1828. Syn. D. Paxtont. 
Botanical Register, t. 1299. 
D. chrysotoxum.—A richly-coloured and first-rate flower- 
ing Orchid. Pseudo-bulbs club-shaped or spindle-shaped, 
furrowed, 6in. to 12in. long, bearing four apical leaves, 
each about 4in. in length, leathery. Racemes_ produced 
from near the top of the last-ripened pseudo-bulbs, each 
raceme 8in. long, arching, and many-flowered; flowers 
