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rest in a dry intermediate-house. It prefers basket treat- 
ment to pots. Introduced in 1837. 
Botanical Register, 1839, t. 64. 
D. Fytchianum.—A small-flowered Orchid, with erect, 
slender pseudo-bulbs, 1ft. or more in _ height, bearing 
lance-shaped leaves, 4in. long, and deciduous. Flowers in 
terminal racemes of eight or more, each flower rdin. 
across, with narrow sepals, broad petals, and a_heart- 
shaped lip, at the base of which is a tuft of silky hairs. 
Colour of whole flower pure white, with a tinge of lilac in 
the throat. Introduced from Moulmein in 1863. It 
blossoms in April or May. This graceful species should be 
planted in a small teak basket, suspended near the roof- 
glass. It requires the same treatment as D. Devonianum. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 5444 (erroneously as D. daréda- 
tulum). 
D. Griffithianum.—Closely related to D. densiflorum. 
Pseudo-bulbs_ erect, four-angled above, narrowed to a 
quill-like stalk below, r1ft. or so long, and bearing at the 
top two or more leathery leaves about 2in. wide and 5in. 
long. Flowers in terminal, pendulous racemes, the latter 
ift. or more long, each flower 2in. across, bright yellow ; 
the lip orange-yellow, and fringed at the margin. Intro- 
duced from Burmah about 1877. It blossoms in May .or 
June, and requires the same treatment as D. densiflorum. 
Var. Guzbertianum has longer racemes and larger and 
brighter-coloured flowers. 
D. Hookerianum.—A noble species, related to D. fim- 
briatum. Its tall, rod-like pseudo-bulbs are 5ft. or more 
high, with swollen bases, and clothed, when young, with 
lance-shaped leaves 5in. long. The flowers are in axillary 
racemes, produced near the top of the stems, each raceme 
