DESCRIPTIVE LIST. 



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Cleisostoma. Blume. Epiphyte. 



Name from /cAeior<fc, closed, and or^no, a mouth. 



This genus is chiefly only interesting to the botanist, 

 though some of the species are pretty plants and of easy 

 culture. Cleisostoma Dawsonianus resembles a Renanthera. 

 The flowers are yellow and brown, on branching spikes. 



Cleisostoma crassifoliwn (Pax. Fl. G., 99 ; Lem. Jard., 

 397), and Cleisostoma ionosmum (B. R., 33, 41), are other 

 species. 



All are natives of India, and are of easy culture, re- 

 quiring the same treatment as Aerides. 



Ccelia. Lindley. Epiphyte. 



Name from /coiAoy, hollow. 

 C&lia asperata. See Ccelogyne Lowii. 



B. C&tta macrostachia. Mexico . . B. M., 4712. 



B. R., 1842, 36. 



Lem. Jard., 423. 



Fl. des Ser., 900. 



Flowers small ; sepals lively rose outside ; petals white, 

 forming long points. 



The plants should be grown in pots, well drained, in 

 peat, moss, and potsherds. They need but little heat 

 during the resting season, but a hot, moist atmosphere in 

 growth. 



Ccelogyne. Lindley. Epiphyte. 



Name from KO/AOS, hollow, and yvvf], a woman, or stigma. 

 Calogyne asperata. See Ccelogyne Lowii. 



