DESCRIPTIVE LIST. 247 



Dendrobium davatum. India. 



Flowers from the summit of the long pseudo-bulbs in 

 spikes of five ; bright yellow, with a double rich crimson 

 blotch, very large. A free grower, blooming in May. 

 Pot culture. 



B. Dendrobium ccerulescens. East Indies. Sert. O., tab. 18. 

 Perianth yellowish white, bordering on rose ; points of 



the segments violet ; lip has a dark purple-violet spot on 

 a yellowish ground, edged with a light lilac border. 



This species should not be confounded with Dendro 

 bium nobile. 



A. Dendrobium crassinode. Burmah . . B. M., 5766. 

 A remarkable species, with very handsome flowers ; 

 stems ten to twenty inches long, having large swollen 

 joints or internodes. Flowers from the upper nodes, 

 very large, in clusters, pure waxy white, tipped with pur- 

 ple ; lip with rich yellow centre. 



A. Dendrobium crepidatum. India . B. M., 4933, 5011, 



variety. 

 B. M., 4933. 

 Bat. 2d Cen., 129. 



Somewhat allied to Dendrobium cretaceum, but with 

 larger and more highly colored flowers. Perianth white, 

 tinged with pink ; lip orange-yellow, tipped with pink. 

 With us it succeeds best grown in a basket suspended in 

 the apex of the roof, with plenty of light and heat. 



C. Dendrobium cretaceum. Khasia . Fl. des Ser., 818. 



B. R., 1847, 62. 

 B. M., 4686. 

 Lem. Jard., 344. 



