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require no rest. I shall simply re-pot it without disturbing 

 the roots. A curious fact with this variety is that its roots 

 reroain plump and do not die off every year as in the old 

 species." — / Borneo. 



C. Testita ml)ro-OCUlata, Veitch. — A charming free-flowering 

 deciduous Orchid, producing, from October to February, long 

 drooping flower spikes, which are clothed with soft white hairs, 

 and rise from the base of the silvery green pseudobulbs before 

 the latter produce their leaves. The flowers are upwards of 

 two inches across ; the sepals and petals delicate white, the 

 lip of the same colour, with a blotch of rich crimson in the 

 centre.^Moulmein . 



'Fig.— Warner, Sel. Orch. PL, i. t. 29, lower fig.; Flore des Serves, tt. 1308 

 -9, fig. 2. 



C. "Williamsii, Moore. — This new and handsome plant 

 has been introduced by us, and is very charming. The 

 flowers are from two to two and a half inches in 

 diameter ; the dorsal sepal is white, the base of the lateral 

 sepals white on the upper side, and rosy pink on the lower ; 

 the petals are white, bordered with rosy pink, and pencilled 

 with the same colour on the lower halves ; the lip is entirely 

 of a deep rosy crimson with an intense crimson eye. It 

 flowers during winter months. — Eastern Asia. 



Fig. — Orchid Album, iii. t. 134. 



CamaeotIS, Lindley. 

 {Tribe Tandeas, subtribe Sarcanthese.) 



A small genus of scandent Orchids, having narrow coria- 

 ceous leaves, and flowers with a thick fleshy lip, which is hol- 

 lowed out near the tip somewhat in the form of a slipper. 

 They are included by Bentham and Hooker in the Indian and 

 Australasian genus, Sarcochilus. 



Culture. — The temperature of the East Indian house is 

 required for their successful culture. They succeed best 

 grown in sphagnum and suspended in baskets, and requne 

 care to grow them well. They may be planted either in pots 

 or baskets with moss, but the latter are preferable ; and they 

 require a good supply of heat, and moisture over the roots 



