276 oechid-growee's manual. 



D. Crassinode albiflorum, Rchb. f. — This is a pure white 

 variety of the species, with a lemon -coloured blotch at the 

 base of the lip. It was first flowered in the collection of 

 Messrs. Low, of Upper Clapton, and has subsequently been 

 exhibited by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. It is called D. 

 crassinode album in some collections. — Moulmein. 



D. crassinode Barberiamini, Echb. f. — This is a great 

 improvement on the original form of the species. The stems 

 are stouter, and the plants grow much stronger than those of 

 D. crassinode ; the flowers are of greater substance and more 

 highly coloured than in the type ; the sepals and petals are 

 pure white tipped with rich magenta, the lip white tipped 

 with the same colour, the throat and disk orange. This 

 variety lasts a long time in perfection. — Moulmein. 



D. crepidatum, Lindley. — A splendid deciduous drooping 

 species, with terete striate stems a foot or more in length, 

 oblong acute leaves, and flowers in pairs from the joints of 

 the leafless stems. The oblong sepals and broader petals are 

 white, tipped with pink ; and the roundish cordiform pub- 

 escent lip is stained with yellow in the basal half, white edged 

 with pink in front, the base of the lip being curiously folded in 

 on each side. It blooms in April and May, and continues 

 three weeks in perfection. This species will make a good 

 plant for exhibition, as it may be easily retarded by keeping 

 it cool in winter. It is best grown in a basket or on a block. 

 — India: Assam. 



'FlG.—Paxt. Fl. Gard., i. 63, fig. 45 ; Boi. Mag., t. 4993 ; Id., t. 5011 

 (smooth-lipped var.) ; Batem. 2nd Cent., 1. 129. 



D. cretaceum, Lindley. — A compact-growing deciduous 

 plant, with pendent curved terete striated stems a foot long or 

 more, producing its solitary flowers from the joints of the 

 leafless stems during June and July, and lasting six weeks in 

 perfection. The flowers are opaque dull white, the sepals 

 and petals lanceolate, the lip roundish, cucuUate, pubescent 

 and fimbriate, pale yellow in the centre, marked with a few 

 crimson lines, white at the edge. The leaves borne on the 

 young shoots are lanceolate, obliquely emarginate at the tip. 

 This will do either in a pot or basket, with peat or moss. — 

 India : Assam, Mergui, Khasya. 



'Fia.—Bot. Reg., 1847, t. 62; Bot. Mag.^ 46,6; Litn. Jard. Fl,, t. 344; 

 Flore des Serves, t. 818. 



