DENDROBIUM. 33 



D. crepidatum. 



Eudendrobium — Fasciculata. Stems almost as thick as the little 



finger, 12 — 18 inches long, jointed at intervals of about an inch, the 



internodes marked with longitudinal white lines on a sea-green ground. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, 2 — 3 inches long, deciduous. Flowers on pale 



purple pedicels, in fascicles of twos and threes, produced from every 



joint except the lowermost, 1^ inches across, of wax-like texture, Avhite 



tinted with lilac, except the disc of the lip, which is deep yellow ; 



sepals and petals oval ; lip with a short claw, and nearly cordate 



retuse blade, " which is plaited on each side at the base, forming a 



slipperdike cavity." 



Dendrobium crepidatum, Lindl. in Paxt. Fl. Gard. I. p. 63 (1850-51). Bot. 

 Mag. t. 4993 (1857). Id. t. 5011, var. labello glabro. 



A native of Assam, introduced in 1849. It flowered for the 



first time in this country in the spring of the following year, in 



the gardens of R. S. Holford, Esq., at Westonbirt, near Tetbury, 



Gloucestershire. It is a most floriferous species, and when in full 



bloom, usually in February and March, forms a charming object. 



The specific name, crepidatum, " wearing slippers," refers to the 



slipper-like hollow near the base of the lip. 



D. cretaceum. 



Eudendrobium — Fasciculcda. Stems stoutish, 9 — 12 or more inches 

 long, curved. Leaves oblongdanceolate, 2 — 3 inches long, deciduous. 

 Flowers 1^ inches in diameter, solitary, on short pedicels £ inch 

 long, cream-white with the disc of lip yellowish streaked with crim- 

 son ; sepals and petals nearly equal, lanceolate, spreading ; lip oval- 

 oblong, convolute over the column at the base, blade undulate, 

 minutely fringed at the margin. 



Dendrobium cretaceum, Lindl. in Bot. Beg. 1847, t. 62. Bot. Mag. 4686. Van 

 Houtte's Fl. des Serves, t. 818 (copied from Bot. Mag.). 



Discovered by Griffith, on the Khasia Hills, in the early part of 

 the present century, but not introduced till 1846, in which year 

 it was sent from Moulmein, by Thomas Lobb, to the Exeter 

 Nursery. It is widely distributed over the eastern peninsula of 

 India, from Assam to Tenasserim, and also over the Indian Archi- 

 pelago. The specific name, from creta, " chalk/' refers to the colour 

 of the flowers, which appear in May and June. 



D. cruentum. 



Eudbndrobium — Formosa. Stems erect, terete, about a foot long, 

 swollen at the base. Leaves elliptic-oblong, obliquely emarginate, 

 deciduous. Flowers solitary or in pairs, 1^- — 2 inches in diameter; 



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