332 orchid-grower's manual. 



D. CRASSINODE BARBERIANUM, Bclib. /.—This is a great improvement on 

 tho original form of the species. The stems are stouter, and the plants grow 

 much stronger than those of B. crasainode ; the flowers are of greater substance 

 and more highly coloured ; 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. CRASSINODl-WARDIANUM.— See D. melanopiithalhum. 



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 

 :u-e white, tipped with pink ; and the roundish cordiform pubescent 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 March, 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. 



YiQt.—Paxton, Fl. Gard., 1. p. 63, f . 45 ; Bot. Mag., t. 4983 ; Id., t. 5011 (smooth-lipped 

 Tar.) ; Batem. Second Cent. Orch. PI., t. 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, cucullate, pubescent, and fimbriate, pale 

 yellow in tho centre, marked with a few crimson lines, white at the edge. The 

 loaves 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, 

 Khasya, Mergid. 



Fig.— Bot. Reg., 1847, t. 62 ; Bot. -Vug., t. 4GS6 ; Zcm. Jard. FL, t. 314 ; Flore dcs 

 SeriX'S, t. 818. 



D. CRUENTUM, Rchb.f. — Avery distinct and beautiful species belonging 

 to the nigro-hirsute section, which we first saw in the collection of E. H. 

 Measures, Esq., Streatham. The stems resemble those of D. Jamesianum, the 

 membrane sheathing the internodes being covered with small hairs as in that 

 species. The flowers grow in pairs from the nodes on the ripened leafless stems. 

 Tho sepals and petals are yellowish-green, reticulated with a darker green ; and 

 the lip is yellowish-green, margined distinctly with bright crimson-scarlet, and 

 having the crests and side laoiniae of the lip of the same colour. It flowers 

 during the autumn nionths. — Malayan Peninsula. 



Fig. — Orchid Album, iv. t. 174. 



D. CRUMENATUM, Swartn.—A very old species, distributed largely over 

 tropical Asia and the Malay Archipelago. It first flowered at Syon House, tho 

 residence of the Duke of Northumberland, in 1857. The flower spikes issue 

 from the apex of the bulbs ; sepals and petals equal in size, pure white ; lip also 

 pure white. Flowers in spring. — Malay Archipelago ; Tropical Asia. 



Fia.— Bot. Reg., xxv. t. 22 ; Bot. Mag., t. 4013 ; Lindenia, v. t. 207 



