AXn THEIR MANAGEMENT. 



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Dendrobium. 



Leaves narrow, 3in. long, deciduous. Flowers from the nodes 

 of the youngest-ripened pseudo-bulbs, usually in pairs or threes, 

 on purple stalks, waxy, jJjin. across, white, with tints of lilac; lip 

 heart-shaped, pursed, and blotched with yellow in the throat. 

 Assam, 1849. (,B. M., t. 4993.) 



Fig. 6^. Dexorobium De.irei 

 (much reduced). 



D. crystallinum (Rdib. /.). — A graceful and pretty species, 

 very free-flowering, and easy to manage. The pseudo-bulljs are 

 tufted, about ift. long, as thick as a goose-quill, striated. Leaves 

 narrow, 4in. long, deciduous. Flowers in pairs or threes from 

 the nodes of the lasl-ripened pseudo-bulbs, each flower i^in. 

 across, delicate in texture, white, tipped with amethyst ; lip 

 rounded, yellow, with a white border and a blotch of amethyst 



