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CCELOGYNE CRISTATA. 



should, be without it. It is an evergreen, dwarf in 

 habit, and remarkably free in flowering ; pseudo-bulbs 

 somewhat oblong, smooth and light, shining green, 

 bearing on the summit a pair of rather narrow- 

 spreading, dark green, leathery leaves ; the raceme is 

 produced from the base of the newly-formed pseudo- 



bulb, drooping, and bearing five to eight flowers 

 measuring from three to four inches in diameter ; 

 sepals and petals pure snow-white ; lip also white, 

 but stained in the middle with rich yellow, and 

 ornamented on the disc with several fringed lines 

 of golden-yellow. These flowers are admirably 



