projection underneath the spur, as well as the general shape of the flowers, 
are ail characteristic of this group. 
The application of the spécifie name is somewhat difficult to understand, 
and its author does not explain it. From his description it would appear to be 
in allusion to the minute white hairs upon the dise of the lip, which may be 
called the crest. It has been suggested as derived from levxdg (leucos), white, and 
U(foç (lophos)*, a tuft of long hairs, “ as the mane of a horse ”, and “ evidently 
intended to refer to the long one-sided racemes of white flowers ”, but I am 
inclined to think that loyog here means “ a crest In any case, the name is a 
somewhat fanciful one. 
As regards cultivation, it will be found to succeed under the same treatment 
as is given to D. Phalaenopsis , D. bigibbum and D. superbiens , with or near some 
of which I suspect it grows in its native habitat. 
R. A. Rolfe. 
* More correctly from the adjective locpwToç, u tufted ” or u crested 7. [Ed.] 
