The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening

Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.

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Cryptostylis

(from kryptos, hidden, and stylos, a pillar, a style; in allusion to the concealed style). The generic description is given in the body of this work under Blume's name, Zosterostylis (which see, on p. 244). C. longifolia (long-leaved). fl. three to eight, rather distant, upwards of 1in. broad; sepals yellowish-green, narrow; petals the same colour, shorter; lip red, with reddish-brown markings, pointing upwards, the short style hidden in the cucullate base (hence the generic name). l. solitary, lanceolate, on long stalks. h. 1ft. to 2ft. Tasmania, 1885. Greenhouse. (G. C. n. s., xxiii., p. 275.)

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