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CYMBIDIUM xiphiifoliuin, 

 JCiphium- leaved Cymbidium. 



GYNANDRIA MOXOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord, Orchide*:, Brown mod. 1. 309, Scci. V. Anthera teimi- 

 nalis, mobiUs, uperculifurmis, deciuua. Pollinis masssc cereacea:» laeves. 

 Parasitical^ pfincm Terrestres. Brown prod- 1- 330. 



CYMBIDIUM, Labellnm ecalcaratum, concavum, cum basi (simplici 

 noc products) columnae articulatum. Petata patentia distincta. MoMsm 

 pollinis <lua?» i>ostice biloViV. Brown in Hort, Kew. ed* 2. 5, 21&. 



Obs. Genus nitnis arti/iciale, posthac certi dividendum. Brown prod. 1. 



Cymbidia v^era. 

 C. xipkiifoliumt foliis crassiuscutjs linearwsubutatis capaliculatis nervoso- 



striatic crenulati» ^equantibus scapum; spic& pauci(4)flor&^ labello im- 



maculato. 



Scapus foliomm longitudine, 4-Jlon^. Flores virides, majnsculL Con 

 ^petala: pet'. 3 exteriorit^is ovato-lanceolatiSf paieniibuSy 2 interioribus 

 conformtbus cohimnd parallelis, exterioribtis latioribus, Labellum cum 

 colnnma articulatvm, eaque Itrevins, cj/mbiformi^ columns applicito, tnedio 

 intus 2'calcarato; Iamin4 ovato-nndulatd deJlexA miguc brevi&re. Columna 

 libera l-pteris, laciniis panlo brevior^ antice concava, Anth. terminalis per- 

 sistens opercularis, l-hcularis utrinque iniiU jnxta cardinem membranaau- 

 ridUata, Mass^e pollinis 4, per paria cohcerenteSy cereacece, obtusi irianr 

 ffutares, glandube transversa angvstm utrinque attenuate ad/uBrentes. Stigma 

 latum transversum infra antkcram margine supericre emarginatum pro glan- 

 dulm receptione. linclley MSS. 



Our plant flowered late last autumn in the hothouse at 

 Wormleybuiyj having been newly introduced by Sir Abra- 

 ham Hume, as believed, from China. The sample obligingly 

 sent us for the use of this work, was requested by Mr. 

 Lindley, who oflering us his notes concerning it, we took 

 none ourselves. Nor have we had any opportunity of com- 

 paring it with eiisifoUum, to which it appears the nearest ; 

 but as far as recollection serves us in regard to our plant, it 

 differs from that in having a fleshy rigid regularly tapered 

 prominently nerved subcartilaginously edged crenulated 

 pale green foliage. The flowers are of a yellowish green 

 throughout, and the label unspotted. Further differences 

 may offer when samples of the two shall have been com- 

 pared. We have not much hesitation however in separating 

 them, although not confident- The leaves remind us of 

 those of Iris Xiphium. 



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