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COELOGYNE Cumingii. 
Mr. Cuming’s Celogyne. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA, 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACES, § EpipENDRE. 
CELOGYNE. Botanical Register, vol. 11. fol. 868. 
C. Cumingii; pseudobulbis ovatis, foliis geminis lanceolatis 5-nerviis utrinque 
acuminatis racemo paucifloro longioribus, scapo basi nudo, bracteis con- 
volutis floribus longioribus, petalis lineari-lanceolatis patentibus, labelli 
trilobi lobis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio ovato acuto revoluto basi 
crispo, lamellis 3 crispis continuis. Bot. Reg. 1840. mise. 178. 
Often as Sincapore has been visited, it still seems to 
abound in handsome unknown species of Orchidaceous plants, 
Among those collected by Mr. Cuming, and by him sold to 
Messrs. Loddiges, was the present, which, when in good 
flower, is a very pretty species, with fine white flowers, and a 
bright yellow blotch on the labellum. The elevated ridges 
which decorate it are three in number, the intermediate one 
being the shortest; they are terminated by a deep orange 
stain, and have a small outlying toothed appendage on each 
side of the outer ridges towards the termination. It is to 
these little peculiarities in the surface of the labellum that 
many tribes of Orchidaceous plants owe their varied aspect 
and much of their beauty; they also, as has been before 
observed, furnish the best characters for distinguishing the 
species. 
C. Cumingii is closely allied to C. trinervis, which is how- 
ever readily known by its very long narrow leaves, its shorter 
bracts, smaller flowers, and much shorter middle lobe to the 
lip, which also appears to want the outlying processes on 
either side of the ridges. 
It should be cultivated in a very warm and moist stove, 
such as suits Dendrobiums and plants of that kind. The pot 
