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CCELOGYNE flaccida. 
Drooping Celogyne. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. OncH1pDAce#, § EpipENDRE#& (nec MALAXIDE2#). 
CELOGYNE. Botanical Register, vol. 11. fol. 868. 
C. flaccida ; pseudo-bulbis oblongis angulatis squamis coriaceis acuminatis 
ustulatis vestitis, foliis lanceolatis v. oblongo-lanceolatis longé petiolatis, 
racemo flexuoso nutante, bracteis deciduis, petalis lineari-lanceolatis, 
labello ovato trilobo: lineis tribus elevatis flexuosis: lobo medio ovato 
dupld angustiore basi denticulato, columna apice dentata. Lindl. gen. 
& sp. Orch. p. . 
C. flaccida. Bot. Mag. t. 3318. 
Not an uncommon Epiphyte, having been in the country 
for several years. It is a native of Noakote, in Nepal, where 
Dr. Wallich found it growing on trees. Its long stalked nar- 
row leaves, and the stiff scales that surround the base of the 
scapes and pseudo- bulbs, mottled with pitch brown, as if they 
were scorched, readily point out this species, which is one of 
the least attractive of its genus. 
The flowers grow in long drooping racemes, and are 
originally enclosed’in bracts, which however are soon thrown 
off and leave the flowers naked. They have a peculiar dis- 
agreeable odour. The sepals are white, linear-oblong, 
scarcely acute. The petals are the same colour, but not more 
than one-third the breadth, and are curved backwards. The 
lip is channelled, ovate, three-lobed, with the middle lobe 
ovate, acute, wavy, toothed at the base, and turned back * 
the point. Near its base are several crimson veins ; towards 
the apex it is yellow in the centre; along the een 
three raised wavy lines which terminate abruptly a ns 
within the base of the middle lobe. The column is bordere 
with a toothed membrane, originally described by me as 
