COELOGYNE cristata. 
Crested Calogyne. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Orncuipace#, § Ep1pENDREZ. 
C@LOGYNE. Botanical Register, vol. 11. fol. 868. 
C. cristata ; pseudo-bulbis oblongis demim angulatis rhizomate crasso squa- 
moso insidentibus, foliis lineari-lanceolatis, racemo radicali erecto foliis 
breviore basi squamis corneis vaginato, bracteis oblongis divaricatis per- 
sistentibus, petalis oblongo-lanceolatis undulatis, la velli trilobi crista 
triplici interrupt : infima brevi 5-lamellata intermedia multifida pecti- 
nat suprema bilamellata denticulata, lobo medio rotundato parvo apice 
crenato. 
? Cymbidium strictum. Don prodr. 
Ceelogyne cristata. Lindl. Coll. Bot. p. 33. 
Sp. orch. no. 2. 
Labellum candidum, basi sub-auriculatum, oblongum, trilobum ; spiced 
teralibus rotundatis ascendentibus intermedio minore rotundato apice crenato. 
Crista lutea, e venis quinque orta, que basi totidem lamellas breves dentatas 
truncatas gerunt, tum fere ad sinus labelli usque in pilos br epee fernoens Oe 
plices bifidosve pectinatim dispositos solvuntur ; demum vend intermedia late- 
ralibusque inappendiculatis lamella due dentate truncate tantum restant. 
Wall Cat. no. 1958. Gen. § 
Among the showy Orchidacee of India some of the Ceelo- 
gynes are the handsomest, and of them the present C. cristata 
stands pre-eminent. It is indeed a most beautiful species, 
fragrant, free-flowering, and having large blossoms of the 
purest white, except the lip, which in its centre is decorated 
with bright yellow fringes and plates. It has recently flowered 
with George Barker, Esq. of Birmingham, and being exhi- 
bited at a meeting of the Horticultural Society in Regent 
Street, obtained a Knightian medal. 
The specimen, however, now represented must not be 
taken as a fair sample of its appearance; on the contrary, 
the wild specimens from Nepal, which are now before me, 
