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CYMBIDIUM Mastersii. 
Masters's Cymbid. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACEZ. 
CYMBIDIUM, Botanical Register, vol. 3. fol. 217. 
C. Mastersii ; foliis distichis angustè ensiformibus obtusis, pedunculo erecto 
squamis herbaceis equitantibus acutissimis imbricato, spicà brevi pauci- 
flora squamis immersá, sepalis petalisque lineari-oblongis acutis, labello 
obovato trilobo intüs pubescente, lamellis continuis apice confluentibus 
in tuberculum subtridentatum expansis, lacinià intermedià oblongà un- 
dulatà lateralibus rotundatis planis. 
C. Mastersii, Griffiths in hort. Bot. Calc. Loddiges’ Catalogue, no. 1233. 
Pollinia apice pilosa ; glandulà quadrat. 
We have no information concerning this plant, further than 
that it was received from the East Indies by Messrs. Loddiges 
in the year 1841, and blossomed in December, 1844. 
It is a very distinct species, with snow-white flowers, 
sweet-scented, with the fragrance of almonds. Its erect flower- 
stalk, closely covered with long green sharp-pointed equitant 
imbricated sheaths, is quite unlike that of any other species. 
It was, we understand, named by the late Mr. Griffith 
after Mr. Masters, one of the principal assistants in the 
Botanical Garden, Calcutta. Fig. 1. represents the inside of 
the lip, and fig. 2. the pollen-masses. 
It should be potted in turfy heath-mould, well mixed with 
potsherds, and liberally supplied with water during its period 
of growth. To maintain a humid atmosphere, so very essen- 
tial to the growth of all Orchids, it will be necessary to use 
shading in sunny weather; by this means the temperature, 
which should be kept about 80° by day, may be regulated 
without admitting much air. In winter it does not require 
much water, but should not at any time be kept too dry. 
