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CYMBIDIUM eburneum. 
The Ivory Cymbid. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACEÆ. (Oncuips, Vegetable Kingdom, p. 173.) 
CYMBIDIUM, Swartz. 
C. eburneum ; foliis basi distichis rigidis angustis ensiformibus apice obliqué 
bilobis acutis, racemo subbifloro decumbente squamis longis acutis 
sphacelatis imbricatis basi vestito, sepalis petalisque oblongo-lanceolatis 
subcarnosis acutis undulatis, labello oblongo trilobo laciniis lateralibus 
rotundatis intermedio triangulari acute crispo, lamellis in unam car- 
nosam pubescentem apice tumidam confluentibus. 
The flowers of this charming plant are not only among 
the largest of the genus, but among the sweetest. "They re- 
semble, in fragrance, those of the Chinese Cymbid, than which 
nothing is more delicious. 
"The species has flowered with Messrs. Loddiges, by whom 
it was imported from the East Indies. 
Not a spot interferes with the pure ivory white petals, 
except one long yellow stripe along the middle of the lip. 
