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CYMIUMl M KIUKMUM. 



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A charming epiphyte of lulled growth 'I lie leave* are diatichoufl at ibe b**e, rigid, narrow Bwontahapcd^ arching, 

 and obliqncl] bilobcdftl tin* apex, the two lobes bcingacuta The flower* giowin thort racemes, the -t:i1K^ 

 of wliicfa on? clothed at tin* bnw; b) long, acute, parched scab i; the} arc <>f • pure ivory-white, with a long 

 yellow irtripe along the middle of the lip, nod itfewrosj tinges near the base. The sepals and pctali ■'■ 

 somewhat fleshy, oblong-lana date, and spreading ; tit** lip oblong, thrco-lobcd, tin* lateral lobes rounded with 

 thi-ir ii*:ir^i:i fblilo<l up toward* the column, tin- o Ati ri one triangular, acute, and crispod< The latnelht, or 

 phfa which tfttTcnw 1I1-* bote <<f the lip, arc confluent into otic fleshy, orange-coloured boil) 4 , which i^ iwollon 

 at tlic apex. 



CrMMDtCM kbu^vki m, &fa<%, Botanical ftyufrr, 1847, !. 07; Potion's Magazin* of Botany \\\ 145. 



If there are some member* of the Orchid family which command our admiration on account of their 

 splendour, lltcrc nn? others winch charm us by the display of beauty of a different order. Such an one i* our 

 present subject, which, to its graceful evergree i i li tgc, adda large flowers of perfect purity ami the most 

 delicious fragrance. "The flowcra of this diarming plan!/' observes Dr. Lindley in his first account of it. 

 11 are no) only among the lar^ot of the genus, but among Ihe sweetest; Lhey rcacmblc in fragrance those of 

 the Chinese Cymtrid, than which nothing ia more delicious. Nut a spot interferes with the pure, ivory- 

 white petals, except one long yellow stripe, along (he middle of Ibe lip*" 



This [vory Qymbid was ilr-^t flowered by the Messrs, Loddiges, of Hackney, who were wdl known f^r 

 Iheirricli eollcdioti of Orcliid^ andwere instrumental in introducing to this country many fino species, of 

 which thia is one. It ia a native of India, and the finest yet known of the genua to which it belongs. The 

 figure waa token from a specimen to our own collection, which blooms finely every year, the length 

 of time ii continues in beauty rendering it a grand acquisition amongst wintcr-bloombg Orchids, The 

 (lowers an- very distinct from those of any other of the race. The plant i^ yet very rare in collections, 

 although it hn> been for many ycart in the country. We have found it to be of free-flowering habit, 

 indeed, it frequently blooms from the same sterna two years successively, which is not often the ease with 



other Orchids that grow in* a similar manner, 



h is an evergreen plant* and very distinct in respect to its sterna and foliage from nil the other species, 

 with the exception of (fymbidium Moslem, which growa bo exactly like it that it would to difficult for even 

 the nwfll practised eye to distinguish ihe two. except they are in bloom. We have ounclvcs been 

 deceived, Iiaving bough! the one for the other. Whin in bloom, however, it would be as difliculi to 

 confound them, the (lowers of C. Mas/en! being very much smaller ; the hitler however ia north growing, aa 

 it blossom* til a different time, and produces a spike with sometimes as many as a dozen Bowets. Of 

 Cj/mhidhm tbnmeum, we know only two varieties, hotli of which are in the collection of John Day, ftq* of 

 Tottenham. One of (heac ia the same oa Ihe subject of our figure; the other hn» smaller flowers and 

 foliage, hul i- nevertheless veiy pretty, having in addition to the white and yellow of our plants a pink sp I 

 on each side, which is not found in ihe form wo have figured, 



Cg\ churnwtn is acompacl-growing plant, attaining two feel in height. The stems are about si I 



inches high, and from these proceed the broad, grass-like leaves, of a dark green odour and graceful habit, 

 rendering the plant ornamental even when not in bloom. The fiowcr-apikea grou from the side of the stems, 





