Plate XIV. 



CIIYSIS L/EVIS. 



\ rminrknUy ahowy stove epiphyte, with spmillodiapcd striated pendent Mem*, plaited leaves, and lateral many- 

 blossomed raceme* or handsome pale*ycllow Mowers heavily *uiin-fl with d-vp The dnrnl ».|«ib ore 



linear-oblong, *nd the lateral ones acuminate; the petal* are falcate; and Iho lip is furnished with falcate 

 lateral lobe* converging over the column, and a mbrotand, cmarginatc, crisped, intermediate lobe, <potted with 

 i rimeoo ; the column i* dcoplj excavated al the base, 

 Chvmn ubvib, AfW/qr, Ilotaniml Jkguter, 1810, Ifceeft 61. Botaiw*, Orritotew ofifoxico and GtartoiwJA \. 81. 

 /,■,„.. . r . jft 'iJV/tf* 1 sfmurto Ittf<mic*$ S&ttmatiat, \l 172. l/llhutration Uwticob, x. t-365. 



The plant from which our Illustration of this beautiful Orchid was takon, was grown in our own col- 

 lection, u line specimen which blooms admirably every SCOSon, and which is the, only example of its kind 

 that we have seen in flower. The species is. withoul exception, the finest of the genua that has, up to 

 the present time, been introduced to European aniens,— though all of them arc worthy of genera! colli* 

 ration,— and it is therefore very much to be regretted that it should still remain bo exceedingly rare as it 

 proves to be- So uncommon is it, indeed, thai tun in good and extensive collections of Orchidaceous 

 plants, the present species is but rarely to be found. 



Being deciduous of habit, that is, shedding it* leaves soon after the growth i* matured in the early 

 autumn months, it should be kept cool and dry until it shows signs of renewing its growth in the ensuing 

 spring; for one of the principal requirements in the successful management of the plants of this genus is 

 a thorough and decided period of rest after the growing season is our. 



Writing, in 1851. of G&ysi* OTOT, and as figured in the 4 Botanical Magazine' t. 1570. (which, Sir 

 W. Hooker observes, is very nearly allied to Chym braclcsctttSt) Dr. Lindley remarks as follows i— " Upon 

 again referring to the materials in our possesion, for illustrating the differences in the three specie* of 

 Ghym % wc find little to alter in what was formerly said about them. The principal ridges at the base of 

 the lip of Ghym bractmem are, no doubt, downy halfway up. as Sir "tt\ Hooker states, and Ihey vary m 

 number from dvc to seven, but they are much blunter than in CAj/m ewttr, and Iho lip is wholly destitute. 

 in our specimens, of the lateral hairy reins peculiar to CAyxi* tftfrW. The most material difference between 

 these species is, however, the great inflated bracts of Chym braetetcens, to which there is no approach in 

 Chpi* ffww- As to CkfiU tads, it has the bracts of the latter, from which it is distinguished by a shorter 

 middle lobe of the lip. and smooth short ridges, the two lateral of which are rudimentary. We have not 

 seen it alive since July, 1810." 



Chgm Imis is nearly allied in habit to CAym aurea, and, like ii. produces thick, fleshy stems, upwards 

 of fifteen inches in length. The leaves which sheathe Ihe bulb when young, soon fall off. and leave only 

 those on the top, which are from twelve to eighteen inches in length, and light-green in colour The flower- 

 spikes aTO produced with the young growths, and are pendulous, hairing eight or more flowers upon each 

 spike. The' scpafe and petals are yellow and orange, while the lip is orange, blotched with scarlet or 

 crimson, and beautifully fringed round the margin. The season of (lowering is usually during the montla of 

 May and June, and the flowers retain their beauty for more than three weeks if the plant \> kept in a cool 

 house, and the blossoms are carefully preserved from contact with water. 



SECOND SERIES. 





