M MÀ M He s 
Cymbidium.] CXLVIII ORCHIDEH. (J. D. Hooker.) 9 
concave, side lobes erect, midlobe recurved; disk with usually 2 pubes- 
cent median ridges. Column long, toot 0; anther 1- or imperfectly 
2-celled ; pollinia 2 deeply grooved or 4, subglobose or pyramidal, sessile on 
the broad strap or gland.—Species about 30, tropical and subtropical, on 
the Mountains of Asia, with a few African and Australian. 
* Leaves rudimentary or 0 at flowering time. 
1. C. macrorhizon, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 162; terrestrial, root- 
stock creeping branched, bracts narrow membranous. 
N.W. INDIA, Royle,Falconer. Kasra Hinrs, alt. 5-6000 ft., Lobb, &c.; 
Naca Hints (Herb. Calcutt.). 
Rootstock as thick as a goose-quill, branched. Scape very short, with the raceme 
6-9 in., ascending, 6-8-tld. ; basal sheaths short, or elongating to 2 in. and narrowly 
subfoliaceous ; bracts 1—À in., narrow, membranous ; pedicel with ovary 1 in. ; flower 
li-l$ in. broad, sepals linear-lanceolate, acuminate, and rather broader petals 
white or pale yellowish with pink strive; lip white spotted with crimson, side lobes 
narrow, midlobe ovate obtuse, disk with 2 thick ridges between the side lobes; 
anther papillose ; pollinia 4, subhemispheric.—A remarkable species, a parasite 
according to Clarke. Lindley describes the rootstock as jointed, and the ridges of 
the lip as arcuate. 
» C. sikkimense, Hook. f.; epiphytic, bracts minute triangular- 
ovate. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA; Lachen Valley, alt. 6000 ft., J. D. H. 
. Rootstock very stout. Scape with many obtuse basal sheaths 2-3 in. long, those 
higher up 1 in. long; raceme 4-8 in., more or less decurved, rather stout, 20-30-fld. ; 
bracts $ in.; pedicel with ovary 4-% in.; dorsal sepal linear-oblong, obtuse; 
lateral lanceolate, acute, subfalente; petals elliptic, acute; lip as broad as long, 
thombic-ovate, side lobes obscure rounded, narrowed into the very short ovate mid- 
lobe, disk without ridges but with 2 obscure rounded calli.—4A very distinct 
Species, overlooked by Lindley when studying my Sikkim Orchids, and mixed up with 
C. aloifolium. 
** Leaves elliptic-lanceolate. 
d C. lancifolium, Hook Exot. Fl. t. 51; leaves long-petioled 
Plicate, Scape shorter than the leaves few-fld., bracts lanceolate shorter 
than the ovary, flowers long-pedicelled, disk of glabrous lip with two 
median lamella: between the side lobes. Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 164; in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 30; Wall. Cat. 7351; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 927. C. Gibsoni, 
Paxton Fl. Gard. iii. 613, fig. 301; Walp. Ann. vi. 623. C. javanieum, Blume 
Bijdr. 380; Lindl. 1. c. 170.— Griff. Ic. Plant. Asiat. t. 300, fig. 1. 
SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA; from Nepal to Mishmi. Kuasta Hrs, alt. 
9000 ft., Griffith, &c. PERAK, alt. 2-4000 ft., Scortechini, &e.-—DISTRIB. Java, 
China, Japan. 
Stem 2-6 in., fleshy, fusiform ; sheaths ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; roots very 
long, thick and spongy. Leaves 6-10 in., petiole slender, sometimes as long. Scape 
nodding, 6-8-fld.; flowers 14-2 in. diam.; sepals white, yellowish or greenish, 
lanceolate, acuminate ; petals rather broader, white with a pink midrib; lip white 
Spotted with red-purple, side lobes narrow, midlobe ovate obtuse. 
4. C. tigrinum, Parish in Bot. Mag. t. 5457; leaves short-petioled 
very coriaceous, scape with raceme longer than the leaves few-fld., bracts 
anceolate shorter than the ovary, flower long-pedicelied, lip with 2 glabrous 
ridges on the disk between the side lobes. 
