Tab. 5462. 



CCELOGYNE odoratissima. 



Honey-scented Ccelogyne. 



Nat. Ord. Orchidejs. — Gynandria Monandria. 



Gen. Char. Sepala conniventia v. patentia, libera (nunc invicem ngglutinata), 

 sequalia, petaloidea, saepius basi obtusa. Petala conformia, aut multo angustiora. 

 Labellum cucullatum trilobum v. indivisum, petaloideum, basi saepe saccatum, 

 venis 2-3 pluribusve parallelis cristatis, nunc cum basi columnar connatum. 

 Columna erecta, libera, alata, apice membranaceo-marginata. Stigma promincns, 

 alte excavatum, bilabiatum. Pollinia 4, libera, incuinbentia, materie glandulosa 

 eohserentia. Anthera infra apicem columnar inserta, raobilis, vix decidua. — Herbse 

 epiphytes vel terrestres Asise tropica?, pseudobulbosce. Folia 1-2, nervosa. Ra- 

 cemi, ant flores solitarii, terminates, stepe e squamis corneis erumpentes. Flores 

 albi rosei jiavidi ant brunneo-maculati, imino virescentes, seepissime speewsi. 

 Lindl. 



Ccelogyne (Erectse) odoratissima; pseudobulbis ovatis sulcatis, foliis 1-2 

 membranaceis nervosis racemo erecto 2-3-floro brevioribus, bracteis angustis 

 cymbiformibus divaricatis, labelli trilobi 3-cristati lobo medio obtuso sub- 

 undulato, lateralibus brevioribus planis. Lindl. 



Ccelogyne odoratissima. Wight, Ic. Plant. Ind. Or. t. 1640. Lindl. Fol. 

 Orchid., Ccelogyne p. 5. n. 10. 



Ccelogyne angustifolia. Wight, Ic. I.e. t. 1641. 



A pretty and graceful Ccelogyne, native of Ceylon, on the 

 mountain of Neura Ellia and of the Nilghiri Hills of the Madras 

 Presidency. We possess living plants direct from the latter 

 country, and also from Mr. Bateman. Dr. Wight has made two 

 species, and Dr. Lindley has considered them two varieties. Our 

 plants scarcely merit the name of odoratissima, unless a rather 

 powerful smell of honey entitles the species to that distinction. 

 In its native hills it grows on the trunks or branches of trees, 

 flowering throughout the rainy season, from May till October. 

 Respecting this species we have received the following interest- 

 ing notice from Mr. Bateman :— "The plant that you were good 

 enough to give me last year under the name of Ccelogyne odora- 



AUGUST 1st, 1864. 



