Tab. 5074 



CCELOGYNE humilis. 



Dwarf Pleione. 



Nat. Ord. Okchidejk. — Gtnandria MokasdbU. 

 Gen. Char. {Vide supra, Tab. 5462.) 



CffiLoar^E (Pleione) humilis; pseudobulbis lagenseformibus, bracfcea ob- 

 longo-lanceolata petaloidea ovavio longiore demum retraeta, pedunculo 

 denudato, sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceobtis patentibus planis, la- 

 bello ciliato emarginato, lineis 6 fimbriates disrautibus venis totidem 

 coloratis interjectis. Lindl. 



Pleione humilis. Don, Fl. UTep. p. X7. Paxt. Fl. Qard. t. 51. Zemerire, 

 Jard. Fl p. 158, 



This pretty Pleione, although long since introduced and 

 figured, had been lost to the country for many years; no 

 doubt through inattention to its habits and constitution. 

 Fortunately a fresh supply of plants was recently obtained 

 (through Dr. Anderson, of the Calcutta Botanic Gardens) 

 from Sikkim by the Royal Gardens at Kew, and it was here 

 that the one represented in the Plate flowered last winter. 

 Tt is quite a mountain plant, having been found on the Indian 

 Alps, in Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhotan, at an elevation of seven 

 to eight thousand feet, growing among moss in shady places, 

 and even on the trunks of trees. Dr. Hooker met with se- 

 veral varieties during his travels in the Himalaya, where this 

 and other species take the place of our autumn Crocuses, 

 throwing up masses of gay flowers after the leaves have dis- 

 appeared. Excepting Ccelogyne metadata, which is found two 

 thousand feet lower, all the Pleione section of Ccelogyne arc 

 easily cultivated in the shadiest part of the coolest house ; 

 and they form a most interesting group, to which other fine 

 species, not yet introduced, will, I trust, ere long be added. 

 They require to be grown in a pot. 



Descb. Pseudohulbs in the form of bottle-flasks, from one to 



XOVEMBEK 1st. 1867. 



