Tab. 5676. 



CYMBIDIUM Huttoni. 



Mr. Muttons Cymbidium. 



Nat. Ord. Oechide^;. — Gtnandbia Monandbia. 

 Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tab. 5457.) 



Ctmblditjm Huttoni; pseudobulbis aggregatis ampullaceo-ovoideis cora- 

 pressis suleatia basi vaginatis, foliis 2-nis anguste oblongia obtusis 

 crasse coriaceis enerviis lsete viridibus, scapo radicali brevi, squamis 

 paucis brevibus late triangularibus, racemo ad 10-flore, sepalis late 

 oboyato-oblongis recurvis acuminatis intus labellique lobo intermedio 

 fasciis brevibus brunneis creberrime transverse notatis, petalis minori- 

 bus recurvis intus brunneis, labelli lobis lateralibus erectis obtusis 

 longitudinaliter faseiatis intermedio breviter oblongo, columna elon- 

 gata semiterete. 



At first sight this remarkable plant does not much resemble 

 a Cymbidium, but after a careful consideration and comparison 

 with the hitherto published species of this genus I see no 

 reason to separate it : the structure and form of the pollinia 

 and their gland is the same, as are the essential characters of 

 the column and perianth ; the very coriaceous nerveless leaves 

 are to be found in C. tigrinum (Tab. nostr. 5457), but the 

 very broad perianth-segments and their colour are unique in 

 the genus in so far as I know it. 



C Huttoni is a native of Java, and is named after its dis- 

 coverer, Mr. Henry Hutton (at the request of Messrs. Veitch). 

 in commemoration of his zealous services and early death. 

 Mr. Hutton, a most ardent student and promising collector 

 (son of the Mr. H. Hutton, head gardener to the Eight Ho- 

 nourable Lord Houghton), was sent to the East by the Messrs. 

 Ve itch, and after twelve months' residence in Java, when, as 

 was hoped, he had become inured to the climate, he fell a 

 victim to his enthusiasm. The plant which commemorates 

 nis services flowered with Messrs. Veitch in June of the pre- 

 sent year. 



NOVEMBEE 1ST, 1867. 



