Tab. 7007. 



CYPERORCHIS elegans. 

 Native of the Mountains of Eastern Bengal. 



Nat. Ord. Obchide^:. — Tribe Vande;e. 

 Genua Cypekorohis. Blume ; (Benth.et HooJe.f. Gen. PI. vol. iii. p. 538.) 



Cvpfrorchis elegans; caulibus csespitosis brevibus foliosis basi demum sub- 

 pseudobulbosis, foliisperplurimis elongato-loriformibus subtus carinatis, basibus 

 truncatis persistentibus vix dilatatis disiiche imbricatis demum brunneis, scapis 

 interfoliaceis erectis teretibus primum vaginatis vaginis deciduis, racemo 

 magno floribundo pendulo, floribus irnbrieatis pallide subsordide flavis, 

 bracteis mimitis subuiatis, perianthio elongato subinfundibulari, sepalis lineari- 

 oblongis erectis apicibus recurvis acutis, petalis consmrilibus, Libello erecto 

 anguste cuneiforme 3-lobo, lobis lateralibus acutangulis, terminal! linguiforme, 

 disco inter lobns laterales alte bicarinato, carinis aurantiacis basin versus 

 incrassatis. 



C. elegans, Blume Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. vol. i. p. 48 ; Orchid. Archijel. Iml 

 p. 93, t. 43 C. 



Cymbidium elegans, Lindl. hi Wall. Cat. No. 7854; Gen. et Sp. Orchid, p. 163 ; 

 Sert. Orchid, t. 11, 



Limodorum cyperifolinm, Ham. mss. 



The genus Cyperorchis was established by Blume for the 

 above plant, which was referred by Lindley to Cymbidium, 

 with the remark (in his Sertum Orchidaceum) that it 

 differs from the normal species of that genus in "the 

 pollinia being pear-shaped, furrowed on the back and 

 planted separately upon a transversely oval gland. In 

 this respect the present species differs somewhat from 

 other Oymbidia, but not sufficiently to deserve its being 

 made into a distinct genus." This remark was founded upon 

 the analyses of a native Indian artist, for which, and for 

 the accompanying figure of the whole plant, Lindley was 

 indebted for his description. The real characters whereby 

 Cyperorchis is separated from Cymhidiwm is the form of 

 the corolla. 



Only two species of Cyperorchis are satisfactorily known, 

 the present and the white-flowered fragrant Cymbidium 

 Mastersii, Lindl. (in Bot. Eeg. 1815, t, 50), to which 

 Bentham (Gen. Plant, vol. iii. p. 538) doubtfully adds 

 Lindley 's Cymbidium cochleare, a native of Sikkim. 



jcta' 1st, 1888. 



