Tas. 4907. 
CYMBIDIUM cuHtiorRAntuum. 
Yellow-green Cymbidium. 
Nat. Ord. OxncuipE#.—GyYNANDRIA MoNANDRIA. 
Gen. Char, Perianthium explanatum, petalis sepalisque subsqualibus liberis. 
Labelium sessile, liberum, ecalcaratum, nunc leviter connatum, indivisum vel tri- 
lobum. Columna erecta, semiteres. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, sepius 
postice biloba, in glandulam subtriangularem subsessilia. Lindl. 
Cyrmsrpium ciloranthum ; foliis ensiformibus supra pseudobulbum breve ob- 
longum equitantibus obtusis supra medium planis recurvis, racemo stricto 
foliis breviore, bracteis minutissimis, sepalis petalisque obtusis, labello basi 
pubescenti apice retuso emarginato laciniis lateralibus nanis triangularibus, 
lamellis distantibus arcuatis verrucosis. Lindl. 
CymBrprum chloranthum. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1843, Mise. p. 102. 
A very pretty species, of a genus mostly of Indian origin, in- 
troduced twelve or fourteen years ago from Nepal by the Messrs. 
Loddiges. Its blossoming season with us is May. The flowers 
are numerous on the raceme, of a pale, greenish colour, the column 
and lip are more yellow and paler than the perianth, and the whole 
centre is marked with blood-red spots. 
Drscr. Leaves springing from a swollen base or imperfect 
pseudo-bulb ; their bases, jointed at about three inches from the 
bottom, are distichous and sheathing, in other words equitant ; 
the blade of the leaf ensiform or loriform, recurved, narrowing 
below; the apex rather obtuse, the surface striated. Scape from 
the centre of the foliage, terete, shorter than the majority of the 
leaves, bearing a long, many-flowered raceme. Ovary narrow, 
clavate, tapering below into-a pedicel. Pefals and sepals, nearly 
uniform, spreading, oblong,* obtuse, of a uniform yellow-green 
colour, spotted with blood-colour at the base. Zip broader than 
the sepals, yellowish-white, broad-oblong, obtuse, three-lobed, 
spotted with blood-red, especially near the base ; lateral lobes 
small and incurved; the middle lobe oval, scarcely retuse: on 
APRIL Ist, 1856. 
