Tab. 5851. 



CYMBIDIUM CANALICULATUM. 



Channelled-leaved Cymbidium. 



Nat. Ord. Orchide^e. — Gynandria Monandria. 

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



Cymbidium canaliculatum ; caulibus brevibus compressis, foliis lineari- 

 elongatis acutis carinatis, scapis axillaribus basi paucibracteatis, racemia 

 multifloris, perianthii parvi patentis foliolis subaequalibus elliptico- 

 oblongis obtusis v. subacutis crasse coriaceis intus brunneis viridi- 

 marginatis, labello sepalis breviore 3-lobo, lobis lateralibus parvis, 

 intermedio ovato albo roseo-maculato basi obscure 2-carinato. 



Cymbidium canaliculatum, Br. Prod. p. 331. Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orchid. 

 p. 164. Mueller, Fragment, v. 5, p. 95. 



A native of Cape York, in North Eastern tropical Australia, 

 where it was collected by Robert Brown in the beginning 

 of the century, and again by Mr. John Veitch, F.L.S., who 

 sent it to England during his collecting voyage to Australia 

 and the Western Pacific, which resulted in the making known 

 of so many interesting plants and beautiful horticultural 

 novelties. Mr. Veitch's specimen appears to differ a little from 

 the description of Brown's plant in the more obtuse perianth- 

 leaves, and in the lip being 3-lobed at the middle rather than 

 the apex. After carefully comparing the flower, however, 

 with excellent specimens of those of C. canaliculatum, sent 

 by Dr. Mueller from Arnheim's Land, by Oldtield from 

 Hunter's River, New South Wales, and from subtropical 

 Australia, collected by Bidwill, I find it impossible to 

 establish any satisfactory character whereby to distinguish 

 them. A more obvious point of difference is the much larger 

 bracts of the Arnheim's and Hunter's Liver plants; but 

 these are as small in Bidwill's specimen as in Mr. Veitch's. 

 august 1st, 1870. 



