Tab. 7602. 

 COELOGYNE Swaniana. 



Native of the Philippine Island*. 



Nat. Ord. Orchide.e. — Tribe Dendhobie-e. 

 Genoa Coelogyne, Lindl. ; (Benth. & Rook.f. Gen. Plant, vol. iii. p. 518.) 



Coelogyne Swaniana; pseudobnlbis 2-4-pollicaribns fusiformibus 4-6-gonis 

 nudis diphyllis, foliis 6-8-pollicaribus petiolatis elliptico-lanceolatis acumi- 

 nata marginibus undulatis basi in petiolum angustatis, racemo e basi 

 pseudobulbi enato pedali pendulo laxe mnltifloro, pedunculo rhachique 

 gracilibus viridibus purpureo punctulatis, bracteis f poll, longis cymbi- 

 formibns acutis pallide brunneis pedicellos aequantibus, sepalis pollicanbus 

 lineari-oblongis subacutis carinatis, petalis linearibus acutis albis, labello 

 3-lobo pallide brunneo lobis lateralibus incurvis apice rotundatis, termi- 

 nali recurvo orbiculari-ovato obtuso, disco 5-cristato, cristis apicem non 

 attingentibus 2 lateralibus brevioribus intermediis ad basin labelli pro- 

 ductis et ibidem in laminas laciniatas eTrectas productis, columna apice 

 dilatata trnncata denticulata. 



O. Swaniana, Bolfe in Kew Bullet. 1894, p. 144; in Orchid. Bev. vol. ii. p. 198 ; 

 in Sander, Beichenbachia, Ser. 2, vol. ii. t. 92. 



Coelogyne Swaniana is compared by its author with the 

 Bomean G.Day anna, Reichb. f. (Williams, Orch. Alb. vi. t. 

 247, and Veitch Man. Orch. Part vi. p. 36 and 43, with 

 fig.). The resemblance between these species is indeed 

 very close, in pseudobulbs, leaves and flowers, but C. 

 Dayanna is a larger plant, the sepals and petals have reflexed 

 margins, as have the tips of the side-lobes of the lip, and 

 there are no lamellas at the base of the crests of the lip. 

 These crests appear to vary a good deal in relative length. 



This fine species was discovered in the Philippine Islds., 

 by Mr. W. Micholitz, who sent specimens to Messrs. 

 F. Sander & Co. of St. Alban's, according to whose wish 

 it was named after J. M. Swan, Esq., A.R.A., a highly 

 esteemed Artist. 



The specimen figured was obtained by the Royal Gardens, 

 Kew, from Messrs. Sander in 1892. It flowered in May 

 and June. 



Bescr. — Pseudohdbs three and a half to four inches long, 

 fusiform, obtusely four to six-angled, green, naked, the 

 brown remains of the sheaths alone persisting on the 

 July 1st, 1898. 



