Tas. 8131. 
CYMBIDIUM eryrarostyiom. 
Annan, 
ORCHIDACEAE. Tribe VANDEAE, 
CrmBio1uM, Swartz; Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. . 536. 
Cymbidium erythrostylum, Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1905, vol. xxxviii. p. 427 ; 
1906, vol. xl. p. 286, fig. 115; Orch. Rev. 1906, p. 39; 1 O. Parishii, 
Reichb. f., inflorescentiae vaginis angustioribus, sepalis petalisque latiori- 
bus, labello latins apice subaequaliter trilobo et columna sanguinea 
differt. : 
Herba epiphytica, circa 45 cm. alta. Pseudobulbi fasciculati, ovato-oblongi, 
compressi, circa 2'5 cm. longi, basi polyphylli, apice monophylli. Folia 
arcuata, elongato-linearia, 25-38 em. longa, circa 1°3 cm. lata, basi 
vaginata. Scapi axillares, suberecti, 30-40 cm. longi, vaginis lanceolatis 
acutis obtecti,4—5-flori. Bracteae lanceolatae, acuminatae, 2-4 cm. longae. 
Pedicelli 3-45 cm. longi. Sepala elliptica, apiculata, concava, 45 cm. 
longa, 2°5 cm. lata, alba, lateralia paullo carivata. Petala obovato- 
elliptica, apiculata, sepalis paullo breviora, alba, basi minute purpureo- 
punctata. Labellwm late obovatum, apice trilobam, circa 4 cm. longum 
et latum, basi attenuatum; lobi laterales obtuse rotundati; lobus inter- 
medius brevis, latus, obtusus, pallide flavus, purpureo-venosus, margine 
purpureo-punctatus; diseus quinque-carinatus, venis villosis, medio in 
callum tridentatum incrassatus. Colwmna clavata, arcuata, 2°5 cm. longa, 
sanguinea. 
This graceful and beautiful species is a native of Annam, 
and was discovered and sent home by Mr. W. Micholitz, 
when collecting there for Messrs. Sander & Sons in 18¥1. 
It flowered for the first time in cultivation in the Royal 
Botanic Garden, Glasnevin, in November, 1905, when it 
was sent to Kew for determination, and the annexed plate 
was prepared. About a year later it flowered in several — 
other collections, and thus is evidently a winter-blooming 
species. Its general habit and few-flowered inflorescence 
place it near to the North Indian C. eburneum, Lindl. (Bot. 
Mag. t. 5126), and the Burmese 0. Parishii, Reichb. f., 
but it is markedly different in the structure and details 
of the lip, while its crimson column is unique in the genus, 
and furnished a very appropriate specific name. In its 
slender habit it somewhat recalls the allied Cyperorchis 
elegans, Blume (Bot. Mag. t. 7007), but the inflorescence 
is very different. 
Descr.—An erect epiphytic herb, about 1} ft. high. 
Aprit Ist, 1907. 
