Tas. 4889. 
COLOGYNE spectosa. 
Showy Celogyne. 
Nat. Ord. OrncH1ppm.—GyYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, TaB. 4440.) 
CaLocyne speciosa ; pseudobulbis ovato-oblongis costatis monophyllis, foliis ob- 
longo-lanceolatis 5—7-nerviis, pedunculis 1—2-floris pseudobulbis parum lon- 
gioribus, petalis linearibus reflexis, labelli trilobi laciniis lateralibus antice 
denticulatis intermedia biloba rotundata cristis duabus muricatis crassis 
sub apice ipso labelli confluentibus tertia brevi tenui basilari interjecta. 
Ca@toeyne speciosa. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 39. Bot. Reg. 1847. t. 23. 
_ CHELONANTHERA speciosa. Blume, Bijd. 384. ¢. 51. 
This very fine species of Calogyne was first imported by the 
Messrs. Veitch, of the Exeter and Chelsea Exotic Nurseries, Ae : 
- through their collector, Mr. Thomas Lobb, from Java. It. pro- 
duced its blossoms with them in 1846 ; and it has proved, as the 
Messrs. Veitch stated it would do, a “ free-growing and a free- 
flowering plant.” Messrs. Rollison favoured us with a fine plant 
from their nursery, which they received direct from their collector 
in Java in 1847. The lip of the flower is a beautiful object, both 
in the colour and marking, and in the exquisite fringe of the 
crests and margin. : 
Descr. Pseudobulbs clustered, between ovate and oblong, 
compressed and marked with elevated ribs, bearmg a single 
elliptical-lanceolate, acuminate, membranaceous, striated, and = a 
plaited Zeaf on the summit. From within a young channelled or 
grooved Jeaf (the scarcely formed pseudobulb being sheathed with 
imbricated scales) arises a flower-stalk, much shorter than the © 
leaf, bearing one or two drooping flowers of a very large size, 
but possessing no brilliancy of colour. Sepals broad lanceo- 
late, the lateral ones the longest and narrowest, the intermediate 
one broader and less acuminated, carinated, all of a pale olive- 
green. Petals very long, linear, of the same colour as the sepals, 
DECEMBER Ist, 1855. 
