Tas. 8477. 
COELOGYNE crisravs. 
Temperate Himalaya. 
ORCHIDACEAE. Tribe EPIDENDREAE. 
CorLoeyne, Lindl. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 518. 
Coelogyne cristata, Lindl. Collect. Bot. sub t. 33; Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 39; 
Fol. Orch. Coelog. p. 8; et in Bot. Reg. 1841, t.57; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
vol. v. p. 829; King & Pantl. in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Cale. vol. viii. p. 133, 
t. 184; Pfitzer in Engl. Pfanzenr., Orch-Coeloy. p. 65; species distinctis- 
sima, scapis arcuatis brevibus floribus maximis albis et labelli lamellis 
longe fimbriatis distinguenda. 
Herba epiphytica. Rhizoma repens, validum, vaginis numerosis imbricatis 
vestitum. Pseudobulbi subdistantes, ovato-ellipsoidei, demum longitu- 
dinaliter corrugati, 4-6 cm. longi, diphylli. Folia lanceolata, acuminata, 
subplicata, prominenter trinervia, basi attenuata vel breviter petiolata, 
12-25 em. longa, 2-2°5 em. lata. Scapi ad basin pseudobulbi, 15-20 cm. 
longi, arcuati, basi vaginis imbricatis vestiti; racemi 5-7-flori. Bracteae 
patentes, oblongo-lanceolatae, acutae, 4-5 em. longae. Pedicelli 3-4 cm. 
longi. lores speciosi, albi, labelli cristis flavis. Sepala et petala patentia, 
subaequalia, oblonga, subobtusa, undulata, circiter 5em. longa. Labellum 
trilobum, circiter 4 em. longum; lobi laterales oblongi, obtusi, basin 
columnae amplectentes, apice subreflexi; lobus medius suborbicularis vel 
late rhomboideo-ovatus, obtusus, 2-2-5 em. latus; discus 5-carinatus ; 
carinae humiles, in fimbrias longas solutae, ante isthmum in laminam 
brevem triangularem crenatam extensae. Columna clavata, e basi gracili 
late alata, circiter 3 em. longa. Pollinia 4, oblonga, compressa, apice in 
massulam granulosam cohaerentia.— Cymbidium speciosissimum, Don Prodr. 
Fl. Nepal. p. 35.—R. A. Roure. 
The Coelogyne here figured has long been regarded as 
perhaps the most beautiful species in the genus. Easy to 
cultivate in a warm greenhouse, it is generally grown and 
is held in much esteem. This esteem is well deserved ; its 
racemes of large white flowers are remarkably elegant ; 
their value is enhanced by the fact that they are developed 
in winter and last several weeks. They are consequently 
much prized as materials for bouquets, wreaths and decora- 
tions. Sometimes in this country specimen clumps over 
six feet across and bearing hundreds of flowers have been 
grown, but the finest display in our greenhouses fails to 
convey any conception of the appearance of a forest-clad 
spur in the Eastern Himalaya when C. cristata is in blossom. 
Most abundant from Central Nepal eastward to Bhutan, the 
species actually extends from Kumaon in the west to the 
_ Fesrvary, 1913. : 
