80 PEOFESSOB lindley's conteibutions to 



186. C. sinense, Willd. 



Khasija, at 1500 feet, /. B. H. Sf T. T. (226). 



This does not seem to differ from the Chinese plant. 



187. C. ERYTHRiEUM ; foliis angustis acutis racemis multifloris bre- 

 vioribus, braeteis minutis, sepalis lanceolatis, petalis angustioribus 

 patentissimis falcatis, labello convoluto intus tomentoso apice ajqua- 

 liter trilobo laciniis rotundatis recurvis lateralibus planis intermedia 

 erispa lamellis contiguis rectilineis pilosis apice confluentibus. 



Sikkini, in hot valleys, /. D. H. (229). 



" Panicle varies in length and density, flowers in size and colour. 

 Upper and back part of column grows over stigma, and whole 

 column very much incrassated." J. D. S. — From the sketches of 

 Dr. Hooker I learn that the sepals of this fine species are 

 spreading, oblong-lanceolate, green with dull-red broken streaks ; 

 the petals somewhat narrower, rose-coloured, and curved back- 

 wards ; the lip yellow, with numerous red streaks on the outside 

 and inside. In the dried flowers the sepals are two inches long. 



188. C. lancifolium. Hooker, Exot. Fl. t. 51. (C. Gibsoni, Paxton, Fl. 

 Garden, No. 618, Ic. Xyl 301 ?— C. javanicum, Blume, Bijdr. 380.) 



Khasija, at 4000-5000 feet, J.D.H.S,- T.T. (139); Mishmee hills, 

 lower ranges, Griffith; Sikkim, Cathcart ; Java, T. Lobb (187), 

 Reinwardt (" C. vaginatum"). 



This plant has not appeared among the Hindostan collections, 

 but it seems to be common in the North-eastern Provinces, its 

 track then bending downwards into the Indian Archipelago. That 

 it exists in Java is shown by the specimens above-mentioned from 

 T. Lobb and Eeinwardt. Of the only other two Javanese Cymbids 

 that I have seen, one is a grassy-leaved plant allied to C. ensi- 

 foUum, the other is possibly Prof. Blume's C. cuspidatum; but 

 nothing certain can be said without examining authentic spe- 

 cimens. C. Gibsoni is only a half-monstrous state of this. 



Ceemastea, Imdl. Gen. ^ Sp. p. 172. 



189. C. Wallichiana, Id. 1. c. 

 Sikkim, at 7000 feet, /. D. H. (242). 



Plume's figure of the Japanese HyacintJiorcliis variabilis (Mus. 

 Lugd. Pot. i. t. 16) differs in no respect whatever from the Indian 

 plant, except in having a short shrivelled appendage of the lip 

 instead of a long cucuUate one. If this is really so, the species 

 would seem to be distinct ; if not, not. 



