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Codisenm — continued. 



crimson, with one or two series of irregular. g:reen blotches on 

 each side of the midrib ; in the young leaves the crimson is re- 

 placed by a creamy colour, affording a very handsome variegation. 

 1883. SVN. Croto?i musaicus (R. H. 1882, 240). 



C. Nestor, l. lanceolate, bright green, variegated with yellow 

 and whitish, the variea^atiun forming a broad, central stripe, 

 the midrib bright magenta-crimson. Polynesia, 1S87. A form of 

 C. irtedium variegatum. See Fig. 13, for which we are indebted 

 to Mr. Wm. liuli, 



C. omatum (adorned). I. green, blotched yellow, and with a 

 narrow central band and long parallel veins of creamy-yellow, 

 the yellow parts becoming crimson ; occasionally, the lines and 

 blotches are rosy-pink, and the midrib of a deeper rosy-crimson. 



C. PhilllpSii (Phillips'). I. lineardanceolate, Sin. to lOin. long, 

 jin. broad, the base rich golden-yellow, this colour extending 

 lialf-way tlxrough, and continuing along the centre nearly the 

 whole length. 1886. 



C, Prince Henry. I. 1ft. to IJft. long, 3in. broad, recurved, the 

 midrib crimson and gold, furrowed, with a narrow margin, 

 occasifinally spotted on a dark, bronzy-green ground ; marking.-^ 

 changing with maturity to a deep blood-red. 



C. Princess of Waldeck* I. broadly lanceolate, about 4in. 



long, the central ^HniUm of a bright, clear yellow, with a broad 

 anndiat^nct margin of deep green. 1882. A handsome variety. 



C. rocurvatum (recurved). I. recurved, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 marlied with yellow along the crimson midrib and lateral veins. 

 1883. 



C. ruborrimum (very red). This is one of the narrow, drooping- 

 leaved fonng, with the usual crimson and creamy variegation. 

 1884. 



C. rubro-llnoatum (red-lined). I, spreading, oblong-lanceolate, 

 Un. to Hin. long, wlion first expanded pale yellow and green, 

 many of theui tinged rose, but deepening with age to golden- 

 yi'Ii.tw and olive-green, the midrib and nerves, and, in many 

 caM,-?, the margin idso, becoming crimson. 1882. A noble plant. 



C. sceptre (sceptre). I. ribbon-like, dark bottle-green, spotted 

 with tiery orange and yellow ; midrib crimson. 1884. 



C. Sunshine, i. 9m. to lOin. long, about 2in. wide, dark bronzy- 

 greeu. when young blotched with yellow, which gradually 

 changes into rosy-crimson, eventually becoming blood -red. 

 Sonth Sta Islands, 1887. 



C. Torrigianlanum (Marchesi Torrigiani's). I pliin, about 

 lin. liroad, at titst ribbtd and veined with yt How, subsequently 

 B-HHuuiiii- a high crim:5on unt along the midrib, margins, and 

 transverse arching veins, the intermediate spaces being green ; 

 petioles and -steuA red. 1884. A liandsome plant, in the way of 

 Quceu Victoria, 



C Van Oosterzcci (Van Oosterzee's). l. narrow linear-lanceolate 

 acununate. green, spotted with yellow. 1883. A small, but 

 distinct and ornumeutal, shrub. (1. H. 1883, 602.) 



C. Victory- I. 1ft. long, 2.Jin. broad, deep olive-green with 



crimson veins and midrib, from which latter extends, in an 



arcuate mauuer, a coloration of reddi^h-crauson, the deep green 



between the primary vcius beinj; broken up in an irregular 



manner by tha aame bright colour; young ones orange-yellow 

 suffused cnni.Hon. 1888. 



C. vittatum (striped). I green, marked with a broad band of 

 creamy-yellow, which mns out laterally alung the bases of the 

 dj.^uut primary veins; petiole (aa well as the midrib in older 

 leaves) bright ruby. red. 1887. 



C. Wigmannli OViijmann's). I Sin. to lOin. long, iin. broad 

 irregu ar u\ tnrm. nch green, bloiched with yellow. 18t6 A 

 good decorative plant lor the table. 



G(£LIA. OF this gonus there are four or five species 

 natives of the West Indies, Cr-niral America, aud Mexico' 

 To tbo,so doacribed on p. 35G, Vol. I., the following should 

 now bo added: 



a bclla a^enutirul). /. three or four, erect, 2in. lon'r • ncrianth 



yeUow.sh.wh.te, with rose-purplo tips to \he wiftr a^^^ 

 liuvmg an orange mublobe to the lip, tubular below fmnel 

 Bhaped above; scape 2in. to 4iii. long, clothed with Si 

 Bhe*»hji, Autumn to December. /. several, 6in. to loin, [on 2 

 elongate-enMform acuminata Pseudo-bulbs l^in. to 2in nn^' 

 globus© or OToid. He St. Catherine, 1882. (B M f^Va'. 

 W. O. A. ii. 51.) SVN. Bi/remria bella (L. J. F iii.^^). ^'^ ' 



CCELOGYNS. ThU genus embraces abont fifty 

 BpecitM, broiidly disper.^ed over the East Indies and the 

 ALUay.m Arobipelajjo, one extending us far aa South 

 Cbina. To thoae described on pp. 356-8, Vol. I. the 

 following should now be added: ' ' 



C. IJlrmaiilca (Birma). /. hivins: a shortly-toothed front border 

 to the Up, and a nc,..y entire border round the anther; alone 



i« t'''"*i;*\^7^. '^^'^^"^ k^ro^n «P*>^ on a white ground. Birma 

 188S, i^rwbab^y ,>nly a trifling variety of C. prasc^x ' 



^'^?^?^^^^ ^';w""»*'"^*''t']".4:» ^y^^^^ '"**^ P«^*^^« <l'^^k rose- lin 

 dark ro»e, with yellow blotches, in which are several brownislu 



continued. 



Coelogyne 



crimson spots, elegantly fringed, the crest pale yellow. I. (and 

 psendo-bulbs) as in C, prcecox. India. Syn. Pleionc concolor. 



C, crlstata alba (white), Jl. wholly white. ^Yiuter and spring, 

 India. (W. O. A. ii. 54.) Syn. C. c. hololeuca* 



C. C. citrina (citron -col our). 4. having the centre of the lip 

 stained delicate lenion-coiour. Js'epaul. Syn. C. c. Leinoniana, 



C. C« hololeuca (wholly white). A synonym of C c. alba, 



C. c. Lemoniana (Lemon's). A synonym of C. c. citrina. 



C. C. major (larger). /. larger than in the type, with much 

 broader and stouter sepals and petals, India. 



C. C. maxima (greatest). A large-flowered variety, with un- 

 usually broad sepals and petals, and shallow side lobes to the 

 lip. 1856. 



C, JDayana (Day's). Jl, light ochreous ; sepals and petals lifrulate, 

 acute ; lip broad, three-lnbed, the side lobes striped dark brown, 

 wavy, the middle lobe reniform, creiiulate, with a dark brown 

 crescent, two keel^ running from the base of the lip to the base 

 of the middle lobe, where they divide into six ; inflorescence 

 long, lax. mauy-fl.owered. L stalked, obloug, acuminate. 

 Pdeudo-bulbs long, narrow, fusiform. Borneo, 188^. (G, C. 

 n. s., xxvl, p. 44 ; \V. O. A. vi. 247.) 



C, elata (tall).* Jl. medium-sized ; sepals and petals white, 

 narrowish ; lip white, with a forked, yellow band in the centre, 

 and two orange-striped crests on the dis;k ; racemes erect, spring- 

 ing with the leaves from the apex of the pseudo-bulbs. I. sword- 

 shaped, striated. Pseudo-bulhs tall, oblong, angled. Xongoo, 

 Darjeeling (8000ft. to 9000ft.), 1857. (B. M. 5001.) 



C. FoUrstermaunt (Foerstermann's). /. white, with some 

 yellowish-brown on the disk of the lip ; sepals and petals ligulate, 

 acute ; lip trifid, the lateral lacinise rounded, the middle one 

 rounded and apiculate ; peduncles sometimes forty-flowered. 

 2. cartilaginous, ribbed, IJft. long, 5in. or more wide, on very 

 short petioles. 1837. 



C. glandulosa (glandular). Jl. pure white, liln. in diameter, 

 disposed in a no<lding raceme; front lobe of the lip ovate, 

 marked on the disk with yellow lines. I. oblong -lanceolate. 

 pK-ieudo-bulbs ovate, salcate. Neilgherries, 1882. 



C. graminifolia (Grass-leaved).* Jl, nearly 2in. across the petals ; 

 sepals white, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, acute ; petals sinular, 

 but rather narrower; lip three lobed, the lateral lobes white, 

 streaked purple, oblong, the middle one orange-yellow, with 

 three purple ritlges; raceme two to four-flowered; scape lin. 

 to 2in. long. January. I. two, Grass-like, 1ft. to lift. long. 

 Pseudo-bulb^ lin. to l^in. long Moulmein, 1886. (B. M. 7006.) 



C. Hookeriana "bracbyglossa (short-lipped), fl., lip white, 



with light sulphur on the disk, and with several reddish-brown 

 spots, open, not at all abruptly convolute, yet the upright sides 

 of the lip show lobes. 1837. 



C. humilis albata (white-clothed). In this variety the sepals 

 and petals are snowy-white, and the lip white, with light mauve- 

 purple, radiating lines of small, confluent spots, and with au 

 orange spot on each side of the anterior part. 



€• lactea (milky). /., sepals and pstals creamy-white, faintly 

 tinged yellow ; side lacini^e of lip light ochre, veined brown, nnd- 

 lacini^ bright yellow at base. I. 7in. to Bin. long, very thick, 

 cuneate-oblong, acute, petiolate. Pseudo-bulbs light green, 

 plump, short, wrinkled. Btrma, 1883. 



C. Lowii (Low's). A synonym of C. asperata, 



C. maculata virglnea (maiden). /., lip tinted with light 

 sulphur, the nearly evanescent, purple lines in the mtddle very 

 few. 1837. 



C. ochracea (ochreons). Jl. white, very fragrant, produced in 

 erect racemes of about seven or eight; Up having two horseshoe- 

 shaped blotches on the disk, which are bright ochreous-yellovv, 

 bordered orange. L two or three, lanceolate. J»seudo-bulbs 

 small, oblonir. North-east India. 1844. (B. M. 4561; B. R. 1846, 

 69 ; L. J. F. 342 ) 



C, precox (early). The correct name of the plant described 

 on p, 558, Vol. I., as C. WalLichiana. 



C. p. tenera (blender). Jl. pale lilac and yellow, having a few 

 purple-mauve blotches on the lip. 1883. 



C. Rossiana (Ross'). /., sepalsand petals creamy-white, ligulate, 

 acute; lip mostly ochre, the disk, broad claw, and top of the inia- 

 lacinia white; column white, with a brown mid-line in ™i^» 

 bracts linear, acuminate. L two, long-petiolate, cuneate-oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, more than 1ft. long and l|in. broad. Pseudo- 

 bulbs nearly obpyriform. Birrna, 1884. 



C. salmonicolor (salmon-coloured). /, salmon-coloured, solitary, 

 the three-lobed lip beintr somewhat tessellated with bro%\n- 



i. sohtiry, cuneate-oblong. acuminate, undulated, green at ba^e, 

 coppery elsewhere. Pseudo-bulbs tetragonal, pear-shaped. Ja\a 

 or Sumatra, 1885. Allied to 0. i^peciosa, but smaller. 

 C. Sanderiana (Sander's).* Jl. snow-white, large and showy ; 

 sepals ligulate. acute; petals lanceolate, acute, dilated ^''^y®' 

 side lacinia^ of the lip marked with three brown stripes, uie 

 anterior lacim'a yellow, with a few white matks, and tpa^ing 

 yellow crests ; peduncles sometimes nine-flowered. I RfH^i^^* 

 cuneate-oblong, acute, chart aceous. Pseudo-bulbs fusiiorm- 

 cjrliudrical, two-leaved. Sunda Isles, 1887. 



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