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A eynonym of Cyclanthiis 



CTCLOSANTHES. 



(which see). 



CYMBIDIUM. To the species and varieties described 

 on pp. 420-1, Vol. I., the following should now be added: 



C. eburneum PliUbricklanum(PhUbdck's). jt. white ; sepals 



and petals narrow; sidtj lobes of the lip well apart from the 

 narrower iniiliile lobe; callus narrow, with a most obscure mid- 

 keel. 1886. Habit that of C. PanshiL 



C elegans (elegant). A synonym of Cyperorchis elegaiis. 



C# Gnsifolium (swonl-leaved). /. greenitih-yellow, very tragrant ; 

 »epaU an li petals inarked with some reddish-brown, narrow 

 lines ; lip dotted, ovate, somewhat recurved ; scape terete, few- 

 floweied. Late summer. /. ea^iform, nerved. China and Japan. 

 (B. M. 1751.) . 



C, e. estriatum (not striated). /., sefrments very narrow ; sepals 

 green, with a few red lines; petiils white, with some purple 

 lines ; lip white, the miildle lacinia yellow, with a few brown 

 spots: column Avhite; with purple blotches in front. I. more 

 than 1ft. long, Jin. broad, with dark spots. Assam, 1887. 



C, Huttoxii (Hutfcon's). This is now regarded as synonymous 

 witii GnittDiianyU Huttoni. 



C, Mastersii (Dr. Masters'). This species is now removed to 

 Cyi/erorchia, 



C7NOK.CHIS (from lyon, l-ynos, a dog, and Orchis; 

 a name altered by Lindley from the Cynosorchis of 

 Thouars). Stn. Cynosorchis. Or.d. Orcliidew. A. genus 

 embracing about sixteen species of stove, terrestrial 

 Orchids, with the habit of Hahenaria rotundifolia, 

 natives of tbe Mascarene Islands and tropical Africa. 

 Mowers mediocre or rather small, shortly pedicellate ; 

 sepals sub-equal, concave, at length spreading; peta"'8 

 eimilar or smaller; lip continuous with the column, 

 spreading, as long as the sepals, three to five-cleft, 

 produced in a spur ; column very short ; raceme short 

 or rarely elongated, rather loose. Only two species call 

 for description. For culture, see Bletia, on pp. 1^5-6, 

 Vol. I. 



C, elegans (elegant), fl. whitish, with a rosy tinge, disposed in 



three to seven-flowered raceuies ; odd sepal gibbous, convex, 

 abrupt over the triangular, acute apex ; side sepals hgulate, 

 acute or blunt-acute, longer than the odd sepal ; lip with a smaii 

 anjrie on each side at the base, the lamina sported or lined deep 

 purple. I, cuneate-oblong-lanceolate, acute, 2in. long by hin. 

 wide, light green, striped and barred mauve-purple. Mada- 

 gascar. 



C. IiO'wiana (Low's). /., sepals and petals whitish-green ; lateral 

 sepals oblong, obtuse ; odd sepal convex-oblong, blunt-acute, 

 shorter than the lateral ones; petals ligulate, acute; lip lilac, 

 three-cleft, the lateral lacinine linear, extrorse, the mid-lacinia 

 deeply two-cleft, with a deep purple, obcordate spot at base. 

 I, one or two, about 9in. long, |in. wide, dark green. Mada- 

 gascar. 



CYNOSORCHIS. A synonym of Cynorcllis (which 



see). 



CYFEKORCHIS (from Cyperws and Orcliis ; in allu- 

 sion to the resemblance to Cyperiis, and the affinity to 

 Orchis). Ord. Orchidew, A small genus (two or three 

 specie;-) of stove, epiphytal Orchids, natives of the East 

 Indies and the Malayan Archipelago, formerly included 

 under Cymhidiinn, Flowers showy ; sepals and petals 

 sub-equal, free, erect or somewhat spreading; lip sessile 

 at the base of the column, erect, narrow, concave, the 



lateral lobes embracing the column, the middle one short, 

 broad, spreading ; column rather long, erect, semi-terete ; 



pollen mrisses two; raceme many-flowered; scape erect. 

 Leaves long, narrow, scarcely dilated at base. Stem 

 short, leafy, hardened or slightly thickened at base. For 

 culture, see Cymbidium, on p. 420, Vol. I. 



C» elegans (elegant), rf. pale yellow, remaining half-closed, 

 cylindrical ; lip spotted blood-red inside ; racemes nodding, 

 many-flowered. Autumn. Nepaul, 1840. Sv.\. Cymbidium 

 eleyam (L. a O. 14). 



C, Mastersii (Dr. Masters*). The correct name of the plant 

 described on p. 421, Vol. I., as Cymbidium Mastersii. (B. It. 

 1845, 50.) 



C, M. album (white). iL pure white, deliciously fragrant. 

 Waiter. India. 



CTPRIPEDIUM- This genus embraces about sixty 

 species, natives of Europe, temperate and tropical Asia, 

 North America, and Mexico. To those described on 



Cypr ip e diunx — continued. 



pp. 423-7, Vol. L, the following should now be added. 

 Except where otherwise indicated, they require stove 

 treatment. 



C almum (pure). /., dorsal sepal white, with broad, radiating, 



purple nerves, and some short, green ones, the lateral ones 



connate in a partially purple body ; petals brown and green, 



with blackish calli ; lip very dark, as m C. bfirhatvm (between 



which and C. Lawrenceanum tins is supposed to be a hybrid). 

 1837. *' ^ ' 



C, amandum (lovely), ft green, spotted sepia-blEick, white 

 at top and on the outside margins, oblong, acute, the lower 

 ones green; petals ochre in the middle, brick-red at the 

 sides, descendent, ligulate ; lip light yellow, brown around the 

 month, rather slender, with curved horns at each side of the 

 mouth, h strap-shaped, \\it. long, l^in. wide, sharply keeled 

 at back, dark green, with blackish-mauve freckles at the base 

 of the pO:iterior side. 1887. A hybrid between C iatsiyae and 

 C. venustum. 



C, Amesianum (F. L. Ames*). /., dorsal sepal Avhite, veined and 

 netted yreen, stained soft brown towards the base, ovate ; petals 

 as in C. villos-utn, the upper half chcstnnt-brown, the lower much 

 paler; lip brown, tinged green and flesh-colonr in iront, large, 

 resembling that of C. villosum I. Tin. to 9in. long, l^in. broad, 

 slightly spotted purple beneath. 1887. A hybrid between C 

 villosum and C. venustum. (\\. O. A. 340.) 



C. apiculatnm (apiculate). fl. shining inside ; dorsal sepal 



reddish-brown, veined blackish -purple, margined ochreous, the 

 lower ones green, veined reddish-brown ; petals brownish-purple, 

 tlie lowel* half yellowish and spotted puri)lis.h-black ; lip 

 greenish-ochre, spotted brown, resembling that of C. BoxalUi 

 in form. 1886. A garden hybrid between C barbatum and 

 C. Boxallii, 



C. Arthurianum (Arthur's). /., dorsal sepal pale green, tipped 

 with whice, and ornamented with clear, dark pencillings. 1882. 

 A fine hybrid between C. insiyne and C. Fairieanum, (L. iii. 

 121.) 



0. Asbburtoniae expansnm (expanded), fl., upper sepal 



broad, having a l^rge, ivory-white, crescent-like zone from the 

 top along the margin to the middle, where it has numerous 

 brownish-black nerves covered with distant, dark blotches on a 

 green ground-colour; petals (and leaves) broader than in the 

 type. 1885. 



C. barbatum Warneriannm (Warner's). /., dorsal sepal 



white, striped green towards the base, with a transverse band 

 of vinous purple, large ; petals green-striped above, white 

 towards the base, the rest purple, tipped white; lip deep 

 brownish-purple. March to May. I. distinctly tessellatetl. India. 

 (W. a. O. iii. 11.) 



C, Barteti (Bartet's). /., dorsal sepal green, flushed rose, 

 nerved blackish -pnrple, and bordered white, broad; petals 

 yellowish, striped reddish-brown, conspicuously veined, shining, 

 narrow. 1886. This hybrid is much like C. Laforcadei, having 

 been raised from the same capsule, but it is the better of the 

 two. 



C. bellatnlnm (rather pretty), fl. white or whitish-yellow, 

 spotted all over, and ii^ nmch as llin. in circumference ; stami- 

 node very long, oblong tridentate at apex, beautifully spotte'l, 

 almost free from hairs. I. lOin. long, 3in. wide, beautifully 

 marbled with light, hieroglyphic spots on the upper sur- 

 face, the lower one being covered with innumerable brown 

 dots. 1888. 



C. Berggrenianum (Berggren*s). fl,, sepals light purple, with 

 darker nerves, and with a few Indian-purple spots at base, the 

 lower one lightest green ; petals dark purple, the base yellowish, 

 with dark green spots ; lip resembling that of C Dauthieri ; 

 peduncle dark purple. I. ligulate, acute, light green, sparsely 

 tessellated above. This plant is supposed to be a hybrid between 

 C. Dauthieri and C. insiyne^ 



C. Boxallii atrata (dark). ;f., dorsal sepal green, speckled 



blackish-brown ; lip and lateral petals reddish-purple irregularly 

 mixed with light green, the upper margin white. 1837. (G. C. 

 ser. iii., vol. i., p. 210.) 



C, callgare (shoe-like), fl., median sepal whitish, nerved green ; 

 lateral sepals narrow, whitish; petals ligulate, acute, ciliate, 

 the under side white, veined green, and the upper side pur- 

 plish-mauve, with white base ; lip cmnaraon-brown, the mouth 

 bordered ochre ; peduncle reddish-green, with very short hair.s. 

 I. resembling tho^e of C. veim^um (which is one of the parents of 

 this hybrid, C. Dayanum being the other). 



C. callosum (hard), fl, very large, remaining some weeks in 

 nerfectiiMi • dorsal sepal pure white, striped with dark chocolate- 

 crimson, 2iin. across ; petals and pouch soft rose or crimson on a 

 greenish-white ground. Cochin China 1887. Greenhouse. In 

 Irowth this plant resembles a strong C, barbatum. (G. 0. ser. ni., 

 vol. 1., p. 315 ; R. H. 1888, 252.) 



C. calophyllnm (beautiful-leaved), /..dorsal sepal as in C. 

 W6 i^it/zi, but greener-nerved; petals and lip as in C. vem^ium. 

 but the lip is browner than in that species. I. darkly tessellated. 

 A garden hybrid between the species named. 



