490 THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Cylista—continued. 
It thrives in a compost of loam and peat. Cuttings will 
root in sand, if placed in bottom heat, and covered with 
a glass. 
C. albiflora (white-flowered). A synonym of Rhynchosia cyano- 
sperma, 
. €. scariosa (scarious). f. pale yellow, mixed with red ; calyx 
very large, scarious, with the upper segment emarginate, lower 
one very large. East Indies, 1805. 
CYMBIDIUM (from kymbe, а boat; referring to а 
hollow recess in the lip. ORD. Orchidee. А genus of 
about thirty species of stove orchids, for the most part 
natives of India, the Malayan Archi- 
pelago, and China, two species are 
African, three Australian, one New 
Caledonian, and one Japanese. Many 
of them have small and inconspicuous 
flowers; but a sufficient number of 
handsome species are to be found in the 
genus to induce the cultivator to have 
it well represented in any house, how- 
. ever small. Their characteristic features 
are to be found in the long, narrow, 
sword-shaped leaves, and in the label- 
which is ornamented with a pair 
of curved elevated lines on the lower 
part; the sepals and petals are linear- 
oblong. When once established, Cym- 
bidiums are not difficult to grow; but, on account of 
their thick fleshy roots, they are by no means easy to 
restore, if imported in a bad state. . They succeed best 
cultivated in pots, and should be placed in а compost 
of good rough peat, sphagnum, and a little Sharp sand. 
The thin-leaved kinds, especially, must never be dried, or 
winter. Cymbidiums, when not growing, should be kept 
somewhat cool, and plenty of fresh air given at all tim 
avoiding cold chills, к де 
Cymbidium—continued. 
C. affine (kindred). Л. white, with a few purplish dots on the 
anterior of the lip; racemes many-flowered. 1. linear-acuminate, 
rigid. India, 1878. (F. M. n. s. 346.) 
С. aloifolium (Aloe-leaved) Л. rich pale purple, with a long, 
almost black, stripe down the centre ; spikes drooping, many. 
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AEN 
1 
Pi 
|j v M ' 
Fie. 590. FLOWER OF CYMBIDIUM GIGANTEUM. 
flowered. September. J. very thick and fleshy. A. 1% East 
Indies, 1789. (L. B. C. 967.) aloi- 
С. bicolor (two-coloured)* fl resembling those of C. 
foliwm, but distinguished from that species by wie rre 
of a sac at the bottom of the lip, and also а number Я 
and stripes of very deep crimson. April Ceylon, 1837. Я p 
C. canaliculatum (channelled)* f» 
c. 
shire's)* fl., sepals 
кон быш dull tp whi 1 
ап es ; wi 
sie dark purple lines and bi 
A rris m 
C. eburneum ivory)" Л. deliciously | 
e Fes very Ae Lat large, Tull | 
ke; sepals ivory-white ; racemes 
lip stained with pale yellow; гасе 
= usually one (but sometime 
e howei. February. Ur 
