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CCELOGYNE Cuiningu. 



Mr. Cuming's Ccelogyne. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA, 



Nat. ord. ORCHiDACEiE, § Epidendre^e. 

 CCELOGYNE. Botanical Register, vol. U.fol. 868. 



C. Cumingii; pseudobulbis ovatis, foliis geniinis lanceolatis 5-nerviis utrinque 

 acunrinatis racemo paucifloro longioribus, scapo basi nudo, bracteis con- 

 volutis floribus longioribus, petalis lineari- lanceolatis patentibus, labelli 

 trilobi lobis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio ovato acuto revoluto basi 

 crispo, lamellis 3 crispis continuis. Bot. Reg. 1840. misc. 178. 



Often as Sincapore has been visited, it still seems to 

 abound in handsome unknown species of Orchidaceous plants. 

 Among those collected by Mr. Cuming, and by him sold to 

 Messrs. Loddiges, was the present, which, when in good 

 flower, is a very pretty species, with fine white flowers, and a 

 bright yellow blotch on the labellum. The elevated ridges 

 which decorate it are three in number, the intermediate one 

 being the shortest ; they are terminated by a deep orange 

 stain, and have a small outlying toothed appendage on each 

 side of the outer ridges towards the termination. It is to 

 these little peculiarities in the surface of the labellum that 

 many tribes of Orchidaceous plants owe their varied aspect 

 and much of their beauty ; they also, as has been before 

 observed, furnish the best characters for distinguishing the 

 species. 



C. Cumingii is closely allied to C. tri?iervis, which is how- 

 ever readily known by its very long narrow leaves, its shorter 

 bracts, smaller flowers, and much shorter middle lobe to the 

 lip, which also appears to want the outlying processes on 

 either side of the ridges. 



It should be cultivated in a very warm and moist stove, 

 such as suits Dendrobiums and plants of that kind. The pot 



