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CCELOGYNE fla'ccida. 



Drooping Ccelogyne. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 

 Nat. ord. Orchidace^e, § Epidendre^e (nee Malaxide^e). 

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



C. flaccida ; pseudo-bulbis oblongis angulatis squamis coriaceis acuminatis 

 ustulatis vestitis, foliis lanceolatis v. oblongo-lanceolatis longe petiolatis, 

 racemo flexuoso nutante, bracteis deciduis, petalis lineari-lanceolatis, 

 labello ovato trilobo: lineis tribus elevatis flexuosis: lobo medio ovato 

 duplo angustiore basi denticulato, columna apice dentatu. Lindl. gen. 

 fy sp. Orch. p. 



C. flaccida. Bot Mag. t. 3318. 



Not an uncommon Epiphyte, having been in the country 

 for several years. It is a native of Noakote, in Nepal, where 

 Dr. Wallich found it growing on trees. Its long stalked nar- 

 row leaves, and the stiff scales that surround the base of the 

 scapes and pseudo-bulbs, mottled with pitch brown, as if they 

 were scorched, readily point out this species, which is one of 

 the least attractive of its genus. 



The flowers grow in long drooping racemes, and are 

 originally enclosed in bracts, which however are soon thrown 

 off and leave the flowers naked. They have a peculiar dis- 

 agreeable odour. The sepals are white, linear-oblong, 

 scarcely acute. The petals are the same colour, but not more 

 than one-third the breadth, and are curved backwards. The 

 lip is channelled, ovate, three-lobed, with the middle lobe 

 ovate, acute, wavy, toothed at the base, and turned back at 

 the point. Near its base are several crimson veins ; towards 

 the apex it is yellow in the centre ; along the middle run 

 three raised wavy lines which terminate abruptly a little 

 within the base of the middle lobe. The column is bordered 

 with a toothed membrane, originally described by me as 



