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CCELOGYNE crista ta. 

 Crested Ccelogyne. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Ouchidace^e, § Epidendre.e. 

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



C. cristata; pseudo-bulbis oblongis demum angulatis rbizomate crasso squa- 

 moso insidentibus, foliis lineari-lanceolatis, racenio radicali erecto foliis 

 breviore basi squamis corneis vaginato, bracteis oblongis divaricatis per- 

 sistcntibus, petalis oblongo-lanceolatis undulatis, labelli trilobi crista 

 triplici interrupta, : inlinia brevi 5-lamellata, intermedia multifida pecti- 

 nata suprema bilamellata. denticulata, lobo medio rotundato parvo apice 

 crenato. 



I Cymbidium strictum. Don prodr. 



Ccelogyne cristata. Lindl. Coll. Bot. ^;. 33. Wall Cat.no 1958. Gen. fy 

 Sp. oi-ch. no. 2. 



Labellum candidum, basi sub-auriculatum, oblongum, trilobum; lobis la- 

 teralibus rotundatis ascendentibus intermedio minore rotundato apice crenato. 

 Crista lutea, e venis quinque orta, quce basi totidem lamellas breves dentatas 

 truncatas gerunt, turn fere ad sinus labelli usque in pilos breves Jlexuosos sim- 

 plices bijidosve pectinatim dispositos solvuntur ; demum vend intermedia late- 

 ralibusque inappendiculatis lamellce dua dentata: truncates tantum restant. 



Among the showy Orchidacese of India some of the Coelo- 

 gynes are the handsomest, and of them the present C. cristata 

 stands pre-eminent. It is indeed a most beautiful species, 

 fragrant, free-flowering, and having large blossoms of the 

 purest white, except the lip, which in its centre is decorated 

 with bright yellow fringes and plates. It has recently flowered 

 with George Barker, Esq. of Birmingham, and being exhi- 

 bited at a meeting of the Horticultural Society in Regent 

 Street, obtained a Knightian medal. 



The specimen, however, now represented must not be 

 taken as a fair sample of its appearance ; on the contrary, 

 the wild specimens from Nepal, which are now before me, 



