ORCIUDEJE. 1G3 



Tlir discovered species are two, P. praenx, wliieli I linvc gathered abundantly on 

 the mountains near Touns-nifoo, at an elevation of 7 or 8000 feet ; and P. Reicheti- 

 hiichiana, on the mountains K. of Maiilraain at a somewhat lower elevation. The 

 latter plant shared tlie fate of lu)- Dendrobium crassinode and many other fine things, 

 all sunk in the " Periiti," and thus Col. 15enson became the fortunate first introducer 

 of the plant into England. Eoth species are figured in the Bol. Mayuiine. 



C.ELOGYSE. 



The Orchids of this pjenus have for the most part handsome flowers, though not 

 of the first order of beauty. They are to bo distinguished by the following characters. 

 The flowers are terminal (as explained nnd(a- I'/eione) on a pseudo-bulb formed or 

 unformed. Pseudo-bulbs crowded so as to form tufts, or distant on a creeping root- 

 stock, generally short, but sometimes much (dongated. Leaves 2, at tlie end of the 

 pseudo-bulb. Sepals separate and distinct, genei'ally, but not always, wide spread. 

 Petals siiuilar, but narrower. Lip large, articulated with the base of the column, 

 and parallel with it, usually 3-lobed, the side-lobes very large and erect, with longi- 

 tudinal raised lines or crests on the disk. One of the most marked characters is the 

 column, wliich is long, curved and winged, often hooded and tootheil at the top. 

 Pollen masses 4, incumbent (back to back), united in pairs by a granular substance. 

 This is the rule, but there are exceptions. Species 2-3. 



C. ScHILLERI-iXA. 



This may be fairly called a small rh'lime. Pseudo-bulbs small (fr inch). Leaves 

 2, at the end of the undeveloped pseudo-bulb, which, at this stage, looks like a narrow 

 flower-stalk only, with imbricated bracts at the base. Flowers solitary from lietween 

 the leaves, about U inch across. Sepals and ])etals tawny-yellow, the latter very 

 narrow. Lip 3-lobed, lateral lobes oblong, rounded, parallel with the column ; middle 

 lobe very broad, wavy, crisped and notched at the point, colour yellow, with dark 

 reddish-brown blotches. The old bulbs are leafless at the flowering season. 

 Maulmain and elsewhere. 



C. UXI FLORA. 



Pseudo-bulbs about 1 inch long, flask-shaped, seated closely on a creeping root- 

 stock, terminated by 2 long linear leaves. Flower 1 (sometimes 2) from the hnsc of 

 the fuUij-mutufed bulbs, and not from the axils of the leaves, as in C. Sc/ii/kriana 

 (lierein apparently forming an exception to the rule of the genus already mentioned), 

 abo\it 1 inch long, orange-yellow. Lip 3-lobc(l ; side-lobes small, acute ; middle-lobe 

 boat-shaped, with 3 orange-coloured streaks at the base, and three similar .spots in 

 the midille. 



C. RIGIDA. 



Pseudo-bulbs distant, 3 inches or so, on a coarse, hard, branched root-stock, 

 ■which is J inch in diameter, ring-nuiiked where the scales have fallen otf, and 

 sending out wiry roots from its uncha- surface. Tbe bulbs from 3 to 5 inches long, 

 smooth when young, but much grooved when old and shrunk. Leaves two, ovate- 

 lanceolate, ])oi"ntcd. Flowers 8 or 10 in a pendulous raceme from between the leaves. 

 Raceme 8 inches long, flowers J inch, rufous. Sepals oblong. Petals very narrow 

 and standing back from between the sepals. Lip 3-lobed, middle lobe broad and 

 itself 2-lobed, with two dark brown wavy crests. The unexpanded flowers have each 

 a large ovate, pointed bract, embracing and nearly concealing them. These bracts 

 are of a rich brown colour towards the point. The flowers occupy about half the 

 length of the peduncle, and at the base of the lowest flower are a number of imbri- 

 cated scales, extending back for about two inches. The old bulbs are generally sur- 

 mounted by the hardened rigid remnant of the peduncle, which is almost hard enough 

 to run into the hand. Hence the name. 



C. Fi'scEscEXs, var. isruxxka. 



A plant of much the same character as the preceding, hut generally smaller and 

 less robust. The flowers are 5 or G, in a drooping raceme at the end of the young 



