CYMBIDIUM. 



ORCHIDES. 623 



Tlie variety of tliis phmt originallv inlroduced from China , we have not seen for 

 some years; ii iiad llowcrs distinctly lined with purple as in ihe fig. of Bot. Mag. 

 That whicli is now more generally culiivaied is what is here represented wilh 

 greener sepals and pale whilish petals, bolh wiihout lines, and seems inlermediate 

 between tlie first and ihe spotlless l-ymhidium xiphiifolium. 



Rchb. Gl. Bonpi. III. 250; llongkoiig Hance! — IJuc: Ci/mbidiuin micans Schauer 

 in Act. Leop. XIX. Suppl. ip. 433. 1843: 



Foliis elongalo linearibus aculis Iricosfalis striatis complicatis acute 

 carinatis recurvalisque, scapis erectis subsexfloris , bracteis scariosis 

 acuininatis ovario ler brevioribus, sepalis pelalisque lineari-Ianceolatis 

 strialis acuminatis, labelli lobis lateralibus obsoletis rotundalis, inter- 

 medio suborbiculari undulalo revoluto; lamellis arcuatis apice incras- 

 satis convergentibus. 



China. Macao. August. 



Perigonium ovario subaequale, 10". Labelium concavum sepalis conspicue brevius, 

 disco subtilissime velutinum , lobis lateralibus auriculas rotundatas in laminam (sc. 

 hypochilium) oLcordateim conduentes e.vhibentibus , terminali producto obtuse revo- 

 luto.'SScapus subsexllorus, dodrantalis , inferne vaginis intus scsriosis approximatis, su- 

 perius in bracteas decrescentibus. Flores purpurei (?), Pollinia dorso bisectilia, sibi 

 accumbeniia. — Lindl. in Benih. Fl.- Hongk. in Hook. Journ. Bot. VII. 35 : On rocks 

 near Cypripedium purpuratum in Oct. The llowers are of a dirty white , wiih violet 

 spots. 

 2. CYMBIDIUM XIPHIIFOLIUM Lindl. Bol. Reg. 529. Rchb. fil. Bonpl. 111. 250: Hong- 



kong Hance ! 

 3? CYMBIDIUM GIDSOM Paxton in Paxton Fl. G. IIL 618. Xyl. 301 : 



Caule lusiformi aiticulato nudo, foliis lanceolalis aculis, spicis late- 

 ralibus striatis paucifloris, scapo squamis vaginantibus parum longiore, 

 sepalis linearibus obtusis apice latioribus, petalis erectis oblusis, sepalo 

 dorsali paulo brevioribus, labello ovato medio contracto apice recurvo 

 obtuso, lamellis 2 arcuatis elevatis continuis. 



Naturally allied lo C. ensifolium and lancifolium, and is readily recognized by iis 

 fusilorm , jointed naked stem , lateral inflorescence , uiiusual circumstances among 

 Cymbidia. — Khasiya. Flowers sweet, gieenish , wilh brown spots. 



Obs. In Lindl. ,,Contributious to the orchidology of India" haec species in linea 

 prima sub „188. C. luncijolium Hook.'' cum signo ? affertur. In liiiea ultima contra 

 declaratur: ,,C. Gibsoni is only a half monstrous slate of thls". In lineis uJtimis 

 iii Paxton I. c. plantii est „readily recognized by" etc. Jam , benevole leclor, creda.^, 

 quae placebunt. Lquidem scire vellem, quid iniercedat inter plantam , quae sit ,,lialf 

 monsirous" aique, quae sit: „wholly monsirous." Rchb. fil. 



4. CYMBIDIUM ERECTUM VVight Ic. V. I. (1851) 1753- 



Leaves ligulale. succulent, rlgid, deeply and obliquely emarginate, ra- 

 ceme erect, niany(lo\vered; bracts small , fleshy sepals Iine;ir somewhat 

 obtuse; nairowei- lljan Ihe ianceolate acute |)elals: lip 3lobed, middlc 

 one pubescent and revolute at the ypex, lateral ones acute, lamellae 

 linear, straight. 



Jyamally Hills, near Coimbatore. Aug. Sept. 



Approaches C. aloifolium; iis erectrigid habit. tliick fleshy ligulate leaves, broad 

 .•short scalcs at ihe foot of ihe scape at once proclaim it distinct. Colour of flowers 

 is nearly ihe same in bolh, a hiciuiing of rcddish and yellow dcepening ncarly lo 

 purple along ihe middle line; limb of l'p purplish reJ, yellow near the base. 



5. CYMBIDIUM CIILORANTHUM Lindl. B. R. XXIX. 1813. Misc. 102: 



Foiiis ensifoinubus supra pseudobulbum breve oblongum equitanti- 

 l>us obtusis supia mediiim planis lecuivis, racemo stiiclo foliis bre- 



