626 ORCHIDES. 



CYMDIDIUM. 



16. CYMBIDIUM KLEGANS Lindl. Orch, 163. — Sert. Tab. 14: 



iNepal Wall. 1821. Drawing in posses. of llie Ilon. Couil. of Dir. of East Ind. Comp. 

 Leaves IVa" long, Vs — Va" wide, acurainate , obliquely emarginale ol the point ; 

 as stout as a Europaean Typha , at ihe base lliey combine into a broad , fleshy sort 

 of bulb. Scape nrises from near ihe base of the leaves. 18" long and so loaded wilh 

 (lowers for half its length, ihat it hangs down in a pendulous manner, bclow ihe 

 lloweRS it is loosely covered wiih long , innaled , acuminate, imbricated scales. 

 which nbruplly change into small , narrow, scale-likf hracts. The raceme is from 

 6—10—11 inches long , nodding, cylindrical, very compaclly covered wilh pale sal- 

 moncoloured flowers, each rather more ihan one inch and a half long , and 

 greenish before they expand, Sepals form a kind of inveried cone. so liltle do they 

 open ; ihey are linear oblong, acute , of ihe same figure, but the petals are the 

 shorter and narrower. Lip is parallel with thecolumn, obovale , straigbt, wedge 

 sbaped nd ihe base , divided at the point inio 3 acute lobes , of which tbe middle 

 one is tbe broadest nnd longest, it is of ihe same coJour as the sepals, but is a 

 lilile spolted with red. Along iis cenlre there runs a double elevated line, which 

 is separated near ihe bnse inlo two spreading lamollae. Column very long, clavate, 

 balf terete, with a convex plain anther, a litile prolonged in fronl. Pollen masses 

 are two , pearshaped, furrowed out at the back, an<l jdanled separately upon a 

 iransversely oval gland. In ihis respect the presenl dilTers somewhat from other 

 truc Cymbidia, but not sufticiently to deserve being made inlo a_dislincl genus,— Cf. 

 Walp. Ann. III. 548. C>/perorchis Bl. 



17. CYiMBIDIUM YIRENS Lindl. B. Reg. XXIV. (1838) Misc. 59: 



Foliis gramineis recurvis serrulatis siibtrinerviis, scapo laxe vagi- 

 nalo unifloro, pedunculo lereti bractea duplo longiore, sepalis lineari- 

 bus oblusis concavis patentibus, petalis brevioribus conforrnibus supra 

 columnam conniventibus, labello oblongo indiviso apice revoluto imberbi 

 plicis duabus carnosis lamellatis apice liberis fovea truncata irregulari 

 ulrinque infra apicem plicarum. 



A native of Japan , whence it was brought to Europe hy Dr. Siebold. Flowered 

 in April in Ihe nursery of Msrrs Rollissons of Tooiing. It has gneenish scpals and 

 peials, about IVa" 'ong, and a pale dull yellow lip, slightly blotched with dull red. 

 I did not rcmark any smell. No doubt this will prove a greenhouse species. 



18. CY.MDiniU.M COERI.XGII Rchh. fll. Walp. Ann. III. 547. 



19. CYMBIDIUM GIGANTEUM Wnll. Lindl. Orch. 163. Lindl. Sert. tab. 4: 



Lenves two feet long, 7 nervous, narrow , thick and lough, dilaled at ihe base. 

 Scape ereci, closely covered al ihe base with loose imbricated striaic scales, bracts 

 shorl, ovate scales , ovary '/2". Flowers raiher closed , dull purple lesselaied, very 

 large for ihe gcnus, Sepals oblong, acule, erect, IVo", nearly equal, 2 Inicral upper- 

 most. Pelals linear lanceolaie, acute, spreading, raiber shorier tban the sepals. Lip 

 oldong, lapering at the base, where it adhercs to Ihe column, com|)Iicated, 3-lobed ; 

 tbe lateral lohes entire, flat narrow, the inlermediaie crisp, ciliaied, ihe disk with 2 

 converging cilialed lamellac, ending in a line of hairs , that reach 10 ihe poinl of the 

 lip, and bordered by 2 disiant hniry lines on each side. Column clavated , edged, 

 smooth , with a terminal anilier. which adhcres firmly to the back and hardly opens 

 in front. — Kamaon Wallich 1821. — Lindl. Paxt. Fl. G. 11. p. 14 279. Xyl. 143 ; 

 ..aniher really ariiculnted wiih column''. — B. Mag. 4884. 



Quid ? Cerle non Cymbidium : 

 CYMRIDIUM - All. Cunn. B. Reg. XXIV (1839.) Misc. 38. 

 Caule radicante, scandente, foliis alternis lanceolalis acutis, subcar- 

 nosis, racemis axillaribus laxis, foliis peiiantliii connivenlibus , labello 

 carnoso Irilobato, basi cavo. 



A Vanda looking plnnt, in babil vcry much likc V. lerciifolia Lindl. Coll. bot.t. 6: 

 Cnn it he Kp. trisin For^i., wliicli tlinl Bolnnisi discovoicd in Ncw-Caledonin ? My 



