222 OUClllDES. 



1347. €OKliO«Y]VE] Lindl. Kolia I V.: 

 (Gen. et Sp. Orcli. 38.) 



Sepala conniventia vel palenlia, libera, (nunc inviceni agglutinata) ae- 

 qualia, petaioidea, saepius basi obtusa. Pelala conformia, aut multo 

 an^ustiora. Labellum cucullatuni, trilobum vel indivisum, petaloideum, 

 basi saepe saccatum, venis 2— 3 pluribusve parallelis cristatis; nunc cum 

 basi columnae connatum. Columna erecta, libera, alata, apice mem- 

 branaceo- mariiinata. Sligma prominens, alte excavalum, bilabiatum. 

 Pollinia 4, libera , incumbenlia, maleric granulosn cohaerentia. Anlhera 

 inlra apiceni columnae inseita, mobilis, vix decidua. 



Ilerbae epipbyiae vel terrestres Asiae tropicae, pseudobuibosae. Folia 1—2, nervosa. 

 Racemi . aul Hores soiilarii, terminales, saepe e squamis corneis erumpentes. Flores 

 albi , rosei, llavidi aui brunneo maculati , immo virescentes , saepissime speciosi. 



ANALYSIS OF THE SECTIONS. 

 ^ 1. NEOGYNE. Flowers closed. Sepals carinate , saccate. Lip bisaccate. 

 ^ 2. COELOGYNE. Flowers expanded. Lip unisaccaie. 



1. Flaccidae. Racemes pendulous. 



2. Erectae. Racemes erect. simple. Petals similar to ihe sepals. 



3. Proliferae. Racemes emerging from imbricated scales immedialely below the 



flowers, and proliferous. 



4. FiUferae. Racemes erect, simple . or flowers solitary. Petais flliform. 



5. Flexuosae. Racemes erect , very flexuose . finally naked . with adpressed Bori- 



ferous bracts at tbe point. 

 ^ 3. PLEIPNE. Flowers large , membranous, appearing before or afier the plailed leaves 

 which are membranous and quickly perishable. . 



§ 1. NEOGYNE. Rchb. til., in Bot. Zeit., 1852. 931. 



1. COELOGYNE GARDNERIANA Lindl. , iu Wail, PL as. rar. . L 33. t. 38. LO. . w. 9. 

 Folia I. n. 1.: 

 C. pseudobulbis elongatis am()ullaceis teretibus, foliis lanceolatis 5- 

 iierviis acumiiiatis longe peliolatis, racemis nutanlibus densifloris termi- 

 nalibus radicalibusque foliis multo bievioribus, bracteis latis oblongis 

 cucnllatis sterilibus carnosis, Horiferis pefaloideis persistentibus, floribus 

 clausis, sepalis oblon.i:is carinalis basi saccalis, petalis lineari-oblongis, 

 labelli denliculati basi Ijjsaccati lobo medio bilobo laleralibns minore, 

 crista duplici flexuosa infra modium cvanescente. 

 C. irisuccala Giiinih. ilin. notes, p. 72. 

 Wiid in Nepal Wallich ; Khasia at Mamioo in woods Griffith; at Ihe heighi of 4000 

 fcel. J. D. Hookcr , and T. Thomson , (v. v. c. et s. sp.). — This nobie planl has 

 large pure whiie flowers, witb a ycllowish siain at the end of ihe lip; they scarcely 

 ever cxpand. bul are placed in iong iiodding racemes , supported by great fleshy snow- 

 whilc bracts. The pseudobuibs are very long . and narrow . rescmbling long flasks. 

 The leaves are as much as eighteen inches loog , by Ihrec inches broad. Thc saccale 

 base of the sepais is vcry remarkablc , but hardly enough for ihe cstablishmcni of a 

 uew genus. 



Huc : Rclib. III. 1. c. Ncogyna, Ovarium cylindraceum , trialatum. Perigonium car- 

 noso- membranaccura , campanuiatum , apice vix apertum , phylla exlerna oblongo- 

 ligulala linca mcdia carinata, acuta , basi saccata, phyllum sumnium altius in ovario 

 insertum, qua m phylla laleralia. phylla i. i. breviora . liiiearia . acula, sub apicc dila- 

 lata; iabellum obloiigum , ajtico triiobum . lobis laleralibus obtusangulis, lobo medio 

 producto , suiiquadraio . iongiori. margine antico dcnticuiato , basi ima conico-sacca- 



