COELOGYNE. 



ORCHIDES. 223 



tiim , cum pede gynostemii continuum , niarginibus elevatis canalem efformans ; norvi 



2 iaterales inierni lamelias crenulaias, crispulas gerentes; gynoslemium somiteros 

 sub apicc postice gibbum , marginibus apicem versus obtusanguie alatum , ala andr-»- 

 cHnium omnino cingens , denticuiata , rostellum triangulum, supra stigmalis fovoam 

 roinndam, inforne iimbigeram ; anthera oblonga , dorso valde elovata , bilocularis, 

 loculi obscure bilocellati ; pollinia quaterna , oblongo - pyriformia, depressa, postice 

 linea media sulcato-exsecta, transsectione igitur convoluta (nec farcta Coelogynarum 

 more), per paria incumbentia , sessilia in glandula pulverea. — Bliithe schon weiss, 



3 ZoII lang. Lippenspitze gelb. Coelogyne Gardneriana Hort. Booth. num Lindl.? 

 Im letzten Falle ware die .Abbildung in Wall. PI. As. ganz fliichtig. — Allein ich glaubo 

 durchaus nichl daran und wiirde die Pflanxe unbedenklich als C. trisaccata Griff. be- 

 stimmen , wenn das wichiige Moment des ovarium trialatum nicht unerwahnt geblie- 

 ben ware. 



§ 2. COELOGYNAE VERAE. 



1. Flaccidae. 



This section is known by the long pendulous racemes. C, incrassata, No, 28, may 



possibly belong here. 



2. COELOGYNE FL.-^CCID A LO.. n. 1, Bot. Mag., t 3318. Bot. Reg. 1852, t. 31. Fol. L n. 2 : 



C psetidnbiilbis ohlonoi.=: aneulatis sqnami.s coriaceis nstnlatis vesfi- 

 lis, foliis lanceolatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis lonee petiolatis coriaceis, 

 racemo flexnoso nntante, bracteis decidnis, petalis lineari-lanceolatis, 

 labello ovato tiijobo: lineis tribus elevalis flexuosis: lobo medio ovato 

 duplo angnstiore basi denticulato. 



Wild in Nepal; near Noakote, on trees. Wallich , (v, v. c, et s. sp.). — Flowers in 

 long drooping racemes , with a peculiar and disagreeable odour. Bracls soon thrown 

 off leaving the flowers naked. Sepals white . linear oblong, scarcely acute. Petals 

 of the sam^colour, but not more than one-third the breadth, and curved backwards. 

 Lip channelled, ovate , three-lobed, with the middle lobe ovate , acute. wavy, too- 

 thed at the base , aud turned back at the point; near its base are several crimson 

 veins; towards the apex it is yellow in the centre; along the raiddle run three raised 

 wavy lines which terminate abruptly a little within the base of the middle lobe. The 

 scalos at the base of the raceme are remarkable for their brown scorched appearance. 



3. COELOGYNE ROCHDSSENII De Vr. Illustr. t. 2. et tab. 11. flg. 6 : ,.pseudobulbis 

 ovatis vel oblongis, angulatis , sulcaiis, dipbyllis ; foliis ellipticis , lanceoiatis vel ob- 

 oblongo - ianceolalis , petiolalis , coriaceis, racemo longissimo , flexuoso , pendulo; 

 bracieis ovatis , conduplicatis , persistentibus persicinis ; floribus pedicellatis , pendu- 

 lis; sefialis lineari-Ianceolatis , carinatis , acuminatis ; petalis minoribus , basi angu- 

 statis, lobis acutis* medio maximo elongato , lineis tribus elevatis. muricatis , denti- 

 culatis praedito; massarum pollinicarum facie interna planiuscula , ad punctum con- 

 jnnctionis paululum excavata ; ariiherae margine denticulato." Eine sehr statlliche 

 Pflanze , die wir bereits langere Zeit als neu im Herbar liegen halten. 



4. COELOGYNE TESTACEA Lindley , in Bot. Reg. 1842, misc. 34. Folia I. n. 3.: 



C. pseudobulbis ovaiibus angustis angulatis, foliis ianceolatis 3-nerviis, 

 racemo pendulo, bracteis ovatis cucnllalis ovarii longiludine persisten- 

 libus, sepalis petfllisqne snbaeqiialibus, labelli oblongi lobis lateralibns 

 rotundatis obsoJetis intermedio obfuso: vonis 4 ad apicem usque papil- 

 loso-cristatis, 



Wild in SincaporeLoddiges, (v. v. c). — Leaves lanceolate, nine inches long, distin- 

 ctly petiolaie. Flowers not larger ihan in C. flmbriala , in drooping racemes flve to 

 six inches long, dirty white with fulvous bracts and some brown blotches on the lip. 

 - Huc B. Mag. 4785. 



5. COELOGYiNE PLANTAGINEA Lindl. in Gard. Chronicle 1855. 20. 



C. pseudobulbis elongafis terelibtis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis casta- 



