226 ORCHIDES. 



COELOGYNE 



cies is , as Dr. Wiglii conjcctures , disiinci from the C. angustifolia of Richard (see 

 No. 10). Il is readily knowu by its coriaceus narrow leaves wiih iwo lateral longitu- 

 dinal folds imiiaiiiig so many nervurcs. Thc infloresccnce resembles ihat of C. ovalis. 

 The detaiis of ihe lip in ihe Fconcs are in some respects very inaccurate. 



IIuc : Coclogyue angustifolia A. Richard. Wighl. lc. V. I. 1851. N. 8. tab. 1641: 

 pseudobiilbs aggregated , ovoid oblong . ihe oider ones naked , ihe youngs sheaihed, 

 one or two lcaved at ihe apex ; ieaves lineare , lanceolate , acute , chanellfd ai the 

 base, spoited beneath wiili while points , scape terminal , length of ihe leaves, 2—4 

 flowers ; bracts linear , persistent , divaricate; lip erect 3 lobed , lateral lobes ob- 

 long, obtuse, middle one larger, acule , narrower bolow , furnished with 2 sinuous 

 longiludinal crests. The white lip tinged with yellow. — Neilgherries, on branches 

 of irees , in cUimps of forests , near Nedda wullin. — My flg. diff. from Richards as 

 10 lead me to doubt their idenlity , esp. as regards the form of ihe lip, acuie in his, 

 very obluse in mine. If I have erred, it is from confounding two specimens much alike. 



15. COELOGYNE ODORATISSIMA Lindl. LO. , n. 11. Fol. I. n. 10. : 



C. pseiidobiilbis ovalis sulcalis, foliis 1 — 2 meinbranaceis nervosis 

 racemo ereclo 2 — 3-floro brevioiibus, biacleis anguslis cymbiformibus 

 divaricalis , labelli Irilobi 3-crislali lobo medio obtuso subundulato late- 

 ralibus brevioribus planis. 

 (A) Leaves oblong. Middle lobe of lip rounded. 



Coelogyne odoratitsima Wight , ic. t. 1640. 

 (D) Leaves much narrower. Middle lobe of lip slightly acute and narrower. 



Coclogyne angvstifolia A Rich. . in Ann. des Sc. , ser. 2, XV. l. 6. Wight, 

 ic. t. 1641. 

 Wild A, Ceylon : on the mountain Nuera Ellia. Macrae ; Nilgherries, on trees Wight ; 

 B, Nilgherries Wight . rerottet . 868. 522, (v. s. sp.). — Whole plant from four to 

 six inches high , in dense tufts. Flowers purc while , very fragrant. There is no 

 doubi, ihat C. angustifolia is a slight variety ; A. Hichard's flgure , !rom whom I have 

 an auiheniic specimen . is very erroneous , especially as to the paris and in the con- 

 dition of the lip. 



Huc Coelogyne odoratissima Lindl. Wight. Ic. V. I. 1851 : pseudobulbs caespitose, 

 ovaie. leaves lanceolate , petiolaied, lengih of the 2 or 3 flowers raceme : bracis baat- 

 shaped, divaricaie, peials linear. lanceolate, lip 3 lobed, 3 cresied, middle lobe undulated, 

 orbicular, column enlire, Flowers white , lip tinged with yellow. — Dodahella, 

 Neilgherries on braiickes of trees. Flowers rainy season May — Oct. — Large masses 

 covering seveial fect of branch. Pei. narrower than sepals. 



Obs. Nescio, cur ill. Lindl. huc iterum citaverit iconem Wight. 1641 , quam antea 

 sub breviscapa citaverat. 



16. COELOGYNE OCHRACEA Lindl. Lindley , in Cot. Reg. 1846, t. 69. Dot. Mag., t. 

 4661. Fol. I. n. 11.: 



C. pseudobulbis ovatis apice telragonis, toliis anguste lanceoJatis in 

 peliolum anguslalis, racemo paucifloro basi squamis nilidis vaginalo apice 

 nutante longioribus, sepalis petalisque anguste lanceolalis, labelli Irilobi 

 inlus pubescentis lobis lateralibus roliindatis intermedio ovato acuininafo 

 obtiiso sinu deiilicuiato integrove lamellis 2 recliusculis intcgris cis medium 

 apiccm evanescenlibus linea l)ruvi ulevala apice denlifera prope basin 

 inlerjecta. 



Wild in Bootan , Khasia : comraon on Thumalhaya and Lamplangthaya Griffith, (v. v. 

 c. et 8. sp.). — Fl(4wers pure white, with bright orange yellow blotches on the lip, 

 very pretty , and exlremely sweet-scented. In coiour tliis appears to be vnriable, 

 sometimes having ycllow-brown ocellaied blotches on ihe lip , sometiraes having a 

 dull brownish lip wiih o white border. -The absence of supplemental processes to 

 ihe elevaied ridges of the middle lobe of iho ifp assists much in disiinguishing it 

 from C. ocellaia eic. — Huc: Lem. Jard. fl i. 312. 



