228 ORCHIDES. 



COELOGYNB. 



comm. cel. VVight ei Lobb.) — Very near C. nervosa , bui dilTerent in having sin- 

 gularly rugose pseudobuibs , and mcmbranous wavy leaves. ..Flowers pure while. 

 excepl ihe crests and veins of the lip , which are yeliow". 



Huc Coelogyne corrugata R. Wiglit. Ic. V. L 1639. 1851 : pseudobulbs caespitose» 

 ovate, reticuiately corrugate ; leaves oblong, elliptic, sul)acumjnate, racemesabout tlie 

 lengih of tiie leaves, 1 — 6 flowered , bracts caducous or wanting : Q. large , sepals 

 and petals conformable , oblong , ovate , acute : lip 3 obed , lateral lobes smali, 

 middle one produced , ovate , obtuse , the claw furnisbed wiib three longitudinal 

 undulate crenate coloured crests. — Courtallum, Pulney Mounts, Neilgherries , Aug. 

 Sept. — Limb of lip marked wiih orange and yellow lines like the crests , the rest 

 of fl, wbite. Peculiar feature of the spec. is the deeply corugated , wrinked pseudo- 

 bulb whence I have taken ihe name. 



21. COELOGY:NE CORYMBOSA Lindl. Fol. l. n. 16.: 



C. pseudobulbis oblongis leretibus, foliis ovalibos basi in petiohinft 

 brevem angustalis, racemis 3—4 floris e vagina laxa imbricata corym- 

 bosis, bracteis cilo deciduis, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis, labelli lobis 

 laferalibus rotundatis apice denliculalis intermedio ovato-Ianceolato plano 

 integerrimo, lineis 3 elevatis quarum 2 longioribus crispis altera ab- 

 breviala ad sinus labelli utrinque auctis. 



Wild in Sikkim-Himalaya , common at 6—9000 feet of elevation; Khasia at 4— 5000 feet 

 3. D. Hooker, (v. s. sp. comm. cel. J. D. H.) — Much resembles C. ocellala, from 

 wbich it difFers in tbe pseudobulbs, short leaves, corynibose racemes. and mucb 

 longer middle lobe of the lip. Flowers ,,whii»s sweet - scented ; lip with red veins 

 on the lower half and six ocellate spots at the base of the lower lobe", — lc. Hook. 



22. COELOGYNE DREVIFOLIA Lindl. Fol. L n. 17. : 



C. pseudobulbis ovatis subangulatis nitidis, foliis ovato-oblongis 

 utrinque acutis racemis paucifloris basi nudis brevioribus, racemo laxo 

 erecto paucitloro Itracteis decidnis, sepalis petalisque anguste Fanceo- 

 latis, labelli tritobi intus pubescentis lobis rotundatis lamellis 2 rectiu- 

 sculis cis apicem medium evanescentibus adjecta parvula utrinque linea 

 alta membranacea in axin inferioiem. 



Wiid in Khasia , at the hcighi of 4—5000 feet J. D. Hooker, and T. Thomson , (t. s. 



sp. comm. cel. invent.) — Very like C. ochracea , but the leaves are broad and short, 



ihe Dowers twice as large . and the addiiional tubercles of C. ocellaia are present 



on each side of tbe middle lobe of the lip. 



23. COELOGYNE OCELLATA Lindl. LO. , n. S. Boi. Reg. 1839, misc. 25. Bot. Mag . 

 t. 3767. Fol. I. n. 18.: 



C pseudobulbis ovatis angulatis sqnarais nitidis vestitis, foliis lanceo- 

 latis basi longe angustatis racemis slriclis basi nudis aequalibus, bracteis 

 cito deciduis, sepalis petalisque oblongo • lanceolatis, labnlli lobis lale- 

 ralibus truncatis intermidio ovato, lineis tribus elevatis recliusculis 

 altera abbreviata dentata ad sinus labelli utrinque anctis. 



Wild in Sylhet and Sermore Wallich ; Khasia Lobb; Booian Griffllh ; Sikkim-Himalaya, 

 at 7000 feel J. D. Hooker , (v. s. sp. et v. c.) — Leaves nine or lcn inches long, very 

 narrow lowards ihe base. Sejwls aiid pclals |»ure white ; ihc lip also while , but wiih 

 two very brigbi orange yellow spois on each la;eral lobe , and two others smaller, 

 and of the samc colour at tbc basc of ihe middlc lobe , bc^ides which ihere are 

 some lateral sircaks of brown. Thc column is bordered with brilliant orange yollow. 

 The crcsts of the lii» arc tbree . wbich convcrge lowards the base of ihe middle lobe, 

 and ihcre ihe laleral oncs divcrge again over a pair of convcxiiies . beyond wbich 

 «hey disappear; on cach side of ihem , at the base of ihe said convexities, and on 

 the outside , is an addiiional short curled crest. Thc flowers grow in erect narrow 

 raccmes aboui six incbes long, and arc thcmselves an inch or more long, They 



