COELOCYNE. 



ORCHIDES. 239 



of the Valley, so alike are leaves, flowers . colour. stature, and fragrance. It is 

 however a genuine Pholidota . approachtng P. chinensis , but larger in all its parts, 

 and bearing 5 elevated wavy lines on the surface of the lip. The pure white of the 

 flowers changps by degrees to clear cinnamon brown. 



For our knowledge of the species we are indebled to the Lord Bishop bf Win- 

 chester, who forwarded a beautifully grown specimen from the garden at Farnham 

 Castle . where its origin is unkn-own. It has been cultivated there many years , but 

 flowered for ihe first time last year. It has much ihe api^earance of a small Coelo- 

 gyne, from which the pedicellate pollen masses and bilabiate dehiscence of ihe an- 

 ther remove it. 



Secf. CYMBIDINA. Labellum cum columna semiconnatum, lineis in disco 

 geminis inter se trabeculis transversis conjunctis. 



COELOGYNE CVMBIDIOIDES : 



Pseudobulbo nitido sicco rugoso, foliis subcoriaceis lanceis acutalis 

 basi petiolatis subbipedalibus, pedunculo dense squamis multis ochra- 

 ceis obtuse acutis vestito, apice racemoso, bracteis lanceolatis triangu- 

 lis ovaria aequantibus, labello cum columna semiconnato, antice trilobo, 

 lobo medio retuso, lobis lateralibus rotundalis, lineis geminis in disco, 

 per trabeculas transversas conjunctis. 



Ovarium pedicellatum pollicare. Sepala naviculari ligulata. Dorsale 

 dorso laeve , lateralia a medio apicem usque alato carinata, Tepala 

 lanceolata obtuse acula. Labellum cum gynostemio apice tantum libero 

 in cylindrum connatum, apice libero trilobum; basi gibboso saccatulum 

 infra tricarinatum (an tanlum ex siccando? — saepe vidi), medio con- 

 strictum, apice ampliatum; lobus medius retusus emarginatus hinc den- 

 ticulatus, lobi laterales breviores semiovati; carinae duae per discum 

 ante lobos el postice abruptae, utrinque linea transversa clavata con- 

 juncta, linea elevata longitudinali inter utramque; ansulis antice et 

 postice transversis extrorsum ulrinque abeuntibus a finibus carinarum. 

 Gynostemium Coelogynarum apice libero utrinque semiovato dilatatum, 

 apice trilobum: lobi laterales acuti, lo'bus medius obtusus emarginatus; 

 rostellum bilobum dependens, supra foveam marginatum; lobi semi- 

 ovati extus utroque latere revoluti. Anthera apice bidentata, vertice 

 obtuse apiculata. Pollinia depresso pyriformia, per paria incumbentia. 

 — Ex Moluccis. 



1347 b. PAWISEA Lindl. Foha {. 5.: 

 (LO. , p. 44. Coelogynis sect.) 



Sepala membranacea; lateralibus basi obtusis v. obliquis. Petala 

 conformia, parum minora. Labellum indivisum, membranaceum, om- 

 nino calvum, basi sigmoideum, omnino liberum. Columna Coelogynis. 

 Pollinia 4, collateralia , cereacea; caudicula glandulaque nullis (nisi ma- 

 teries pulverea saltem in quibusdam). Anthera membranacea, mobilis, 

 bilocularis , infra apicem columnae inserta. 



Herbae epiphytae Indicae, caespitosae , pseudo bulbosae. Folia saepius graminea 

 semper tenuia. Racemi radicales , erecti, 1 — 00-flori; bracieis membranaceis. Flores 

 mediocres , pallidi. 



The absence of crests or elevated lines from ihe lip of the plants now assembled 

 under this name , togeiher with the membranous lexlure , tbe perfectly simple form 

 and tbe sigmojd base of that organ , afl^ord ample poiaisof disiinction from Coelogyne. 



