860 ORCIIIDES. coTTOMA. 



1474 V- COTTOIVIA Whjht. 



Wiglil Ic. V. (I.) 1851. IT55. 



Perianlh sprcading. Sepals broad obovale, minule. Petals smalier, 

 snblanceolate-cuneate at tlie base. Lip ccalcarale constricled in the 

 middle . subpandQriform, upper half lareer snboibicular . emarginate, 

 ciispidale in Ihe sinus; lo^ver half oiiicular biluberciilate at llie base. 

 Column erect, clavale, margins dilatcd, membranous in front. Anllier 

 2celled, Avith a long blunt rostellum. Pollinia 2. iinequally twolobed, 

 poslerior lobes smaller; caudicle fililorm ; gland orbicular. Capsule 

 long. clavate drooping. 



Caulescent cpipliyie: Icavcs lincnr ilisiiclioiis oliliqnoly cmarginale, r.Tcemes sliort 

 fcw-noweretl, compacl on Ihc apex of very long braiulicd pcduncles: flowers pedi- 

 ccllcd, flower buds globosc. — I dedicale ihis gcnus lo Major Frcderic Colion of Ihe 

 Madras Engineers , a most indcfaiigablc collcctor and successful cultivalor of Orchi- 

 deous plants , and who has now a large ^d for India iiniqiie colleclion in his con- 

 servatory in Oolacamund. This genus seoins to mc to appronch Saccolabium by habit. 

 but diffcrent from all ihe genora of tliat tribe in the toial iibsence of even an ap- 

 proach to a spur, by the form of tlie column, and siill more by the unusual form 

 of ihe lip. 



1. COTTONI.V PEDUNCLLAniS r.clib. fil. in Catalog der Orchideensammlung von G. W. 

 Schillcr 1857. p. 22. Vanila iwduncnUii-is L. 0. 216. CoUoiua macrostachija VVight 

 I. 0. 1755. Malabar, near Tollichery, Jerdon , lo whom I .1m indebled for a coloured 

 sketch of the plant and the specimens from which ihe.disscctions were made. 



Pa.\t. Fl. G. III. 43. c. xyl. : Ceylon Rend. Flowers pale green or ycllowish, 

 sweetsccnied. with a deep purple llcshy lip bordered wilh green and hairy at ihe 

 cdges so as lo rescmble some Ophrys. Growing in racemes , from 6 — 12 togelher 

 from llic ihickened cnds of pedunclcs. somctimes as much as Ihree fect iong and 

 evcn furni*hcd willi side branches. In somc rcspccts ihis is not n irue Vanda. The 

 pollenmasscs arc absolulcly doublc and not hollowcd out on onc side . the caudicula 

 is uuusually long and slender, and ihe lip is not saccate ; flat, firm, flcshy. \Ve do 

 not howcver at present think it e.\pcdient to separntc it, whntevcr may happen 

 whenevcr ihe dislichous lcavcd Orchids shall bc sorrowfully reinvestigatcd. I,a- 

 licllum carnosum. marginc tencrius, pallesccns, ulriiique lcviter emarginalum , disco 

 atropurpureo , .scssilc, immobilc , linea mediana cxarata pallida, in trianguli carnosi 

 npiccm desinenle, basi auriculatum , etiam carnosius . luberculo parvo barbato inter 

 pubem ad basin trianguli iutcr auriculas, aestivatione ab apice involutum. Co- 

 lumna naiia, erccta. lomcntosa. antice utrinquc unidentata ; stigmatc allc e.xcavato, cir- 

 culnri. Anlhcra bilucularis antice membranacca, apiculo recurvo. Pollinaria 4 gemi- 

 nnta , aurantiaca. «Iclioidea, in apice caudiculnc longne , gracilis; glandula olivacea 

 carnosa subrotunda. 



2. COTTOM.V ?CH.U3PI0NI LindL in Denih. fl. Ilongk. llook. Lond. J. VIL 35 : 



Foliis disticliis apice bidentatis mucrone iideijeclo brevioribus, 

 labeilo ovato apice setaceo bipaililo. 



Ilcrba epipliyta, basi radicans. Folia allcrna, disticha , coriacea, lincari oblongn, 

 basi inaequali lobaia , apicc denliculata , biOda , apicuiata. Hacemi pauciflori. folio 

 opposili. Flores dilute lulci. columna pallidc violacca. Pcrigonii ringentis foliola 

 nequalia . oblonga. dorso (fbiinata, inieriora aiigustiora. Labclluin scmi — cjmlnforme. 

 brcvc. proccs.su apiculauim njiice furcnio, brachiis selaeforniibus terminante, ccnlcn- 

 ratum. Columua brevis, dilnlain . fornicaia. .Autlicrn biloculnris , erccla , liidi-iilnia ; 

 pulluiia 4, caudiculn liiic.iri subulain. Mouniains vi lloiigkong. On Victoiin l'e.ik , iu 

 April. (Champ.) Tlie labcllum of lliis Orchidaceous plnni (oiherwise inconspi- 



