6&6 CXXT. OECniDACE-T5. 



description and figure (Cor. PI. v. 1, t. 40), does not suit. Tlie acute lip shown in 

 Eoxburgb's figure, which is otlierwise an excellent one, does not agree with the lip of 

 this plant, nor in fact with that of any sjecies of Geodorvm. In his ' Flora Indica,' v. 3 

 (1832) p. 469, Koxburgh again describes the lip of Limodorum nutans as acute, and 

 cites Rlieede (Plort. Mai. v. 11, t. 35), who however in his figure of Bcla-])ula shows 

 the lip as subpandurate, obtuse, and 2-fid at the apc.x. The lip as figured by Eheedo 

 corresponds exactly with the lip of G. diUdaiitm. Dalzell & Gibson (Bomb. Fl. /.c.) 

 follow Roxburgh, which shows that Dalzell cannot himself have examined the plant, 

 as his own specimens have the obtuse lip characteristic of the genus. The length of 

 the raceme, as being greater or less than the leaves, is not a character of much 

 importance, for the racemes keep on lengthening after flowering, as pointed out by 

 King & Pantling (/. c). After spending much time over drawings and descriptions, I 

 have come to the conclusion indicated by Sir J. Hooker (Ti-injcu's Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 179) 

 that G. dilatatmn and G. purimrmm are both forms of one s^jecies, and as Brown's 

 description of G. dUaiatum fits the plant better than his description of G. purpureuvi, 

 the former name has been adopted. 



15. CYMBIDIUM, Swartz. 

 Epiphytes with a short stout pseudo-stem (rarely terrestrial or with 

 an elongated leafy stem). Leaves coriaceous, very long and narrow 

 (rarely elliptic). Flowers in mauy- or few-flowered erect or drooping 

 racemes from the side of the pseudo-stem ; peduncle with numerous 

 sheaths ; floral bracts various. tSepals and petals subequal, free, erect 

 or spreading. Lip adnate to the base of the column and embracing it 

 more or less by its convolute side lobes ; midlobe decurved, often with 

 undidate edges ; disk usually with 2 ridges. Column long, without a 

 foot ; anther 1-celled or imperfectly 2-celled ; poUinia 2, ovoid, pyriform, 

 cuneiform or globular, more or less partite, sessile on a small or large 

 often sti'ap-shaped gland. — Disteib. Tropical or subtropical, on moun- 

 tains in Asia with a few from Africa and Australia ; species about 60. 



1. Cymbidiuzn aloifolium, Sivartz, in JVov. Act. Ui^sal. v. 6 (1799) 

 p. 73. Pseudo-stem short. Leaves 12-18 by |-1|^ in., linear- oblong, 

 curved, obtuse, fleshy, slightly and obliquely notched at the apex, some- 

 what sheathing and slightly expanded at the base. Flowers yellowish-red, 

 in many-flowered drooping racemes 9-15 in. long; bracts ^-^ in. long, 

 ovate, acute ; pedicels \\ith ovary i-f in. long. Sepals subequal, 

 oblanceolate-obloug, obtuse ; the lateral pair somewhat falcate. Petals 

 as long as the sepals, oblanceolate-ovate, obtuse. Lip purplish, as long 

 as the sepals, oblong, 8-lobed, its upper surface with 2 lamella; broken 

 and disconnected in the middle ; side lobes long, narrow, blunt, entire, 

 their apices pointing forward ; midlobe ovate-oblong, much decurved. 

 Coliunn slightly thickened at the apex ; anther papillose, subquadrate, 

 the gland of the pollinia small. Capsules 2-2;* in. long, elliptic, ribbed. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 6, p. ]0 {in part) ; Lindl. Gen. & b~p. Orchicl. (Ib33) p. 1(55 ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 203; Lalz. & Gibs. p. 200; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. v. 3 (1832) 

 ]). 158 ; Wight, Icon. tt. 1087-88 ; King & Pantl. in Ann. Eoy. Bot. 

 Gard. Calc. v. 8 (1898) p. 189, t. 252. Vymhidimn hlcohr, Hook. f. Fl. 

 B. 1. V. 6, p. 11 {7wt of Lindl.); Trim. Fl.' Ceyl. v. 4, p. 179 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Kat. v. 12 (1899) p. 519.— Flowers: Apr.-May. 



KoNKAN : 8tocks\, Law\; S. Konkan, Dahell, 4(i\; Ghats and hilly jiarts of Oie 

 Konkan, Graham; AVihixg, Dahell ^- Gibson; Salsettc, Ualccll ^- Gibson. Kanaka: 

 Sirsi (N. Kanara), Boodmr ; Chandwiir, l\itchic, 1419!; K;'ila naddi, Jti/chic, 1418! 

 — DiSTRiu. India (Bengal, Assam, Andaman Islands, W, Peninsula); Ceylon, 

 Perak. 



