336 ORCHIDE. 
What is this? it is impossible to determine. It is a Vandea 
according to Lindley and Endlicher. 
It approaches in character to Sarcochilus, and certainly 
has a rather strong affinity to Dendrobium. 
CYMBIDIUM. 
1. Cymbidium affine Gr. Pl. CCXCI. Fig III. 
Subacaulis; foliis petiolatis distichis linearis loratis regidi- 
usculis, basi equitantibus semitortis, apice oblique bifidis. 
Racemo axillare foliis breviore, bracteis basi vaginantibus, 
concavis, maximis, accuminatissimis bifariis omnino vestito, 
floribus breviter pedicellatis, subsecundis (alabastris erectis,) 
pendulis? bractea membranacea acuta, pedicello duplo brevi- 
ore, ovario glabro fucescens. Sepala petalaque albido-her- 
bacea. 
Per connivens. Sepala linearia obtusa subbiuncialia con- 
cava, lateralia basi suboblique et obsoletissime saccata. Pet. 
sepalo postico conformia. : 
Labellum cucullatum, circa eolumnum vix convolutum, 3- 
lobum, lobis lateralibus subcuneatis, terminale obcordato, 
basi facile secedente, repando denticulato, cristis 2, basin ver- 
sus obsoletis ad basin lobi terminalis confluentibus et conum 
parvum prominulum luteum formant. ad basin cum columna 
accretum et saccum formans. ; 
Columna elongata fere 14 uncialis semiteres vix clavata, 
anguste marginata apice obsoleto 3-denta. Rostellum integ- 
rum. 
Stigmatis margo antice et inferne et centraliter convexus, 
Anthera superficialis terminalis suborbicularis bilocularis 
longitudinaliter dehiscens, septo obsoletissime. 
Pollinia 2 hinc fissa e 2 duplicato repando incumbentibus 
formata, cerea, matereis viscida pulverea subcopiosa cohzren- 
tia. | 
Нав. Khasyah Mountains. Churra: Oct. 218, 1835. 
sam Herb. 167. - 
