309 /— CXX; ORCHIDEZ. [Dipodium. 
usually prominently ribbed on each side, 3 to 6 in. long, the pee 
truncate base usually rather long. Racemes vn ys Bi Eye ncle o 
tied" 6 to 8 lines long, the pees SiC aa aonik Ša etals 
' rather cen i and more contracted at the base. Labellum pate A the 
ath 
twice as long, broad ear painaen the disk with 2 Saes. lines 
between the Eai lobes confluent into 1 at bo base of the middle lobe, 
and a dense patch of scaly hairs at the end of it. Column not half the 
length of the pps. ux in front. E a 2-lobed, the 
. 2 caudicles long and nmn 
Queensland. Rockingham E Dallachy. 
attached and sessile or on short iain" or on Ag Pm otomous 
caudicle. ‘Terrestrial herbs, with creeping or id tuberose aceti 
or rarely e Lig het Sepals ind petals nearly Sa] free and spreading. 
Flowers o 
15. CYMBIDIUM, Swartz. 
Sepals and petals nearly equal, e spreading. Labellum sessile, 
free, articulate on the Lor of the column, or very shortly adnate to it, 
concave, entire or 3-lo dinis erect or slightly incurved, semi- 
terete, etimes Sily winged. Anther lid-like, very concave, 
more or less 2-celled. Pollen-masses 2, usually 2-lobed (4 united in 
pairs), sessile on a somewhat triangular i Bus usually epiphy- 
tical. [em often short and slightly swo dien into pseudo j^ 
elongated, keeled, striate. lowers not small, in loose racemes pedun- 
culate in the lower axils, the peduncle often long with sheathing rigid 
gsr at the base. Pesci usually small. 
Ke ud , as at present understood, comprises tropical and subtropical species, both 
of the "T. and of the s Old "World, but chie fg from the latter.. It has not, eb en been 
jec recent revision. The Australian species appear to be all end 
Labellum RSP with 2 longitudinal raised pubescent or pam n 
[oce on the disk . 1. C. canaliculatum. 
La mt lum 3-lo T: without "longitudinal plates. Leaves very long 
and mostly 1 in. broad `. RS /..* 2. C. albuciflorum. 
X bellum undivided without longitudinal plates. «cos he noii Bi C..euave. 
C. canaliculatum, Prod. 331. Leaf-stems or pseudo- 
bulbs usually 2 to 4 in. long. Justin elongated, narrow, heeled; tl chan- 
nelled above, striate, the upper ones often 6 in. to 1 ft. lo ong or even 
more, the lower ones short. Racemes from the wie axils often 
