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Subgenus Platyaster. 



27. C. HUMiLE Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 2636. — Bulb small, 

 globose, greenisb ; neck very short. Leaves linear, a foot long, 

 spreading, subacute, thicker than in amcenum and pitted over the 

 face. Peduncle slender, subterete, a foot long. Flowers 6-9 in an 

 umbel, cernuous in bud ; spathe-valves 2-3 in. long ; pedicels 

 short. Perianth-tube greenish, 8 in. long ; segments linear- 

 lanceolate, spreading, white, 2 in. long, \ in. broad. Filaments 

 bright red, rather shorter than the perianth-segments. Style 

 longer than the segments. 



Hab. Tropical Asia. Imported alive by Captain Craigie in 1826, and sold 

 to Mr. Cattley, after whom the genus of orchids was named. An imperfect 

 specimen from the collection of Dr. Stocks may perhaps belong here. 



28. C. CuMiNGH Baker in Gard. Chron. 1881, ii. 72.— Leaves 

 linear, a foot long, an inch broad, thin; edge entire. Peduncle 

 slender, a foot long. Flowers 10-12 in an umbel ; spathe-valves 

 lanceolate, 2 in. long; pedicels very short. Perianth-tube very 

 slender, 2-2-|- in. long, straight or slightly curved ; segments 

 lanceolate, nearly or quite as long as the tube. Filaments bright 

 red, nearly as long as the segments ; anthers linear, |- in. long. 

 Style as long as the segments. 



Hab. Philippines ; Island of Luzon, province of Albay, Cuming 1832 ! 



29. G. AM(ENUM Roxb. Hort. Beng. 23. — Bulb globose, 2-3 in. 

 diam. ; neck very short. Leaves 10-12 to a bulb, linear, suberect, 

 bright green, 1-|~2 ft. long, 1-2 in. broad, tapering gradually to the 

 point ; edge scabrous. Peduncle slender, subterete, 1-2 ft. long, 

 Flowers 6-12 in an umbel ; spathe-valves lanceolate, 2 in. long ; 

 pedicels none or very short. Perianth-tube greenish, 3-4 in. long; 

 segments lanceolate, spreading, 2-3 in. long, I— i in. broad. 

 Filaments bright red, rather shorter than the segments ; anthers 

 linear, ^ in. long. Style as long as the segments. Ovules 4-5 in 

 a cell. 



Var. CAUDICEUM Herb. — Bulb furnished with a cylindrical neck. 

 Ceylon. 



Var. C. VERECUNDUM Carey. — Leaves more obtuse, spreading, 

 lacunose. Rangoon. 



Hab. Eastern Himalayas and Khasia, ascending to 6000 ft. in Sikkim. 

 There are good unpublished dra^vings in the Koxburgh and Cathcart series, 

 both now at Kew. It was in the Calcutta Garden in Wallich's time. (Herb. Ind. 

 8971, B.). 



30. C. GRAciLE E. Meyer in Presl Rel. Haenk. ii. 120. — Leaves 

 linear. If ft. long, 1^ in. broad, narrowed from the middle to both 

 ends. Peduncle slender, about a foot long. Flowers 6-7 in an 

 umbel ; spathe-valves lanceolate, 1|- in. long ; pedicels none or 

 very short. Perianth-tube 3 in. long ; segments lanceolate, less 

 than half as long as the tube. Filaments shorter than the 

 segments. 



Hab. Philippines; Island of Luzon, gathered by Haenke. 



31. C. Stracheyi Baker in Gard. Chron. 1881, ii. 72. — Leaves 

 lorate, 2 ft. long, 1^2 in. broad, thin, acute ; edge slightly denti- 



