CELOGYNE. 135 
C. pandurata.—A very striking species, remarkable for 
the singular colours of its. flowers. The pseudo-bulbs are 
large, broadly ovate, compressed at the edges; they are 
several inches apart on the stout, creeping, woody 
rhizome. The leaves are 1ft. or 143ft. long, plaited, broad, 
stout and leathery, and bright shining green in colour. 
Fig. 35. Caelogyne odoratissima 
(% nat. size). 
The raceme is pendulous, longer than the leaves, and 
many-flowered, each flower being upwards of jin. in 
diameter and very fragrant; the sepals and petals are 
bright green; the lip is of the same colour, with the 
addition of several deep velvety black, raised ridges or 
crests running parallel upon its surface; in shape it is 
