226 ORCHIDS. 



recurved, pale purple ; centre white, tinted with rose and 

 spotted with purple. 



B. Cymbidium pubescens. Singapore. Epiphyte. 



B. R., 1841, 38. 



A species somewhat resembling Cymbidium bicolor. 

 The flowers are small, of a rich purple, edged with bril- 

 liant yellow. 



Cymbidium sinense. China .... Lodd. Cab., 37. 



Sert. Bot., 7, 



as Epidendrum. 



A plant long in cultivation but now seldom seen. The 

 flowers are dull colored and possess little beauty, but are 

 delightfully fragrant, and for this alone it should always 

 be grown. 



A. Cymbidium tigrinum. Moulmein . . B. M., 5457. 

 A dwarf grower with roundish pseudo-bulbs. Flowers 



three or more on short spikes, greenish yellow, spotted 

 with red ; lip large, white, barred with purple. 



B. Cymbidium triste. Japan. Terrestrial. B. M., 3648. 

 Flowers yellowish purple ; lip large, of rich, deep pur- 



pie. 



There are more than fifty species of this genus. The 

 following are good species : 



Cymbidium chloranthum. B. M., 4907. 

 C. dependens. Lodd. Cab., 936. 



SYN. Cirrhoea dependens. 

 C. Finlaysonianum. 

 C. Gibsonii. 

 C. iridifolium. B. R., 1839. 



