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C. oorrngata (wrinkled).* JL, sepals and petals pure white; lip 

 white, with a yellow plate in front, and veined with orange ; 

 racemes erect, shorter than the leaves. Autumn. I. twin, about 

 6m. lon, coriaceous. Pseudo-bulbs much corrugated or wrinkled, 

 and apple-green in colour, India, 1866. A handsome cool-house 

 species. See Fig. 492. (B. M 5601.) 



FIG. 493. CCELOGYXE LAGENARIA. 



C. corymbosa (corymbose). JL pure white. February. The 

 flower-spikes in most instances are nicely thrown above its 

 beautiful deep green arching foliage, whilst others nestle amongst 

 its large pseudo-bulbs. India, 1876. 



C. cristata (crested).* JL fragrant, Sin. to 4in. in diameter ; sepals 

 and petals snow-white; lip white, with a large blotch of rich 

 yellow in the middle, the veins being ornamented with a golden 

 crest-like fringe ; raceme somewhat drooping, many-flowered, 

 about 9in. long. December to March, t. twin, narrow, 

 coriaceous, dark green. Pseudo-bulbs somewhat oblong, smooth, 

 shining, apple-green colour. Nepaul, 1837. When growing, the 

 temperature of the cool end of the Cattleya house will suit this 

 species admirably ; but during winter, it should be kept quite 

 cool ; indeed, when in flower, it may be removed to the draw- 

 ing room or parlour without fear of injury, forming there a most 

 enjoyable and attractive ornament 

 It must, however, be placed in the 

 stove again before the shoots begin 

 to grow, or the dryness of the at- 

 mosphere may cause the growths to 

 be stunted, and thus one season's 

 bloom would be lost It is ex- 

 tremely easy to grow. One of its 

 many admirers says, " You may 

 take a piece, and suspend it to a 

 piece of copper wire in a tempenite 

 library, to the level of the nose, 

 and it shall be to that organ, and 

 to the eye that sees it, as agreeable 

 three weeks hence as it is to-day, 

 by simply taking a mouthful of pure 

 water and giving the bulb a squirt 

 everv morning without wetting the 

 leaves." (B. R. 27, 57.) There is a 

 variety of this plant having a pale 

 jemon-coloured blotch upon the lip, 

 instead of the rich yellow colour 

 of the normal form ; and another 

 with pure white flowers (see Warner 

 and Williams' " Orchid Album," t. 

 54). 



C. Cumingli(Cuming's).*/., sepals 

 and petals white ; lip bright yellow, 

 with white down the centre, h. 

 2ft. Singapore, 1840. A very pretty 

 species, retaining its beauty for a 



considerable period. 



C. flaccida (flaccid).* JL with a 

 somewhat heavy odour ; sepals and 

 petals white; lip white, stained 

 with pale yellow in front, and 

 streaked with crimson towards its 



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base; racemes long, pendulous, many-flowered. Winter and 

 spring. L twin, dark green, coriaceous. Pseudo-bulbs oblong. 

 A. 1ft Nepanl. An erect-growing free-flowering species, of con- 

 siderable beauty. (B. M. 3318.) 



C. f uscesccns (dark-brownish). JL large ; sepals and petals of a pale 

 yellowish-brown, tipped with white ; lip edged with white and 

 streaked with orange-yellow, and having on each 

 side of the base two spots of cinnamon-brown ; raceme 

 slightly pendulous, few-flowered. Winter. I. about 

 9in. long, broad, dark green in colour. Pseudo-bulbs 

 about 4in. or 5in. high. Moulmein. (G. C. 1848, 7L) 

 A variety, brunnea, nas pure brown flowers. 

 C. Gardneriana (Gardner's).* JL large, pure white, 

 saving at the base of the lip. where they are stained 

 with lemon-colour ; at the base of each is a large 

 white fleshy bract ; raceme long, nodding, many- 

 flowered. Winter. I. twin, lanceolate, thin, bright 

 green, 1ft to lift, long, Sin. wide. Pseudo-bulbs long, 

 narrow, tapering from the base upwards resembling 

 long flasks. A. 1ft. Khasia, 1837. Stove. (P. M. 15. 6, 73.) 

 C. Gowerii (Gower's).* JL, sepals and petals snow- 

 white ; lip also white, having three parallel raised 

 lines and a lemon-coloured blotch on the disk ; raceme 

 pendulous, many-flowered. Winter and spring. L 

 lanceolate, about 6in. long, bright green. Pseudo- 

 bulbs ovate, shining green. Assam, 1869. A rare 

 but lovely small-growing species, suitable for cultiva- 

 tion on a block of wood. It requires cool treatment 

 C. Hookeriana (Hooker's).* JL rose-purple, white, 

 brown, yellow. May. A. Sin. Sikkim, 1878.. A pretty 

 little species of the Pleione section, differing from 

 most of its fellows by producing its leaves and flowers 

 simultaneously. SYN. Pleione Hookeriana, 

 C. hnmilis (humble).* Jl. solitary, Sin. in diameter ; 

 sepals and petals white, faintly, or somewhat deeply, 

 tinged with rose-colour; lip white, spotted and 

 streaked with crimson and brown, and traversed by 

 six parallel veins, which are fringed, as is also the 

 border. Late autumn. L plaited, dark green. Pseudo- 

 bulbs ovate, dark green. Nepaul, 1866. SYN. Pleione 

 humilis. (B. M. 5674.) There is a variety with yellow 

 spots and stains on lip. 



C. lagenaria (bottle-shaped). JL solitary ; sepals and petals lilac 

 or rose-colour ; lip large, white, striped and barred with rich 

 crimson and yellow, and waved and cnsped at the margin ; scape 

 springing from the very base of the pseudo-bulb. L solitary, 

 thin, plaited, about 6in. long. Pseudo-bulbs somewhat flask or 

 bottle-shaped, flattened below the conical neck, and there lapping 

 over, like the lid of a box ; dark green, mottled brown, wrinkled. 

 Khasia, 1856. SYN. Pleione lagenaria. See Fig. 493. (B. M. 5370.) 



C. macnlata (spotted).* JL, sepals and petals white; liJ white, 

 beautifully barred with crimson; bracts pale green, inflated. 

 October, November. I. bin. long. Pseudo-bulbs depressed at the 



k beak, w 



, 



top forming a kind of ring around a short thick 

 the leaves have fallen ; partly clothed with brown scales. Khasia, 

 Assam, <fec., 1837. SYNS. Gomphostyli* Candida and Pleione 

 maeulata. (B. M. 4691.) 



FIG. 494. CXELOGYXE ODOJUTISSIMA. 



