Ccelogyne.~\ OXLVIII. ORCHIDE/E. (J. D. Hooker.) 833 



FoL Orchid. 4; pseudobulbs large ovoid, leaves long-petioled elongate- 

 lanceolate, raceme short 4-6-fld., sepals lanceolate acute and linear- 

 lanceolate 3-nerved petals white?, lip brown, side lobes short broad, mid- 

 lobe broadly clawed subreniform retuse bordered with white, disk with 

 3 narrow ridges extending into the midlobe. 



TENASSERIM ; at Tavoy, Wallich ; Mergui, Griffith, Parish. 



Pseudobulbs 2-3 in., curved ; rhizome very stout, Leaves 10-18 in., 3-nerved ; 

 petiole 2-3 in. Scape with short basal sheaths; bracts lanceolate, caducous; 

 flowers 1 1 in. diam. Capsule 1| in., narrowly pyriform, angles acute. Lip described 

 from a drawing by Parish. Very near Q. lentiginosa, but leaves much longer, and 

 longer petioled, pseudobulbs larger, petals narrower. 



18. C. breviscapa, Lindl. FoL Orchid. 4 ; psendobulbs ovoid, leaves 

 shortly petioled linear-oblong subacute, raceme few-fld., bracts persistent, 

 sepals ovate-lanceolate acute and linear- oblong petals white, lip white ?, 

 side lobes short, midlobe large rounded apiculate or retuse, disk yellowish 

 with 2 thickened crenate and a median slender ridge. Thwaites Enum. 

 300 ; Waif. Ann. vi. 225. C. angustifolia, Wight To. t. 1641, bad (not of 

 A. Rich.}. 



NILGHIEI HILLS, alt. 6000 ft. CEYLON, in the Central Province, Walker, &c. 



Pseudobulbs 1-1J in., crowded; sheaths short, broad, brown-purple; rhizome 

 very stout. Leaves 3-5 in., coriaceous, costa strong beneath. Scape (with some- 

 times 2 young leaves) with the raceme 1-2 in., lengthening to 7 in fruit ; basal 

 sheaths obtuse ; bracts f-1 in. long, lanceolate ; flowers f-1 in. diam. Capsule 1 in., 

 narrowly fusiform. Very near Q. odoratissima. Lindley, misled by Wigrht, describes 

 the leaves as solitary. There is a drawing in Herb. Kew by Mrs. Walker of an 

 allied species or variety from Ramboddi in Ceylon, with pseudobulbs 3 in., leaves 

 9 in., yellow flowers, and 2-lobed midlobe of lip. 



19. C. fuscescens, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1962/1 ; G-en. $ Sp. Orchid. 

 41 ; FoL Orchid. 11 ; pseudobulbs long narrow, leaves petioled elliptic, 

 raceme 3-8-fld., bracts deciduous, sepals oblong acute and very narrow 

 1-3-nerved petals yellow greenish or pink, lip mottled with brown, side 

 lobes elongate free ends small obtuse, midlobe clawed large orbicular or 

 quadrate, disk with 3 smooth ridges. Sot. J^fag. 549 i (var. brunnea] ; Walp. 

 Ann. vi. 231. C. brunnea, Lindl. in G-ard. Chron. 1818, 71, loith fig. 

 C. assamica, Lindl. ex Reiclib.f. in Koch Allgemein. G-artenzeit. 1857, 503 ; 

 Xen. Orchid, ii. t. 134. 



TKOPICAL HIMALAYA, alt. 3-5000 ft., from Nepal eastwards, and the KHASIA 

 MTS. 



Pseudobulbs 46 in., subcylindric, grooved ; sheaths short ; rhizome very stout. 

 Leaves 6-10 by 3-4 in., many-nerved. Scape with raceme 4-8 in., suberect or 

 drooping; flowers 1^-2 in. diam., very variable in colouring. Capsule 2 in., pyri- 

 form, angles winged. 



In var. 'brunnea the sinus between the mid- and side-lobes is almost obsolete. 

 Wall. Cat. 1961/2 is Q. macrobulbon. 



20. C. sulphur ea, Reiclil). f. in Bonpland. 1857, 43 ; pseudobulbs ob- 

 pyriform, leaf solitary petioled, scape slender 8-10-fld., bracts deciduous, 

 flowers small pale green or sulphur-cold., sepals oblong-lanceolate acu- 

 minate, petals very narrow 1-nerved, side lobes of lip small, midlobe much 

 broader 2-fid, disk with 2 lamellae and an orange blotch. Chelonanthera 

 sulphurea, Blume Bijd. 383. 



PEBAK, Scortechini, Wray. DISTRIB. Java. 



Pseudobulbs 1-li in., tufted; sheaths membranous. Leaf 6-8 by 1-1 in., 



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