834 CXLVIII. ORCHIDE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Ccelogyne. 



many-nerved ; petiole 2-4 in. Scape with raceme 2-4 in., sometimes with 2 par- 

 tially developed leaves ; sheaths long, rather membranous ; bracts longer than the 

 hyaline flowers j sepals -| in. ; column broadly hooded. 



21. C. cycnoches. Par. fy Reickb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 147; 

 pseudobulbs narrow, leaves sessile elliptic, raceme drooping 6-8-fld., bracts 

 persistent, flowers greenish, and brown, sepals oblong-lanceolate acuminate, 

 petals narrowly linear 3-nerved, side lobes of lip short, midlobe orbicular 

 apiculate or broadly ovate, disk with 5 slender ridges. 



TENASSERIM ; on Douua-thong, alt. 4000 ft., Parish. 



Very like C.fuscescens, but much smaller, pseudobuibs 1^-2 in., leaves 4-5 in., 

 scape with 2 leaves emerging from the sheaths, flowers smaller, sepals 1^ in., and 

 side lobes of lip barred with red-brown. 



22. C. specipsa, Lindl. Gen. # Sp. Orchid. 39; in Sot. Reg. 1817, 

 t. 23 ; Fol. Orchid. 11 ; pseudobulbs ovoid, leaves elliptic or lanceolate, 

 scape 1-2-fld. drooping, flowers large greenish yellow and brown, sepals 

 oblong-lanceolate acute, petals narrowly linear, side lobes of lip obtuse 

 toothed, midlobe broadly clawed rounded erose, disk with 2 compound 

 muricate ridges. Bot. Mag. t. 4889. Chelonanthera speciosa, Slume 

 Bijd. 384, t. 51. 



PEEAK; on Gunong Batu Pateh, Wray. DISTRIB. Java. 



Pseudobulbs 1-1^ in. Leaves 4-12 in., 5-7-nerved, petioled. Scape slender, 

 with 2 leaves emerging from the sheaths ; bracts deciduous ; flowers variable in 

 colour ; sepals 2-2 in. ; lip red-brown or vinous purple. Capsule 2^ in., pyriform, 

 broadly winged. 



23. C. Cumingrii, Lindl. in Sot. Reg. 1840, Misc. 76; pseudobulbs 

 ovoid, leaves petioled lanceolate, raceme few-fld., bracts narrow persistent, 

 sepals oblong-lanceolate acute and narrower petals white, lip white and 

 yellow, side lobes short obtuse, midlobe large broad erose, disk with 3-5- 

 crenulate ridges. Sot. Reg. 1841, t. 29; Sot. Mag. t. 4645; Jar A. Fleur. 

 iv. t. 337 ; Fl. des Serres, viii. 764 ; Walp. Ann. vi. 229. 



SINGAPORE, Cnming (Hort. Loddiges). 



Pseudobulbs 1^ in., distant. Leaves 4-6 in. Scape 3-5 in., erect ; sheaths short, 

 obtuse; leaves 2; bracts !- in., erect ; sepals 1^ in.; ridges of lip ending in orange 

 calli at the base of the midlobe, which bears 2 short creuulate plates. 



24. C. Schilleriana, Reichl.f. in Serl. AUyem. Gartonz. 1858, 189; 

 Xen. Orchid, ii. t. 134 ; pseudobulbs globosely ovoid, leaves elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, scape 1-fld., sepals oblong-lanceolate subacute and very slender petals 

 green or ochreous, side lobes of lip short, midlobe large rounded undulate 

 erose yellow mottled with brown. Sot. Mag. t. 5072 ; Fl. des Serrcx, 

 t. 2302. 



Pseudobulbs i-f in. diam. ; rhizome stout. Leaves 2-4 in., coriaceous. Scape 

 very short; bracts in.; sepals 1^ in., lateral deflexed ; disk of lip with 8 smooth 

 ridges ; column very concave. Referred to sect. Pleione by its author, with which 

 it has nothing in common. 



25. C. odoratissima, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. I960; Gen. # Sp. Orel id. 



41; Fol. Orchid. 5; pseudobulbs small globose or ovoid, leaves mem- 

 branous elliptic-lanceolate, raceme 2-3-fld., bracts persistent, sepals oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate and oblanceolate petals white, lip white, side lobes 

 small oblong falcate obtuse, midlobe large orbicular, disk yellowish with 

 3 crenate ridges. Wight Ic. t. 1640; Sot. Mag. t. 5462; Walp. Ann. vi. 



