Ccdogyne.~\ CXLYIII. ORCHIDE.ZE. (J. D. Hooker.) 835 



226 ; Thwaites Enum. 300. C. angustifolia, A. Rick, in Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 Ser. 2, xv. 16, t. 6. C. trifida, Eeichb. f. in Hamb. Gartenzeit. 1863, 546 ; 

 Xen. Orchid, ii. 144, t. 155, f. 2. 



NILGHIRI HILLS, alt. 8000 ft. CEYLON, iu the Central Province. 



Pseudobulls very variable; sheaths hyaline. Leaves 2-3 in., rather thin. Scape 

 flowering from both undeveloped and fully formed 2-leaved pseudobnlbs ; bracts 

 membranous; sepals f-1 in. Capsule 1 in., pyriform or ellipsoid, winged. I am 

 not clear as to the limits between this and C. breviscapa. 



26. C. corrug'ata, Wight Ic. t. 1639 ; pseudobulbs ovoid, leaves 

 elliptic coriaceous, raceme 2-3-fld., bracts large, sepals and subequal petals 

 oblong-lanceolate acuminate white, lip white and yellowish, side lobes short, 

 midlobe ovate obtuse, disk with 3 crenulate ridges. Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 6 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5601 ; Walp. Ann. vi. 227. C. nervosa, A. Sick, in Ann. Sc. 

 Nat. Ser. 2, xv. 16 ; Lindl. I. c. ; Walp. I. c. (not of Wight}. 



NILGHIRI and TRAVANCORE HTLLS, Wight, Perrottet, &c. 



Pseudobulbs l-2-| in. long, tufted, ribbed and rugose when dry ; sheaths broad, 

 acute. Leaves 3-5 in. Scape with broad basal sheaths and 2 undeveloped leaves ; 

 bracts 1^ in., acute, caducous ; sepals 1^-1^ in. Capsule 1-1^ in., fusiform or pyri- 

 form ; ribs prominent. Lindley keeps up both corrugata and nervosa, but I find no 

 difference between authentic specimens of each. 



27. C. glandulosaj Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 6 ; psendobulbs large, leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, scape erect few-fld., sheaths large, bracts very large per- 

 sistent, sepals and petals subequal ovate-oblong acute white, lip white and 

 yellow-brown, side lobes obtuse, midlobe as long ligulate, disk with 3 

 gland-toothed ridges. Walp. Ann. vi. 227. C. nervosa, Wight Ic. t. 1638 

 (not of A. Mich.}. 



NILGHIRI MTS. ; at Pycurrah, Wight. 



Pseudobulbs 2-3 in., ovoid, curved ; rhizome very stout. Leaves 4-6 in., shortly 

 petioled. Scape sheathed up to the flowers, sheaths large lax, with 2 more or less 

 developed leaves ; bracts L| in., cymbiforni, coriaceous, subacute ; sepals l-l in. 



28. C. pandurata, Lindl. in Gar d. Chron. 1853, 78 ; Fol. Orchid. 3; 

 tall, pseudobulbs very large flattened, leaves shortly petioled elliptic- 

 lanceolate, scape very stout few-fld., lateral sepals linear-oblong acute, 

 petals subsp-athulate, lip panduritbrm, midlobe large broad crispedly waved, 

 disk 2-lamellate between the small subbasal subrecurved side lobes con- 

 fusedly caruncled on the midlobe. Sot. Mag. t. 5084; Fl. des Serres, 

 t. 2139; Reiclib.f. Xen. Orchid, ii. t. 121; Warner Orchid. Alb. t. 63; 

 Orchidopk. t. 363 ; Linden, ii. t. 86. 



PERAK, alt. 3500 ft., Scortechini, King's Collector. DISTRIB. Borneo. 



Pseudobulbs 3-5 in., oblong or suborbicular, grooved ; rhizome very stout. 

 Leaves 8-18 in., rigid, 5-7-nerved; petiole very stout. Scape with raceme 6-12 in. ; 

 sheaths limceolatc, rigid, inner more or less foliaceous ; bracts 1 in., persistent; 

 flowers \\axv-gretn, Iragrant ; sepals 1^-2 in., dorsal much the largest, oblong- 

 lanceolate, clathrately 11-nerved, lateral 5-nerved, keeled; petals clawed; lip 

 mottled with red-purple, clathrately nerved, base cordate, midlobe subquadrote, 

 retuse, contracted in the middle; top of column winged. A noble species. 



29. C. asperata, Lindl. inJour-n. Hort. Soc. iv. 221; Fol. Orchid. 3; 

 pseudobulbs very large, leaves long-petioled elliptic-lanceolate, racemes 

 drooping many-fld., flowers waxy-white lip mottled brown and yellow, 

 sepals oblong-lanceolate, petals linear-lanceolate, lip as in C. pandurata. 



