840 CXLVIII. ORCHIDE^. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Ccdogyne. 



46. C. ustulata, Par. $ ReicJib.f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 1-14; 

 pseudobulbs ovoid, leaves small elliptic-lanceolate, scape very slender erect, 

 flowers small, sepals subequal oblong acute, petals filiform, side lobes of 

 very broad lip rounded, midlobe small suborbicular retuse, disk with 2 

 curved smooth ridges. 



TENASSEEIM ; at Mouhnein, Parish. 



Pseudobulbs 1-1^ in. ; rhizome stout. Leaves 1^-2 in., sessile or petioled, 

 acumiuate, rigid. Scape with raceme 4-5 in. ; bracts 4-5 i n -> deciduous ; flowers 

 amongst the smallest of the genus, yellow and brown, suberect ; sepals % in. long ; 

 lip saccate ut the base, nearly orbicular in outline ; column winged above. 

 Amongst Parish's admirable drawings is another plant named C. ustulata, with 

 pseudobulbs 2-3 in., leaves 4-6 in. lanceolate undulate, bracts nearly 1 in. long, 

 much larger flowers with narrow side lobes of lip and a much larger midlobe. 



47. C. anceps, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; pseudobulbs ellipsoid, 

 leaves shortly petioled elliptic subacute coriaceous, scape stout compressed, 

 raceme erect, sepals linear-oblong acute, petals narrowly linear obtuse 

 3-nerved, lip long narrow, side lobes elongate with short free tips, midlobe 

 orbicular, disk with 2 short lamellee. 



PEI?AK, Scortechini. 



Rhizome very stout ; pseudobulbs 1-1 \ in., base contracted. Leaves 2|-4 by 

 f-l-i in., 7-9-nerved, stoutly petioled. ticape with raceme 5-10 in., sometimes 

 narrowly winged, sheaths below the raceme f in., obtuse; sepals and petals 1 in. long ; 

 lip recurved, hypochile 2-3 times as long as the epichile. 



Sect. II. PLEIONE. See p. 828. 



48. C. Frsecox, Lindl. Coll. JBot. 37; in Wall. Catf.1965 ; Fol. Orchid. 

 16 ; pseudobulbs ampulliform or turbinate at length umbonate, leaf-sheaths 

 tutercled, bracts equalling or exceeding the ovary, flowers rose-purple, lip 

 subrepand laciniate in front, disk with 3-5 crested lamellae, top of column 

 4-toothed. Pot. Mag. i. 4496 ; Paxt. Mag. xiv. t. 7 ; Trans. Russ. Sort. 

 Soc. 1880, t. 69 (var.). C. Wallichiana, Lindl. Gen. $ Sp. Orchid, 43; in 

 Wall. Plant. As. Ear. i. 46, t. 54 ; Sot. Reg. xxvi. t. 24 ; Paxt. Mag. vi. 

 t. 25 ; Garttnfl. t. 283 ; Jennings Orchid, t. 472 ; Griff. Notul. iii. 402. 

 Pleione prsecox, Don Prodr. 37. P. Wallithii, Lindl. in Paxt. Fl. Gard. 

 sub. t. 51. P. Wallichiana, Jard. Ileur. t. 153. P. birmanica, Reichb. f. 

 in Gard.Chron. 1882, ii. 840. Epidendrum prascox, Smith Exot. Fl. t. 97. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 5-8000 ft., from Garwhal eastwards. KHASIA MTS., 

 alt. 4-6000 ft. PEGTJ, Ktirz. TENASSEEIM, summit of Nat-touug, Parish. 



Pseudobulbs very variable, 1-1^ in. broad and long, at first depressed bottle- 

 shaped, at length shortly cyliudric with a depressed top conic in the middle, covered 

 with reticulate filaments, usually dark green often blotched with red or purple. 

 Leaves 1-2, 2-9^in., elliptic or lanceolate, acute ; scape 3-4 in. ; bracts sheathing, 

 obtuse; flowers 2 -4 in. diam., sweet-scented; sepals and petals narrow, recurved, 

 acute; lip 2-fid, deeply fimbrmte in the Pegu and Tenasserim specimens. Capsule 

 | 1 in., fusiform. C. Wallichiana is not even a variety, and var. sanguined is only 

 characterized by the decaying leaf. A monstrous state bears imperfectly developed 

 pseudobulbs crowned with a crinite tuft of narrow bulbils each \\ith2 seta?. C. 

 lirmanica is doubtfully described as a species by JU'ichenbacb, distinguished by the 

 bluish "purple pseudobulbs with many white circles and an entire border of the 

 hood of the column. PI. autumn. 



49. C. humilis, Lindl. Coll. Sot. 37 ; Gen. $ Sp. Orchid. 43; in Wall. 

 Cat. 1963 ; J^ol. Orchid. 16; pseudobulbs Hagon-slraptd, leaf-sheaths smooth, 

 bracts longer than the ovary, flowers white or very pale purple, lip obovate 

 fimbriate speckled or striped with red purple orange or brown, disk with 



