232 OECHID-GKOWER's MANUAIi. 



C. afflne, Griffith. — This distinct species is of recent intro- 

 duction, and flowers when in a very small state. The growth 

 is somewhat in the way of that of C. eburneimi, but the 

 leaves are considerably broader. The flowers are deliciously 

 scented, and are produced in racemes upon upright scapes ; 

 they are intermediate in size between those of C. ehurneum 

 and C. Mastersii ; the sepals and petals white, the lip white, 

 blotched with crimson-purple on its anterior part, and the 

 lower part of the throat also crimson-purple ; crests golden 

 yellow. — India: Assam and Khasya. 



YiQ.— Orchid Album, iii. t. 140 ; Floral Mag., 2 ser., t. 346 ; Grif. Notul 

 iii. t. 291. 



C. Dayanilin, Bchh. f. — A very distinct and pretty kind, 

 somewhat resembling C. eburneum in appearance. It has 

 tufts of very long (4 ft.) narrow thick - textured leaves, 

 and many-flowered racemes, which are not erect as in 

 C. ehurneum, but pendent ; the flowers are yellowish white, 

 marked with port wine-coloured streaks in the centre of the 

 sepals and petals, and a border and numerous small streaks 

 of the same colour on the lip. — Assam. 



C. DeYOnianum, Paxton. — A very distinct as well as rare and 

 handsome species named in honour of the Duke of Devonshire. 

 It has roundish-oblong pseudobulbs, ovate leathery lanceolate 

 leaves, and radical peduncles bearing a drooping raceme of 

 fifteen or more flowers ; the sepals and petals are pale greenish 

 yellow slightly spotted with crimson-purple, the lip bluntly 

 ovate, being of a purplish crimson with a large blackish purple 

 spot on each side. It blooms during April and May. — India. 

 Fig.— Orchid Album, iv. t. 170 ; Paxton, Mag. Bot. x., 97, with tab. 



C. etnirneum, Lindiey. — A remarkably handsome evergreen 

 species, one of the finest of the genus. It is of very compact 

 growth, forming graceful tufts of distichous linear-lorate foliage. 

 The spike is erect, about six inches high, the flowers very large 

 and fragrant, with pure white sepals and petals, and a lip of 

 the same colour, with a crispy front lobe, and having a bold 

 band of yellow in the centre, behind which is a long yellow 

 fleshy pubescent crest. It blooms in February and March, 

 and lasts a long time in perfection. A specimen shown by 

 Mr, Mill, gardener to Lord Rendlesham, bore twenty-nine of 

 its beautiful flowers, as shown in the Gardeners' Chronicle 

 cited below. 



