428 CYMBIDIUM 



ment of the growing season, and should be executed with 

 judgment, so that it will last three or four years, as the 

 roots dislike being disturbed. The potting soil should 

 consist of one-half chopped sod, the balance of equal 

 parts leaf-mold, peat and live chopped sphagnum moss, 

 well mixed together; about one-third of the pot room 

 should be devoted to drainage — potsherds or charcoal, 

 covering the same with a little rough material to keep it 

 open. When the large, fleshy roots are carefully dis- 

 tributed the material should be worked in firmly about 

 them, leaving the base of the plant on a livol with the 

 rim of the pot when finished. W:ii. t ii:iiiiiL-I\ until 

 the new growths appear, when a ni'H. I' - 1\ will 



be necessary, but never enough i- 

 stantiy wet, or the new roots are li:ii 

 fnli.TtrP to become spotted. Stock is 

 iTi[,'tli.uM i.scudnbulbs, pottingthem 

 giviiiLT thrill a little more heat and moisture until they 

 start iiiw u'l'iiwth action, when they may be removed to 

 tli.il- proper department. Robert M. Grey. 



Inflorescence erect 

 a, Lindl Stems tufted Ivs dis- 

 tu hous at base, 1 or 2 ft long, hnear or lo- 

 rate, bifid at apices peduncles not as long as 

 the Ivs , few flil fls about 3 in across, ivory 

 white, sometimes tinged with rose , sepals 

 and petalb oblong lanceolate , labellum 3- 



I the 

 mov- 

 mall pots s 



lobed, with a golden yellow ridge 

 running down the center. Khasiii 

 Hills, at an elevation of from 5,000 

 to 6,000 ft. B.R. 33:67. B.M. 513G. 

 Gn. 46, p. 398. 



AA. Inflorescence arching, 



not pendent. 



B. Sepals and petals veined with 



red, brown or purple. 



Lowiitnuin, Reichb. f. Pseudobulbs oblong : Ivs. 2-3 

 ft. long, linear-acute, recurved : racemes many-fld. : se- 

 pals and petals oblong-lanceolate (lateral ones sub-fal- 

 cate ) , greenish yellow marked with brown ; lateral lobes 

 of labellum yellowish; midlobe reflexed, margined with 

 yellow, the front blotched with . brown-crimson ; fls. 

 about 20 in number, several inches across. Burma. 

 Gn. 48, p. 203. Gng. 5:73.-Var. Mandaianum, Hort. 

 (C. Mandaid.num, Hort.), has yellow fls. A beautiful 

 hybrid of C. eburneum and C Lowianum is shown in 

 Gn. 48:1034. 



gigantium. Wall. Fig. 638. Fls. dull purple (brown- 

 ish, or yellowish green striped with purple) ; sepals and 

 petalsjoblong, the petals narrow and shorter; midlobe of 

 labellum reflexed, yellow, spotted with red ; lateral lobes 

 yellowish green. Nepal. B.M. 4844. P.M. 12:241. 



longifblium, Don. Lvs. linear-acuminate : peduncle 

 stout, sub-erect, then drooping: tts. about 12; sepals 

 sub-equal, oblong, the upper one broadest and incurved ; 

 both sepals and petaJs green striped with brownish pur- 



CYNODON 



pie; disk and midlobe of labellum white, spotted with 

 purple; lateral lobes with purple lines. Ind. 



ensifdliom, Swartz. Lvs. ensiform, acute : peduncle 

 many-fld. : fls. greenish yellow, veined with purple ; 

 sepals and petals linear-oblong, acute ; labellum spotted. 

 Ind., Jap. B.M. 1751. 



Hrittonu, Hook, f . Plant about 2 ft. high : fls. 10, in 



Java. B.M. 5676. 



BB. Sepals and petals not veined with pnrple or brown. 



tigrlnum. Parish. Lvs. oblong-lanceolate: peduncles 

 slender, 3-6-fld. : sepals and petals linear-oblong, acute, 

 green spotted at base; petals often paler and with more 

 spots than the sepals; labellum with yellow, red-brown 

 striped lateral lobes ; midlobe white, transversely 

 streaked with purple. Burma. B.M. 5457. 



Hookeriinum, Reichb. f. Lvs. about 2 ft. long, acute: 

 peduncle arching above, erect at base : fls. from 6-12, 

 large; sepals and petals oblong, greenish; labellum yel- 

 low, spotted with purple. Sikkim. B.M. 5574. 



BBB. Sepals and petals whitish. 

 Mistersil, Griff. [Cyper&rchis Mdstersii, Benth.). 

 Lvs. linear, acuminate: peduncle stout, longer than the 

 raceme: sepals and petals sub-equal, r.bliiiiL^-lmuMM.latp, 

 white, flushed with rose at the a|ii'r Lili. Ilnni mi- 

 nutely pubescent; laniellEB oran^t - m. 

 B.R. 31:50. Var. Album, Hort., has v, 1, Calha- 

 fldra, of Amer. trade, is equivalent to ( . .1/,, a , > , , \ ar. 



AAA . Inflorescence pendent. 



pendulum, Swartz. The leathery lvs. distichous, 2-3 

 ft. long, broadly linear: fls. yellowish; side lobes and 

 midlobe of labellum rose-color; the disk more or less 

 white with yellow crests; sepals and petals narrowly 

 oblong, with a purple median line. E. Ind. 



Finlaysoniinum, LiikI!. ir phirhihim, Lindl.). Lvs. 

 tnsiform racemt m v it I i K and petaK linear 

 nblong, obtuse, dull I i inu s, with a reddish 



median line, lati i il I I Hum crimson, mid 



lobe white, tipped wit I ni n '\l ila\sia — Var atro- 

 purpiireum, Hort Lv>~ mimwer noeme^ longer, with 

 larg:er fls sepals and petals purplish, front lobe of la 

 bellum white, spotted with purple Borneo 



'Sw? 





Decne. 1'. . 

 Plant. P> 

 ing a some 

 more or les 



CYNANCHUM (Greek, doq poison) Asclepiaddcem 

 \bc)ut 20 species in fe Eu , Africa, Asia and Australia, 

 herbaceous or sometimes half woody at the base, twin- 

 ing. Lvs. opposite, entire. Plant very like Vincetoxi- 

 cum, but the fls. differ in having a scale or ligule on the 

 inside of each of the 5 parts of the crown, 

 acuminatifolium, Hemsl. ( Vincetdxicnm acnminAltnn. 

 i.Ibirt.). Mosquito Plakt. C'kiki, 

 la i t .11- nearly so, or the tips slmw- 

 liiii; habit: the stems grayish and 

 : Iv -. cipposite, broadly ovate and 

 j, vtrongly pinnate-veined, en- 

 . . Iv gray-pubescent beneath: 

 <■ Accn the lvs.), shorter than 

 ill ill umbel-like cymes: fr. amilk- 

 lajian. — In the flowers, mosquitoes 

 caught, much as they are in other 

 asclepiadaceous plants. The native Jih.soiiio Taberna- 

 montana is sometimes sold as this plant, and it has 

 been figured as such. L. H. B. 



CTNARA (involucre spines likened to a dog's tooth). 

 Comp6sit<e. A half-dozen S. European species, of which 

 the Artichoke and Cardoon (which see) are cultivated. 



CtNODON. See Capriola. 



tire, usual I \ 

 fl. -clusters I 

 the lvs.: fls. 

 weed-like IV 

 and other i 



