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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 jeat an 1 li\e chopped sphagnum moss 

 well mixed to^etl I tl 1 t fl i t r om 



should be dev 1 1 1 1 1 il 



covering the j it 



open. When tl li 



tributed the n ut 



them, leaving tl e 1 ' tl I the 



rim of the pot ^ h i fan bed \\ til 



the new growths appear when a i 11 



be necessary but never eno igl I n 



stantly wet or the new root ar 1 I the 



foliage to become spotte 1 ^ k 1 1 i mo-v 



ingtheoldpseudobulbs \ I i allp tsand 



giving them a little more 1 i unt 1 they 



start new growth actioi 1 tl 1 removed to 



their proper depirtment Robert M Gre\ 



or lo 



A / flore^cente ire t 

 ebumeum Lindl Stems tufted 

 tichous at base 1 or 2 ft long 

 rate, bifid at apices ; peduncles not as long as 

 the Ivs., few-fld. : fls. about 3 in. across, ivory 

 white, sometimes tinged with rose ; sepals 

 and petals oblong - lanceolate ; labellum 3- 



lobed, with a golden yellow ndgi 

 running down the center. Khasia 

 Hills, at an elevation of from 5 OUd 

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

 Gn. 46, p. : 



AA. Inflorescence arching, 



not pendent. 



B. Sepals and petals veined with 



redf brown 

 Lowi&num, Kc'i< 

 ft. long, linear-nri 

 pals and petals o 

 cate), greenish y. 

 of labellum yell'>\ 

 yellow, the from 

 about 20 in nuui 

 Gn. 48, p. 263. 

 (C. MandaiAnuiN 

 hybrid of C. ebn 

 Gn. 48:1034. 





iulbs oblong : Ivs. 2-3 

 :iii*raes many-fld.: se- 



( lateral ones sub-fal- 

 h brown; lateral lobes 



lUxed, margined with 



Irs across. Burma. 

 1 . Mandai&num, Hort. 



■How fls. A beautiful 

 owianum is shown in 



Fls. dull purple (brown- 

 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. 



longifdlitun, Don. Lvs. linear-acuminate : peduncle 

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

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

 both sepals and petals green striped with brownish pur- 



CYNODON 



pie; disk and midlobe of labellum white, spotted with 

 purple; lateral lobes with purple lines. lad. 



ensi!61iuin, Swartz. Lvs. ensiform, acute : peduncle 

 manj fld fls greenish vellow, veined with purple ; 

 sepals and petals linear oblong, acute; labellum spotted, 

 lud Jap B M 1 51 



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

 droo] mg racemes sepals yellow, striated with brown ; 

 1 etal brown labellum greenish, dotted with brown. 

 Jiva B M 50 6 



BB ^ J It. It d pet lis not reined with purple or brown. 

 tigrlnum Pnr si Lvs oblong-lanceolate: peduncles 



1 1p fl i I I 111 ji-t-iK liiiear-oblong, acute, 



, I -Ml 1,1 piiler and with more 

 I ii yellow, red-brown 



1 111 "lute, transversely 



! Ill I nil I 1' M. ,-,457. 



Hookeninum lie LI t Lvs. about 2 ft. long, acute: 

 I ed le arching above erect at base : fls. from 6-12, 

 1 rg e^als and petals oblong, greenish: labellum yel- 

 low I tttd with purple Sikkim. B.M. 5574. 



BBB. Sepals and petals u-hili^li. 

 MAstersii, Griff. (Cyper6rehis M<isl>isil. Benth.). 

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

 raceme: sepals and petals sub-equal, oblong-lanceolate, 

 white, flushed with rose at the apices ; labellum mi- 

 nutely pubescent ; lainellfe orange-vellow. Sikkim. 

 B.B. 31:.50. Var. Album, Hort., has white fls. C. dlba- 

 fldra, of Amer. trade, is equivalent to C. Mastersii, var. 

 nlbum. 



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. 

 Finlaysom^num, Lmdl (C p^nd«Z«»i, Lindl ) L\s 

 1 t 111 raceme many fld sepals and petals linear 

 111 1 tuse dull vellow sometimes, with a reddish 

 III liiii line lateral lobes of labellum crimson, mid 

 1 ibe white -tipped with crimson Malajsia— Var atro- 

 purpilreiun, Hort Lvs narrower, racemes longer, with 

 1 irger fls sepals and petals purplish front lobe of la 

 btlliinnhitP ^potted with i ur] le BiintJ 



^ O IKtb A-UEs 



CYNANCHUM (Greek doq poison) AsclepiadAcem 

 .\l)ciut 211 species in S. 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. 



acuminatifdlium, Hemsl. ( Vincetdxictim aciimin&tiim, 

 Decne. T. ./a;)(i«(CH»i, Hort. ). Mosquito Plant. Cruel 

 Plant. Perennial: erect or nearly so, or the tips show- 

 ing a somewhat twining habit: the stems grayish and 

 more or less angular: lvs. opposite, broadly ovate and 

 acuminate, short-petioled, strongly pinnate- veined, en- 

 tire, usually conspicuously gray-pubescent beneath : 

 fl. -clusters lateral (1-2 between "the lvs.), shorter than 

 the Ivs.: fls. white, small, in umbel-like cymes: fr. amilk- 

 weed-like follicle. Japan. — In the flowers, mosquitoes 

 and other insects are caught, much as they are in other 

 asclepiadaceous plants. The native Amsonia Tabernce- 

 montana is sometimes sold as this plant, and it has 

 been figured as such. l. jj. b_ 



CYNABA (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 Cipriola. 



