194 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA. 
pubescent lamellz near the apices of the side. lobes becoming faint towards the base. 
Column straight except at the summit. Anther oblique with a blunt apex and beaked lip. 
Pollinia ‘cuneate, sessile on a quadrate gland. Capsule ellipsoid, 1:75 in. long. 
Sikkim, at Gantok, elevation 5,000 feet; discovered by Mrs. Claude White, after 
whom it is named; in flower during November; Pantling, No. 425. 
The sepals and petals are pale yellowish-green spotted with dull red. The lip is 
white or pale pink spotted profusely on the side- and end-lobes with pale red. 
PLATE 258.—Cymbidium Whitee, King and Pantling. Part of a plant; of natural size. Fig. 1 bract, 
stalked ovary, column and lip, seen from the side, 2 lip, 3 column with anther in sifu, 4 front and back 
views of the pollinia, 5 pollinia and gland, 6 empty anther; «й enlarged. 
13. CYMBIDIUM ELEGANS, Lindl. in Wall. Cat., 7354; Gen. and Spec. Orch., 163. 
Pseudo-stem short. Leaves narrowly linear, acuminate, slightly expanded and equitant 
at the base; length 18 to 24 in., breadth *65 to ‘75 in. Inflorescence axillary, decurved, 
about as long as the leaves; the peduncle longer than the raceme, ‘clothed to the 
apex by a few lanceolate acuminate convolute sheaths .4 to 6 in. long; raceme 
imbricately and densely flowered; floral bract membranous, minute. Flowers 1°5 to 1:75 
in. long and only about "6 in. across. Sepals and petals sub-equal, erect, oblanceolate- 
oblong, acute or sub-acute and slightly concave at the tips. Zip as long as the petals, 
narrowly oblong; the side lobes near the apex, incurved, rounded; the dise between 
them with two narrow parallel ridges united at the apex and with а large pubescent 
callus at the base; the apical lobe small, sub-orbicular or obcordate, undulate, incurved. 
Column long, slender, slightly pubescent at the base in front, the apex slightly curved 
: forwards. Anther terminal, ovoid, beaked in front. Pollinia obovoid, erect, sessile on 
a quadrate gland. Capsule elliptic, 1:25 in. long and “75 in. in diam. . Lindl. Sert. 
Orch., t. 14; in Journ. Linn. Soc. III, 28; Reichb. fil in Gard. Chron., 1875, I, 429. 
Cyperorchis elegans, Blume -Rumph. IV, 47; Orch. Archip. Ind. 77, t. 48, C; Bot. 
Mag., 7007; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XVIII, 318; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 14. 
С. densiflorum, Griff. Notul. ІП, 337 (the plant from Myrung only). 
` Sikkim, at elevations of from 5,000 to 6,000 feet; in flower during October and 
November; Pantling No. 14. Westward to Nepal and eastward to Bhutan. Khasia 
Hills, at 6,000 feet; Hooker, Collett, Mann. Naga Hills; Prain. 
The flowers of ia are usualy of a pale lemon yellow, the smell of the lip 
being of a cadmium yellow. Occasionally the sepals are flushed with pink or brown, 
and still more. rarely the flowers are nearly white. 
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Рглте 259.—Cymbidium elegans, Lindl. Part of а plant; of natural sine. Fig. L lip, 2 column with 
anther in situ, 3 under surface hi anther, showing its — 4 pollinia ; all enlarged, 5 capsule ; of 
natural size, 
14. CYMBIDIUM COCHLEARE, Lindl., in Journ. Linn. Soc., 28. 
Pseudo-stem 3-to 6 in. long, stout. Leaves linear, finely acuminate, dilated at 
the equitant base; length 24 to 36 in., breadth -4 to "5 in. Inflorescence axillary, 
pendulous, much анак than the leaves; the peduncle much longer than the raceme, 
with numerous lanceolate, acuminate, convolute, lax ‘scarious sheaths 4 or 5 in. long; 
