CYMBIDIUM. 195 
the raceme with twelve to twenty imbricate flowers about 1:75 in. long, the stalked ovary 
75 to l in.; the floral bract triangular, minute. Sepals and. petals sub-equal, not 
spreading, oblanceolate, blunt. Zip of the same length as the sepals and petals, oblong- 
oblanceolate in general outline; side lobes long, shallow, with triangular pointed apices ; 
the apical lobe pubescent, sub-orbicular, undulate; upper surface with two smooth lamelle 
united at their apices. Column slender, аай, with а few hairs at its base in front, 
rostellum projecting. Anther obovoid, beaked in front. Pollinia erect, sessile on a 
quadrate gland. ` Capsule broadly elliptie, tapering to each end, 1 in. long and ‘6 in. in 
diam.  Cyperochis | cochleare, Benth. in Journ. Linn. бос. XVIII, 318; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. 
Ind. VI, 15. 
` Sikkim, at elevations of from 4,000 to 0,000 feet; Hooker and others; Pantling, 
No. 352; in flower during October and November. Кыш Hills; Griffith, No, 5263 
(Kew Distrib.), Assam; С. Mann. 
The sepals and petals are of a dull brown flushed with green, the lip is ochraceous 
yellow minutely speckled with brown and the column is pale green, 
PLATE 260 .— Cymbidium cochleare, Lindl. Part of a plant; of natural sise, Fig. l bract, stalked 
ovary, colunin and lip, in profile, 2 lip, 3 column} of natural size, 4 pollinia as they lie in the anther 
on the column, 5 pollinia removed, 6 empty anther, lower surface; all enlarged. 
216. СүмвірІом Masters, Griff. MSS, ex Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1845, t. 50. 
Pseudo-stem 2 to 12 in. long, sometimes branched, Leaves linear, acuminate and 
minutely and obliquely bifid at the apex, tapering towards the slightly expanded equitant 
base, length 12 to 24 in., breadth `6 to ‘7 in. Inflorescence axillary, from amongst the 
leaves, and only about half their length, erect; the peduncle much longer than the raceme, 
clothed to its apex by acuminate, lanceolate, convolute sheaths 4 or 5 in. long. Raceme 
somewhat decurved, 4 to 6 in. long, 4- to 6-flowered; floral bract triangular, minute, 
stalked ovary about "5 in. long. Flowers crowded, 2 to 2:5 in. long. Sepals and petals 
sub-equal, oblong-lanceolate, about 2 in. long, the latter narrower than the sepals and 
with slightly recurved apices. Lip minutely pubescent, nearly as long as the petals, 
narrow, oblong; the side. lobes long, shallow, erect, their apices acute and directed out- 
wards; apical lobe sub-orbicular, undulate and irregularly crenate; the dise between. the 
side lobes with two smooth lamellze converging and ending at the base of the apical lobe. 
Column slender, slightly curved, with a small sac at the base, the rostellum projecting. 
Anther oblique, with a pointed lip. Pollinia erect, sessile on a quadrate gland, ^ Capsule 
ellipsoid, 2°25 in. long.. Lindl, in Gard. Chron., 1845, 643; Paxt. Fl. Gard. t. 78; 
Reichenbachia, t; 66. 6. micromeron, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ІП, 29. ? €. affine, 
Griff, Notul. ПІ, 336; Ic. Plant. Asiat., t. 291, f. 3; Lindl. Journ. Linn. Soc. ІП, 28. 
Cyperorchis Mastersit, Benth. in Journ. AN ба. XVIII, 318; Hook. fil Fl, Br Ind, 
VI, 15, | 
Sikkim, at elevations of from 5,000 to 7,000 feet; in flower during сла. and 
November; Hooker and others; Pantling, No. 101. Khasia Hills; elevation 5,000 to 6,000 
feet; Griffith, No. 5266 (Kew Distrib.), Hooker, Mann. 
"The prevailing colour in the flowers of this is white; the sepals and petals, ال‎ 
` toward their apices, being flushed with pink. The lip is yellowish externally and the 
lamellae on its disc are orange-coloured. The column is кек Тһе flowers are 
sweet-scented. 
Anz. Roy. Bor. Garb., Carcurta; Vor. VIIL 
