196 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA. 
Prate 261.—Cymbidium Mastersii, Griff. Part of a plant; of natural sise. Fig. 1-bract, stalked 
ovary, column and lip, in profile, 2 lip, 3 vertical section of lip, 4 column; of natural size, 5 summit of 
column with the сар of the anther removed, 6 pollinia, 7 empty anther (Nos. 5 to 7 enlarged). 
16. CYMBIDIUM EBURNEUM, Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1847, t. 67. 
Pseudo-stem. short, stout. Leaves numerous, linear, the apex sub-acute and not 
notched, broad, sheathing and jointed near the base; length 12 to 24 in., breadth "95 to 
‘> in. Scape much shorter than the leaves, erect, clothed to the top with loose 
lanceolate, acuminate sheaths 2°5 to 5 in. long. Flowers only one or two, large, white, 
З to 4 in. across; the pedicel with ovary 1:5 in. long, exceeding the lanceolate acuminate 
bract. . Sepals spreading, oblong, sub-acute, the dorsal concave. Petals like the sepals 
but sub-faleate. Lip oblong-obovate; the side lobe narrow, obtuse, the terminal lobe 
only slightly deflexed, short, sub-ovate, its edges undulate-crenulate; side lobes obscure, 
rounded, the disc between them with a broad pubescent 3-ridged yellow band; apical 
lobe broadly triangular, sub-acute, the edges undulate. Column long, thin, with a small 
sac at its base below the insertion of the Пр. Anther truncately dome-shaped. Pollina 
broad, sub-quadrate, erect, the rostellum projecting. Capsule broadly ellipsoid, ridged, 
З in. long and 1:5 in. in diam. Lindl. in Journ. Linn. бос. ІП, 28; Bot. Mag., 
t. 5126; Paxt. Mag. Bot. XV, t. 145; Jennings’ Orch., t. 16; Gartenflora, 1880, t. 155; 
Wien. ‘Ill. Gartenz. 1887, t. 7 and 8; Gard. Chron., 1882, I, 497, f. 78; 1884, II, 77, 
f. 17; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 1l. C. syringodorum, Griff. Notul. III, 338. 
. Sikkim, common between elevations of 1,000 and 3,000 feet; in flower during March 
and April; Pantling, No. 108. Westward to Nepal and eastward to Bhutan.  Khasia 
Hills, at elevations of 3,000 to 4,000 feet; Griffith, G. Mann. 
The prevailing colour in the flowers which are very sweet е, is pure white, 
The ridge on the lip is, however, of a brilliant yellow, and there is a patch of the 
same colour on the apical lobe, while the column is tinged with pink. - 
PLATE 262.--Cymbidium eburneum, Lindl. Part of a plant; of natural size. Fig. 1 lip, 2 column 
with anther iv sifu, З summit of the column, showing the pollinia ѓе situ, the eap of the anther having 
been removed, 4 empty anther, from behind, 5 Maus Fiys. 1, 2 and 5 are of natural size, 3 and 4 
are enlarged. 
39. Phalenopsis, Blume. 
Epiphytie, without pseudo-bulbs and with very short stems. Leaves coriaceous, flat. 
Inflorescence from the side of the stem, or axillary, erect or pendulous, Flowers usually 
large, in loose racemes. Sepals and petals widely spreading. Lip clawed ог sessile, 
adnate to the base ог foot of ‘the column, not spurred, more or less lobed, the side 
lobes erect, the apical lobe various; disc variously appendaged, usually with а forked 
plate or callus. | Column sub-erect, with or without a foot. Anther 2-celed. Pollina 
2, obovoid, sulcate or bipartite, attached by a linear or spathulate caudicle to a large 
or small а Species about 32; Indian or Malayan. | 
Racemes erect, shorter than the leaves, 4- to 6-flowered ; Boios 
. white, apical lobe of lip reniform ... . one è Ж P Parhi 
Racemes pendulous, as long as the leaves, ташу flowers 
yellow, apical lobe of lip saggittate . . S €... & P NAM. 
