CYMBIDIUM. 187 
6. CYMBIDIUM LONGIFOLIUM Don Prod. 36. 
Pseudo-stem short. Leaves 6 to 9 dm. long and only 19 to 15 mm. wide, linear, acu- 
minate, channelled below, dilated and equitant at the very base. Inflorescence very stout, 
sub-erect in the lower but decurved in tbe upper half, shorter than the leaves, the 
peduncle sheathed nearly to the apex, sheaths larger upwards, all loose and acute. 
Жасете 10- to 15-flowered. Flowers 6:4 to 7:6 cm. across; floral bract minute, trian- 
gular. Sepals subequal, oblong, subacute, thedorsal broader and incurved, lateral pair 
spreading. Petals as long as the sepals, but narrower, spreading. Lip oblong, shortly 
clawed; side lobes long, narrow, acute, directed forwards; terminal lobe decurved, 
orbicular, acute, the edges slightly undulate, pubescent on its upper surface. Column 
erect, slightly saccate at the base. Anther broad, dome-like; pollinia ovate, diverging, 
sessile on a quadrate gland the lower corners of which are elongated into narrow 
points. Ovary stalked, about 2°5 cm. long. Wall. Cat. 1856; Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 
163; in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii, 29; Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1874 i, 14; Hook, 
f. Fl Br. Ind. vi, 13; King & Pantl. in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc. viii, 191, 
t. 254; Rolfe in Journ. Linn. бос. xxxvi, 81. C. erythreum Lindl. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. iii, 30. Limodorum angustifolium Herb. Ham. 
Kumaon at 5 to 0,000 feet, Blinkworth. Eastwards to Sikkim, Bhutan and the 
Khasia and Naga Hills; also in China, In Sikkim it flowers during September and 
October. 
In this plant the sepals and petals are brownish-purple on a pale green ground, the dorsal 
sepals being dark green outside and faintly striped with purple; the disk and apical lobe of lip are 
pure white spotted with purple, the side lobes being of a dull yellow closely lined with purple. 
7. Сүмвішом GIGANTEUM Wall. Cat. 7355. 
Pseudo-stem very short. Leaves 4 to 6 dm, long, and 2 to 3 ст. broad, linear- 
oblong, acute, entire, narrowed towards the base and then dilated and  equitant. 
Inflorescence from the base of the pseudo-stem, as long as or longer than the leaves, 
decurved; peduncle stout, enveloped at the base in numerous imbricate acuminate 
sheaths; raceme laxly 10- to 20-flowered. Flowers 6*4 to 7°6 cm. across; floral bract 
minute, broad, Sepals subequal, elliptic-oblong, subacute, the dorsal one incurved, 
lateral pair spreading. Petals as long as the sepals but narrower, oblong, subacute. 
Lip shorter than the sepals, 3-lobed, more or less puberulous; lateral lobes large, 
their apices elliptic and directed forward; apical lobe deflexed, ovate-oblong, subacute, 
the edges undulate-crenate; upper surface with two parallel ridges running from the 
base nearly to the apex, hairy and separated by a small groove, Column somewhat 
curved, its base below the insertion of the lip with a small nectar-bearing sac. 
Anther slightly scabrid. Ро та ovoid, acute, diverging, sessile on a quadrate gland, 
Capsule 7:5 cm. long, elliptic, pointed at each end, prominently ridged.  Lindl. Gen, 
and Sp. Orch. 163; Sert. Orch. t. 4; Bot. Mag. t. 1844; Paxt. Mag. Bot. 241, and 
Fl. Gard. ii, 14, fig. 143; Griff. Notul. iii, 841: Walp. Ann. vi, 626; Warner 
Orch. Alb. vi, t. 284; Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. vi, 12; King & Рав. in Ann. 
Roy. Bot. Gard., Cale. viii, 191, t. 255. ridorchis gigantea Blume Orch. Archipel. 
Ind. 76, t. 26. Limodorum longifolivn Ic. Ham. ; 
Axx. Вот. Bor. Garn., Carc, Vor. IX. 
