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ridges within; column rather long, without a foot, subterete; anther terminal, the pollinia 2, with a caudicle; capsules ovoid- 

 oblong, often with a remnant of the perianth and column at the apex. About 70 species, in Madagascar, India, Malaysia, e. Asia, 



and Australia. 



lA. Plant with green leaves; rhizomes short. 

 2A. Leaves linear. 



3A. Scapes 1-flowered 1 . C. goeringii 



3B. Scapes more than 1-flowered. 



4A. Racemes erect; sepals broadly linear, acuminate; terrestrial 2. C. I{anran 



4B. Racemes pendulous; sepals oblanceolate, acute to obtuse; epiphytic 3. C. dayanum var. austrojaponicum 



2B. Leaves narrowly oblong to broadly oblanceolate. 



5A. Leaves minutely and distinctly serrulate toward apex; flowers in July 4. C. lancijoUum 



53. Leaves entire; flowers in October and November 5. C. javanicum var. aspidistrijoUiim 



IB. Plant saprophytic, without green leaves; rhizomes elongate 6. C. nipponictim 



1. Cymbidium goeringii (Reichenb. f.) Reichenb. f. leaved, the roots elongate, rather thick, puberulent; leaves 



Maxillaria goeringii 'Sie.K)\trA). i.; C. virescenslAndl. Shun- jointed at the sheathing base, the blade narrowly oblong to 



RAN. Rhizomes short; stems tufted; leaves evergreen, linear, broadly oblanceolate, 4-15 cm. long, 1.5-3 cm. wide, short- 



20-35 cm. long, 6-10 mm. wide, acuminate, minutely toothed, acuminate, narrowed at base, scabridulous on the upper mar- 



the short basal sheaths becoming fibrous with age; scapes erect, gins; scapes lateral, 10-15 cm. long, few-sheathed; racemes 



terete, fleshy, 10-25 cm. long, I-flowered, with hyaline, sheath- loosely 2- to 4-flowered, pendulous, glabrous, with a slightly 



ing scales; bracts lanceolate, 3^ cm. long, acute; flowers green- flexuous axis, the bracts membranous, linear-lanceolate, 8-15 



ish; sepals rather fleshy, oblanceolate, subobtuse, 3-3.5 cm. mm. long, acuminate; sepals linear-lanceolate, 22-25 mm. long, 



long, 7-10 mm. wide; petals simulating the sepals but slighdy 2.5-3 mm. wide, acuminate, white with a greenish flush, the 



shorter, ascending; lip slighdy shorter than the sepals, white lateral sepals slightly reflexed; petals narrowly oblong, about 



with reddish purple spots, recurved above, papillose within, 2 cm. long, 5-6 mm. wide, subacute, white with a brown- 



the lateral lobes small, obtuse; column about 15 mm. long. purple band; lip white, brown-purple spotted within, obovate- 



Mar.-Apr. Grassy places in foothills; Hokkaido (Okushiri oblong, 13 mm. long, about 10 nam. wide, subobtuse, fleshy; 



Isl.), Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. China. column about 13 mm. long; anther yellow, minutely mamil- 



2. Cymbidium kanran Makino. K.-\n-ran. Terrestrial late; capsules erect, about 5 cm. long inclusive of the short 



herb; leaves evergreen, tufted, linear, arcuate, 20-70 cm. long, pedicel. July-Aug. Honshu (s. Kanto, Tokaido, Izu- 



6-17 mm. wide, acuminate, scabridulous on the margins; Shichito Isls. and westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu; rare. Ryu- 



scapes 25-60 cm. long, loosely sheathed; racemes loosely 5- to kyus and Formosa. 



12-flowered, erect, the bracts herbaceous, linear, 8-30 mm. 5. Cymbidium javanicum Bl. var. aspidistrifolium 



long, acuminate; flowers fragrant, purplish green; sepals (Fukuyama) F. Maekawa. C. aspidistrijoUiim Fukuyama 



spreading, broadly linear, acuminate, the dorsal one 3-4 cm. Akizaki-nagi-ran. Closely resembles No. 4, the leaves en- 

 long, 3.5^.5 mm. wide, longer than the lateral ones; petals tire; scapes shorter than die leaves; flowers grass-green, with 

 slighdy shorter dian the sepals, linear-lanceolate, 2-3 cm. long, thicker, more fleshy sepals; petals oblong, broader and shorter, 



4.5-5.5 mm. wide; lip slightly shorter than the petals, about about 17 mm. long, 6.6 mm. wide. Kyushu (Tsushima) ; 



half as long as the dorsal sepal, smooth, glabrous, spreading, very rare. Formosa. A variable species occurring also in 



the lateral lobes small; column 10-14 mm. long. Dec-Jan. the Himalayas and Malaysia. 



Honshu (Kii Prov.), Kyushu; very rare. 6. Cymbidium nipponicum (Fr. & Sav.) Makino. Ble- 



3. Cymbidium dayanum Reichenb. f. var. austrojapo- tia nipponica Fr. & Sav.; C. pedicellatum Finet; Pachyrhi- 



nicum Tuyama. C. alborubens Makino; C. simonsianum zanthe nipponicum (Fr. & Sav.) Nakai Maya-ran. Plant 



sensu auct. Japon., non King & Panding Hetsuka-ran. leafless, saprophytic; rhizomes to 15 cm. long, slighdy puberu- 



Evergreen epiphytic herb; leaves tufted, arcuate, 30-50 cm. lent, scaly; scapes erect, 15-20 cm. long, the sheaths 7-20 mm. 



long, 10-13 mm. wide, acuminate, slighdy narrowed at base, long, membranous; racemes 2- to 5-flowered, the bracts mcm- 



nearly glabrous; scapes lateral, pendulous, with few sheathing branous, broadly lanceolate, 5-10 mm. long, long-acuminate; 



scales on the lower part; racemes few- to relatively many-flow- flowers white with a brownish purple hue; sepals oblanceolate, 



ered, 10-20 cm. long, pendulous, the bracts lanceolate, 5-8 about 2 cm. long, 3-4 mm. wide, acuminate; petals narrowly 



mm. long, acuminate; sepals spreading, oblanceolate, 3-3.2 cm. oblong, slighdy shorter than the sepals; lip about 15 mm. long, 



long, 5-7 mm. wide, acute to obtuse, white, brownish purple cuneate, obsoletely 3-lobed, the terminal lobe slightly recurved, 



near the base; petals slighdy smaller, the lip about 2 cm. long, minutely undulate on the margins; column 8-10 mm. long, 



erect, the lobes ovate, the lateral lobes small, obtuse, die termi- densely papillose. July-.'\ug. Honshu, Kyushu; rare. 



nal one cuspidate; column about 13 mm. long; capsules fusi- Cymbidium sinense (Andr.) Willd. Epidendrum sinense 



form, about 6 mm. long inclusive of the short pedicel. Oct. Andr.; C. hoosai Makino Hosai-ran. Leaves 15-32 mm. 



Epiphyte; Kyushu (s. distr.). Ryukyus and Formosa. wide; sepals linear-oblanceolate, 25-35 mm. long, 5-6.5 mm. 



4. Cymbidium lancifolium Hook. C. nagijolium Ma- wide. Reported to occur in Kyushu (Yakushima). 



sam. Nagi-ran. Rhizomes short, sparsely scaly, few- Ryukyus, Formosa, and China. 



56. LUISIA Gaudich. B6-ran Zoku 



Stout epiphytic herbs with elongate leafy stems and closely appressed sheaths; leaves jointed, terete, evergreen, fleshy; in- 

 florescence very short, spicate; flowers sessile, relatively small, the bracts short, thick; sepals free, equal or the dorsal smaller; 



