100 C1RRHOPETALUM. 



oscillation. The flowers are arranged in a circle, and all look outwards ; 

 so that on whatever side the umbel is regarded, it still presents to 

 the eye the same toav of grinning faces and wagging chins." 



C. cornutum. 



" Pseudo-bulbs ovate-oblong, more or less sheathed with large mem- 

 braneous scales. Leaves oblong, obtuse, leathery, 8 — 10 inches long, 

 imperfectly petiolate. Scapes slender, erect, bearing at the top a 

 radiating umbel of dark purple and white flowers. Dorsal sepal 

 small, ovate, concave, with ciliate margin ; lateral two connate, broadly 

 linear, more than 2 inches long ; petals similar to the dorsal sepal 

 but smaller and more ciliated ; lip ovate, recurved, and bent upwards 

 against the column." — Botanical Magazine. 



Cirrhopetalunt cornutum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838, misc. 138. Bot. Mag. t. 4753. 



A pretty species, native of the Khasia Hills, whence it was 



introduced to the Royal Gardens at Kew, through Simons, in 



1852 — 3. The structure of the flowers, which are arranged in a 



radiating umbel of about eight, is very curious. 



0. Cumingii. 



Pseudo-bulbs oval, angulate. Leaves elliptic-oblong, 3 — 4 inches long. 

 Scapes slender, twice as long as the leaves. Umbel regular, consisting 

 of 9 — 12 purple flowers. Dorsal sepal small, ovate, concave, fringed 

 with long glandular hairs ; lateral sepals linear-oblong, 1 inch long ; 

 petals like the dorsal sepal but smaller ; lip fleshy, tongue-shaped, 

 with two erect plates on the disc. 



Cirrhopetalum Cumingii, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843, sub. t. 49. Bot. Mag. t. 4996. 

 Discovered by Cuming, in 1840, in the Philippine Islands, and 

 sent by him to Messrs. Loddiges, in whose nursery it flowered in 

 the following year. It is one of the prettiest of the genus. 



C. Macraei. 



" Pseudo-bulbs ovate, scarcely as large as nutmegs. Leaves oblong, 

 acute, tapering into a rather long foot-stalk. Scapes slender, longer 

 than the leaves, bearing at their extremity a raceme — scarcely at all 

 umbellate — of about six flowers. Dorsal sepal small, broadly lanceo- 

 late, with a setaceous point ; lateral sepals long, linear-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, yellow streaked with red ; petals ovate, acuminate, brown- 

 purple ; lip fleshy, ovate, acuminate, recurved. Column short with 

 two wings, and terminating upwards in two long teeth." — Botanical 

 Magazine. 



Cirrhopetalum Macraei, Lindl. Gen. et. Sp. Orch. p. 59 (1831). Bot. Mag. t. 4422. 



Discovered in Ceylon by Mr. Macrae, after whom it was named, 



and first sent to the Royal Gardens at Kew, by Dr. Gardner, 



