38 CCKLOGYNfe. 



0. fimbriata. 



Rliizt))iie scaly antl much branched, spreading over a considerable 



space. Pseudo-bulbs ovoid-oblong, about the size of a filbert. Leaves 



linear-lanceolate, acute, 3 — 4 inches long, reflexed at the tip. Peduncles 



shorter than the leaves, one- rarely two-flowered. Flowers an inch in 



diameter ; sepals and petals pale dingy yellow, the former lanceolate, 



acute, the latter linear, reflexed ; lip three-lobed, the side lobes erect, 



roundish, pale dingy yellow streaked obliquely with brown on the 



inner side, the middle lobe spreading, sub-quadrate with fimbriate 



margin, brown with a pale border; lameUge two, fringed, deep brown, 



convergent at the apex, Column winged, yellowish. 



Coelogyne fimbriata, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 868 (1825). Id. 1838, misc. No. 172. 

 Id. Fol. Orch. Ccelog. JSTo. 29. 



The first Coelogyne received alive in England, it having been 



sent from southern China by Mr. J. D. Parks to the Horticultural 



Society of Loudon, in whose garden at Chiswick it flowered in 



1824. Twenty-five years later it was detected by Sir J. D. Hooker 



and Dr. Thomson on the Khasia Hills in N. E. India, at 4,000 



feet elevation, the Indian form differing slightly in colour from the 



Chinese type. For materials for description we are indebted to 



the Royal Gardens at Kew, where this Coelogyne has been in 



cultivation for some years past. The individual flowers are inat- 



tractive, but being produced freely in October and November, a 



large plant in full bloom at that season forms a pleasing object. 



O. flaccida. 



Pseudo-bulbs clustered, ovate-oblong, angulate, 2 — 3 inches long. Leaves 

 petiolate, lanceolate, 7—10 inches long. Racemes slender, pendulous, 

 8 — 12 flowered, the rachis and pedicels pale reddish brown. Flowers 

 \\ inches in diameter; sepals and petals cream-white, the former oblong, 

 acute, keeled behind, the latter linear-oblong ; lip broadly ovate, three- 

 lobed with three elevated, flexuose central lines, the lateral lobes white, 

 streaked with red-brown on the inner side, the middle lobe acute, 

 reflexed with a bright yellow blotch on the disk. Column winged, white 

 above, red-brown beneath. 



Ccelogyne flaccida, Lindl. Geu. et Sp. Orch. p. 39 (1831). Id. Fol. Orch. Ccelog. 

 No. 2. Bot. Mag. t. 3318. Bot. Beg. 1841, t. 31. 



Discovered at Noakote, in Nepal, by Dr. Wallich, by whom it 



was introduced to British gardens about the year 1829. The flowers, 



which appear in the spring months, are slightly malodorous. 



G. flavida. 



Pseudo bulbs ovoid, furrowed, 1 — \h inch long. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 



