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C(ELOGYNE. 



It was first introduced into British gardens by our Exeter firm^ 

 along witli Pleione lagencma, in 1849, through Thomas Lobb^ who 

 found it at Sanahda, on the Khasia Hills. 



The sub-variety alhata, which differs from the type in colour only, 

 was imported by Messrs. Sander and Co. in 1887; and tricolor, a 

 very distinct and handsome form as regards colour first appeared 

 in Mr. W. Bull's horticultural establishment in 1880. The flower- 

 ing season of P. humilis is January — February. 



0. (Pleione) lagenaria. 



Pseudo-bulljs alxnit an inch long, somewhat bottle shaped with a 

 rounded protuberance nearly midway between the base and the apex, 

 green mottled with blackish brown. Leaves narrowly oblanceolatc, 

 7 — 10 inches long. Flowers 2 — 3 inches across; sepals and petals 

 narrowly lanceolate, rose-lilac ; lip oblong, emarginate, the basal half 

 convolute over the colunm, pale rose-lilac externally, striped with purple 

 on the inner side ; the distal half open Avith undulate margin, purple 



Ccelogyne (Pleione) lagenaria. 



with paler transverse streaks and lilotcbes and with a white margin ; 



disk yellow and red with hve longitudinal fringed lines. Column 



clavate, winged at the apex. 



Ccelogyne lagenaria, Lindl. Fol. Orch. Coelog. No. 39 (1854). Bot. Mag. t. 5370. 

 Illuf!. hort. 1867, t. 510. Van Houtte's Fl. des Serves, XXIII. t. 2386. Pleione 

 lagenaria, Limll. in Paxt. Fl. Gard. II. t. 39 (1851). Warner's Scl. Orch. I. t. 

 17. Jennings' Orch. t. 47. De Puydt, Les Orch. t. 36. 



Introduced by our Exeter firm in 1849, through Thomas Lobb, 



who discovered it on the Khasia Hills, where it is said to be re- 



