CYMBIDIUM. 



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var.— Parishii. 



Leaves broader and shorter ; disk of the lip orange-yellow spotted 



with purple, the marginal area on each side also spotted with purple. 



C. eburneum Parisliii, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. p. 12. C. Parishii, Rchb. 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. p. 144 (1873). Id. Xen. Orch. III. p. 55. t. 224. Id. in 

 Gard. Chron. X, (1878), p. 74. Williams' Orch. Alb. I. t. 25. 



Cymhidmm ehurneum, formerly so rare, is now one of the most 



generally cultivated species in the genus. It was originally discovered 



by the excellent botanical explorer_, William Griffith^ about the year 



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Cymliidium eburneum. 



1837, at Myrung on the Khasia Hills, at 5 — 6,000 feet elevation, 

 but ten years elapsed before its beautiful fragrant flowers were seen 

 in British gardens, the first occasion of its flowering in this country 

 being in the spring of 1847 in the nursery of Messrs. Loddiges at 

 Hackney. For many years afterwards it continued to be very rare 

 in the orchid collections of Europe till easier access to its habitat 

 and quicker transport of plants to Europe caused importations to 



