16 CYMBIDIUM. 



become more frequent. Its discovery in Sikkim by Mr. C. B. Clarke 

 and its presence in Moulmein indicate a more extensive range of 

 the species than was at first suspected. 



The origin of the variety Vayi is vaguely stated to be Assam, 

 whence it was obtained by the late Mr. John Day, through his 

 nephew. Captain Williamson, of the Indian army, who sent him many 

 orchids from that region. The variety Parishii is a remarkable one 

 both in a horticultural and geographical sense, affording another 

 instance of the presence of the same species in Assam and Moulmein. 

 According to Eeichenbach it was one of the earliest discoveries of 

 the Eev. C. S. Parish, who in 1867 sent two plants to Messrs. Low, 

 of Clapton, one of which was acquired by the late Mr. John Day, 

 in whose collection at Tottenham it did not flower till 1878. A plant 

 in Mr. W. Leach's collection at Fallowfieldj Manchester, had, however, 

 flowered a short time previously, and this was the first time of its 

 flowering in England ; it is still rare in British gardens. 



0. Finlaysonianum. 



Leaves 20 — 30 inches long, ensiform, obHquely obtuse, coriaceous. 

 Kacemes about 2 feet long, the racliis obscurely angulate, pale green, 

 pendulous, and many - floAvered ; basal sheaths short and inflated. 

 Flowers 2 inches in diameter; sepals and petals linear-oblong, obtuse 

 or sub-acute, dull tawny yellow, sometimes with a reddish median line ; 

 lip three-lobed, the side lobes oblong, erect, deep vinous red; the inter- 

 mediate lobe oblong, apiculate, much reflexed at the apex, white with 

 a yellow disk and vinous purple apical spot; the disk with two red 

 ridges that extend to the base of the lip. Column arched, reddish 

 purple above, spotted below the stigma. 



Cymbidium Finlaysonianum, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 164 (1832). Hook, 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. p. 11. C. pendulum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1846, t. 25. Id. 

 1844, t. 24 (brevilabre). Williams' Orch. Alb. X. t. 437. C. Wallicliii, Lindl. 

 Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 165. 



var. — atropurpureum. 



Leaves narrower and longer. Racemes longer with larger flowers ; 



sepals and petals maroon-purple with a rich velvety gloss, the front 



lobe of the lip white with a few piu-ple spots. 



C. Findlaysonianum atropurpureum, supra. C. pendulum atropurpureum, Lindl. 

 in Gard. Chron. 1854, p. 287. Bot. Mag. t. 5710. 



The plant we have described above is the Cymbidium pendulum. 



figured in the Botanical Register of 1840, and again in the came 



serial of 1844; the fii'st drawing was made from a specimen sent 



to Dean Herbert by Dr. Wallich, and the second from a plant 



