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CYMBIDIUM. 



A few years prior to 1797 a plant was sent from India to Mr. Vere^ 

 of Kensington, who did not succeed in floweriiif^ it up to that date, 

 but in that year it flowered in the nursery of Messrs. Grimwood 

 and Wykes at Kensington, on which occasion it was figured in the 

 Botanical Magazine. 



C tigrinum. 



Pseudo-bulbs ovoid, 1 — \^ inch long, each bearing 3—5 oblong- 

 lanceolate, recurved leaves 3 — 6 inches long. Scapes slender, sub- 

 erect, longer than the longest leaves, 3 —5 flowered ; bracts small, 

 ovate-lanceolate. Sepals and petals similar and sub-equal, linear-oblong> 

 acute, 2 inches long, olive-green, paler at the margin and spotted with 

 red at the base ; the petals sometimes paler and Avith more spots than 

 the sepals ; lip oblong, three-lobed, the side lobes rotund, erect, yellow 

 striped obhquely with broad red-brown bands ; the intermediate lobe 

 sub-quadrate, apiculate, reflexed, white with sh(irt brown-purple trans- 

 verse streaks ; between the side lobes are two raised white lines. 

 Column clavate, arched, pale olive-green above, spotted with red below 

 the stigma. 



Cymbidium tigrimim, Parish, MS. in Bot. Mag. t. 5457. Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. VI. p. 9. 



Discovered in 1863 by the Rev. C. S. Parish upon rocks on the 



mountains of Tenasserim at 6,000 feet elevation, and sent by him 



to Messrs. Low, of Clapton. It is one of the most distinct of 



Cymbidiums, but not often seen in cultivation. We are indebted 



to Mr. F. Wigan, of Clare Lawn, East Sheen, for materials for 



description. 



0. Traceyanum. 



Stems and leaves as in Cymlndium giganteum. Eacemes 3 — 4 feet 

 long, bearing 16 — 20 flowers. Flowers 4 — 5 inches across; the sepals 

 and petals greenish yellow with longitiidinal lines of red-crimson dots 

 and streaks, the sepals oblong, acute, the petals similar but mucb 

 narrower ; lip three-lobed, the side lobes roundish oblong, hght yellow, 

 obliquely streaked Avith red-crimson; the intermediate lobe broadly oblong, 

 reflexed, crisped and fringed at the margin, cream-Avhite spotted with 

 red-crimson. Column greenish spotted with red. 



Cjiiripedium Traceyanum, Hort. Gard. Chron. VIII. s. 3 (.1890), p. 718. 



A very handsome Cymbidium, very near Cymbidium grandijiorum and 



intermediate between that species and G. giganteum. It was acquired 



at a sale of G. Lowianum by Mr. A. H. Tracey, of Twickenham, 



and was not distinguishable from it till it flowered. The plant, 



