36 CYETOrODIUM. 



than the other segments, three-lobed, the side h:)bes roundish oblong, 



pubescent on the inner side, the intermediate lobe ovate, reflexed at the 



tip. Column very short, clavate, 



Polystachya pubescens, Rchb. in "Walp. Ann. VI. p. 643 (1863). Bot. Mag. 

 t. 5586. Lindenia, IV. t. 170. H. Bolas in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXV. p. 186. 

 P. Lindleyana, Sand, in Harv. Thes. Cap. II. p. 50. t. 178. Epiphora pubescens, 

 Lindl. in Comp. Bot. Mag. No. 19, p. 201 ; and Bot. Reg. 1840, misc. No. 103. 



This is the prettiest of the Polystachyas known to us, and one 



that has recently become much distributed among the orchid collections 



of this country. It was originally discovered by Burchell^ in Kaffraria, 



and afterwards collected by Drege^ for Messrs. Loddiges^ in whose 



nursery it flowered in 184-0, It has since been gathered in several 



localities in south-east Africa from Uitenhage to Delagoa Bay. 



SUB-TRIBE CYRTOPODIE^. 



Terrestrial or epiphyte ivith leafy stems that are often pseudo-hulbous. 

 Leaves plicate or with prominent veins. 8cap)es produced from the base 

 of the stems or pseudo-hidhs, racemose or paniculate. Golumn more or 

 less produced into a foot. * 



CYRTOPODIUM. 



Pt. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, vol. V. p. 216 (1813). Bentli. et Hook. Gen. Plant. III. 

 p. 541. 



With Cyrtopodium Mr. Bentham joined the Cyrtopera of Lindley^ 



on the ground that the geographical distinction between them can no 



longer be maintained. Unfortunately this view cannot be accepted, 



as the true Cyrtopods are exclusively American, and the Asiatic 



species of Cyrtopera have a nearer affinity with Eulophia, The 



only species of Cyrtopodium known to us to be in cultivation 



are C. Andersonii and C. punctatum. They are well distinguished by 



their long fleshy stems and tall branching inflorescence with numerous 



showy flowers that are produced continuously for several weeks in 



succession, 



* This sub-tribe includes twenty-one genera " whose general character is to have the 

 prominent mentum of Maxillaiiie.e with the foliage and habit of Cymbidie.e, thus forming a 

 connecting link between those two sub-tribes, but with limits not always quite so definite 

 as could be wished, for there are here and there species ofi'ering exceptions to one or other 

 of the characters." — G. Bentham in Journ. Linn. Soc. XVIII. p. 319. 



