Plate 104. 



CCELOGYNE FUSCESCENS, var. BKUNNEA 



Reddish-hrowfi Ccdogyne. 



Gen. Char. Sepala conniventia v. patentia, libera (nunc invicem agglutinata)^ eequalia, peta- 

 loidea^ stepius basi obtusa. Petala conformia^ aut multo angustiora. Labelhtm cucullatnm trilo- 

 bum V. indivisum, petaloideum, basi saepe saccatum^ venis 2-3 pluribusve parallels cristatis, nunc 

 cum basi columnse connatum. Oohtmna erecta^ libera, alata, apice membranaceo-marginata. 

 Stigma prominens, alte excavatum,, bilabiatum. PolUnia 4, libera, incumbentia, materie glandu- 

 losa coliaerentia. Anthera infra apicem columnse inserta, mobilis, vix decidua. Herbal ept;phytce 

 vel terrestres Asiee troipicsd, j)se^^dohidhosce. Folia 1-2, nervosa. Eacemi, aut flores solUariL ter- 



minaleSj, sa^jpe e sqiiainis corneis erumpentes. 

 virescenteSy s^pissime speeiosi, Lindl, 



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(^(FA.Of^Y^'^ fuscescenSy var. hrunnea ; pseudobulbis elongatis teretibus, foliis latis oblongis plicatis 



utrinque acutis, racemo nutante paucifloro, bracteis deciduis, sepalis lanccolatis acuminatis, 

 petalis angustioribus conformibus, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus porrectis subacutis, lobo 

 medio subquadrato piano lineis 3 elevatis juxta basin. Lindl. qiiihnsda^n mutatis. 



C(ELOGY]SiE fuscescens, var. brunnea. Lindl. Fol. Orch.^ et in Gard. Chron. 1848,2^. 71. cu7n icove. 



Bot. Mag. t. 5494. 



This beautiful Cwlogyne was first seen in our gardens about the year 1848, when a 

 notice of its flowering appeared in the ' Gardeners' Chronicle/ but it would seem to 

 have been almost immediately lost, — at all events I am not aware that it has ever blos- 

 somed a second time. This circumstance is the more remarkable since the plant, which 

 Messrs. Hugh Low and Co. have lately re-introduced, is now found to grow freely and 

 flower profusely under. the most ordinary treatment- It is a native of Moulmein, from 

 whence it was sent by Mr. Parish to Messrs. Low. It has blossomed in several places, 



but the finest specimens 



produced in Mr. Day's collection, and from th 



the 



accompanying figure was prepared. The species flowers in the winter months, and con- 



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tinues in beauty for several weeks. It is among the best of the Coclogynes. 



Descr. Pseitdohidhs round and rather narrow, from three to four inches long, and. 

 nearly the same distance apart, bearing two broad plicated leaves^ tapering at either 

 end. Baceme nodding, appearing before the leaves, and usually bearing from three to 

 e\Q\\t flowers.^ all expanded at the same time, and continuing long in perfection. Bracts 

 sheathing, speedily falling ofl". Sepals (of which the dorsal is the broadest) lanceolate- 

 acuminate, much wider than the slender Wwqqx pet als ; both are upwards of an inch 



