Plate 107 



CCELOGYNE LAGENARIA. 



Flash-shaped Gmlogyne. 



Gen. Char. Sepala conniventia v. patentia, libera, sequalia, petaloidea. PeMa nunc sepalin 



confer miaj nunc linearia. 



elevatis 



cm 



nunc integerrlmum ecristatum (in § Panisea). Columna crecta, libera, margine alata^ apicc dlla- 

 tata, nunc cucullataj stigmate bilabiato. Anfhera bilocularia septo medio non partibili, infra 

 apicem columnae inserta. PolUnia 4, libera (gg), incuuibentia, nunc basi materio 

 haerentia. — Herbge ^supra arhorcs et saxa vigentes, foliorum hasibus in pseudobulbos diJafafh^j rliizo- 

 mate nunc crasso squamosa, nunc obsolete. Folia cor lacea, scepiits veni^ fJh^tlnctis a^jiualllus ninic 

 quihusdam crassioribus costata v. pKcaia. Eaccmi tcrminalcs v. radicahs e squamis 



(h 



UbiisJ 



save 



CcELOGYNE (Pleione) lagcnaria; pseudobulLis lagcuiDformibus ii(^bnl(jsis_, bractea cucullata noiit.i 



basi longe angustata scpalis petalisquc lincari-lanccolatis, labello rotnuJato intcgcrrimo cinar- 



ginato lineis 5-barbatis. Lindl. 



CcELOOYNE lagenaria. Lindl, in Paxt. Fl. GarJ. v. 2 /. 39./. 2. {siih ricione); FoL Orrhid. C'^'hrji/vc, 

 p. 15. n. 39. Reichonh. fil. in Walp. AnnaJ. Bot. v. 6. p. 23 (. Bnt. Mntj. f. 5370. 



"The genus Pleione of Don (corresponding with GompJiosff/liSy Wall.)," wrote Dr. 

 Lindley, " possesses something so peculiar in habit, that it would be desirable to find 

 some means of separating them from Coelogyne. Occasionally I have imagined tlmt 

 they might be defined by such characters as a saccate lip, an undivided lip furnished by 

 bearded and lamellate veins, or by the divisions of the flower tapering to the base in- 

 stead of being obtuse; but the last peculiarity, on wliich I had much relied, is so entirely 

 set aside by C. IlooJceriana, which has the form of C. cristata, that after all I find it 

 necessary to leave them as an alpine form of Coologyne, in the hope that future obseiTcrs 

 will discover some sound generic character. All the species are alpine. The secret of 

 their successful cultivation in England lies in keeping them cool and dry while ut rest, 

 and forcing them with heat, moisture, and light as long as they are inclined to grow." 

 So far Dr. Lindley ; subsequent experience has, however, proved that the Plciones may, 

 most of them, be cultivated all the year in a cool house. Such, at least, is Mr. H ticker's 

 plan, and no plants could be in better health than his. C. lagenaria, as it doc^s not grow 

 at quite so high an elevation as the others, may perhaps be found to prefer rather more 

 warmth. All the species — and many fine ones remain to be introduced— arc natives of 



