Plate 145. 



CCELOGYNE OCHRACEA. 



OcJire-spotted Codogyne. 



Gen. Char. [Vide supra ^ Plate 104.) 



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C(ELOGTNE oc/iracea; pseudobulbis apice tetragonis^ folfis anguste lanceolatis obscure 5-iiGrviiB in 

 petiolum angustatis racemo paucifloro apice nutante longioribus^ labolli 34obi intus pubcs- 

 centis lobis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio oyato acuminato obtuso sinu denticulato inte- 

 groye lamellis 2 rectiusculis integris cis medium apicem evanesccntibus liue^ brevi clovatA 

 apice dentifer^ prope basin interjecta. LindL 



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C(ELOGYNE ocliracea. Lmdl Bot. Rea. 1846. t. 69. 



This, if not a very showy, is at least a very elegant and fragrant species of 

 Ccelogtjne, common in the hilly and mountain regions of North-eastern India. It was 

 first introduced to our collections by Thomas Brocklehurst, Esq., of The Fence, near 

 Macclesfield. It usually flowers in May. While growing, it should be kept moist, but 

 it does not require a high degree of heat. 



Descr. Pseudohulhs clustered, small, oblong, slightly tapering, compressed below, 

 obtusely four-angled above, at the base sheathed by the lower portion of large mem- 

 branaceous scales. Leaves two or three terminating the fully formed pseudobnlbs, 



sub membr 



and subplicated, acute, tapering bol 



are 

 or 



^^"^^ petiole, at length deciduous. The young pseudohulhs, before the leaves 

 developed, produce at the apex the nearly erect peduncle, with its raceme of sevc: 

 eight fragrant, white blotched with j ellow, jfloioers. Bmdeas lanceolate, boat-shapcn. 

 membranaceous, deciduous. Sepals and petals subspathulato-ovatc, acute, sprrndmg, 

 pure white. Lip oblong, three-lobed ; lateral lobes rounded, cur^-ed in (forming a 

 concave base to the lower half of the labellum), somewhat gibbous or obtusely spurrr 

 below ; middle lobe ovato-acuminate, reflexed : the whole is white, 

 low, with two horse-shoe figures on the disk of the middle lobe of tlie Hp, bordcre«J 

 ^th deep orange. The disk at the base has an elevated line. Column dilafod up- 

 wards. Anther-case semiirlobose. Pollen-masses four, attached to a gland. 



blotched 



Fig. 1. Side view of a column and lip! 2. Front view of a lip. 9. Front vl-w nf » column. 

 • PoUcn-masses : — magnijicd. 



