Plate 160. 



CCELOGYNE PANDUEATA 



Mddle-lipped Codogyne. 



Gen. Char. {Vide siipray Plate 104.) 



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3GYNE (§ Flaccidse)* j9anAiraia; foliis maximis multinerviis, racemo longo multifloi'O subpcu- 

 dulo, bracteis oblongis cucuUatis distantibus persistentibus, petalis sepalisquo linoari-oblonpn?, 

 labello basi concavo cordato-oblongo retuso cis apicem crispo setaceo-acnminato (Interibus 

 deflexis) pandurato, lobis basilaribus nanis acuminatis, disco lasvi tricariiiato utn'nqnp cri,>(ri 

 alta duplici verruculos^ aucto citra cristam copiose verrucoso. 



gyne, _p . 3 . 



Lindley 



This 



y fine Orchideous 



colourin*?, so very unliku the 



best-known species of Ccelogyne (C. ParishU alone excepted) that at first 



be easily 



nized as belonging to the genus : yet it possesses all the ch 



Indeed, it is rare for flowers of any genus to be so truly black and gi 



P 



Nursery 



It 



native of Borneo, imported by Mr. Low of the Clapt 



by Dr. Lindley 



•ks above quoted, fi 



plant in the possession of Messrs. Loddiges, Hackney Nurse 



spring 

 grown. 



summer 



season 



especially while pushing its shoot 



•y, December, 1853. 



of flowering, if pi 

 ;o give it a great amount of heat and 

 If the plant be vigorous and healthy 



rhe 



will each contain a spike of flowers, which soon 



show themselves if they be thcic 



at all: if 



and 



if 



owth 



be made late in the year— disbudding is 



desirable, for it enables the plant to concentrate its efi-orts on new shoots 



made under more favourable circumstances in the spnng 



The flowers last for 



about a week 



Pseuclohulhs oblong 



r 



large, slightly compressc 



Leavca 



^ f 



broad-lanceolate. Ion ''itudin ally striated and plaited 



the leaves (eighteen or twenty 



apar 



pen 



iches), many-floweret? 

 furnished with browi 



Baceuie about as lone: as 

 Flowers about two inches 

 (green when younir), cucul- 



This section {maccuJ<.) is known by its long and usually pendulous racc.ues 



