Plate 187. 



CYMBIDIUM HOOKERIANUM. 



Dr, Koohers CymUdium. 



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Gen. Char. {Vide sujpra^ Plate 177.) 



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Ctmbidium Hooherianiim ; foliis lineari-lignlatis acutis bipedalibus^ vaginis cncrgice striatif?, 

 pedunculo porrecto racemoso grandifloro^ floribus illos Cjinbidii eburnci aequantibus, sepalis 

 petalisque stellatis oblongis obtuse acutis^ petalis paulo angustioribuSj labello trifidn, LtcinliH 



LS^ sen asqualibus^ antice angulatls^ laciniu anticiL bubcordatft 



subs em 



line 



ceterum bine illinc subvelutino. — Sepala et petala viridia. Labclluni et coluinna albo-flnvida, 

 gnttis atropurpureis. Bch.JiL in ^ Gardeners' Chronicle/ Jan. 6^ 1806. 



Cymbidium Hookerianum. Gard. Chron. I. c. 



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I have copied from the ' Gardeners' Chronicle ' for January 6, 186G, Professor 

 Reichenbach's account of this very remarkahle plant, which was by him gracefully de- 

 dicated to Dr. Hooker, « with his best wishes and as a gratulation for the first New 

 Year's Day of his Kew directorship." Mr. Fitch's drawing was taken from a plant tliat 

 flowered in the establishment of Messrs. Veitch, to whom it was sent many years ago 

 by Mr. Lobb. According to Dr. Hooker, it grows wild in the Sikkim Himalaya, hav- 

 ing been* gathered there by himself in a district where he happened to meet with T>obb, 

 who no doubt obtained his specimens from the same quarter. These flowered at 

 Exeter not long after their arrival, but-owmg probably to their having been kept too 

 warm-many years elapsed before they flowered a second time. This, however, ey 

 have at length done, thanks no doubt to their having been placed by Mr. Dommy nnuer 

 cooler treatment. The species is epiphytical and should be grown m a large pot, 

 which, if properly managed, it presents a verj^ striking appearance. ^ ^ 



Dr. Hooker, who, it has been already mentioned, saw the plant m its natne a 

 tat, is of opinion that it should be regarded rather as a very fine and I^^g^JJ^^J^Ij^ ^^ 

 ^' giganteum than as a distinct species. Some such notion had also sugges ^^^ ^^^^^ 

 ^y own mind, but the question had perhaps better be left ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 have had the opportunity of examining additional specimens.^ Under a ) ^^^^ 



whether it be merely a striking variety or a truly distinct species 

 he worthily associated with Dr. Hooker's name. 



