PL. CCCCXXII. 
CYMBIDIUM EBURNEUM uunpt. 
THE IVORY-WHITE CYMBIDIUM. 
CYMBIDIUM. Vide Lindenia, Engl. ed., vol. VI, fy HS} 
Cymbidium eburneum. Folia disticha, anguste elongato-linearia, rigida, apice bifida, lobis acutis. Scapus foliis 
brevior, 1-2 florus, squamis elongatis acuminatis imbricatis tectis, Bracteae ovato-lanceolatae, acutae, parvae. Flores 
speciosi. Sepala oblonga v. lanceolato-oblonga, apiculata, carinata. Petala lineari-oblonga, acuta. Labellum recurvum, 
trilobum ; lobo medio late ovato-rotundato subobtuso undulato ; lateralibus rotundatis basi attenuatis ; disco velutino; 
lamellae in unam mediam incrassatam carnosam pubescentem apice tumidam confluentes. 
Cymbidium eburneum LINDL. Bot. Reg., XXXIII, t. 67. — Id. in Fourn. Linn, Soc., Il, p. 28. — Paxt. Mag. 
Bot., XV, pp. 145, 146, cum ic et xyl. — Bot. Mag., t. 5126. — Warn. Sel. Orch., I, t. 27. — JENN. Orch., t. 16. 
— Gartenflora, XXIX, p. 155, cum xyl. — Gard. Chron., 1882, i, p- 496, 497, fig. 78. — Id., 1884, ii, Pp- 77, fig. 17. 
— Hook, F. Fl. Brit, Ind., V1, p. 11. — VeitcH Man. Orch., IX, pp. 14, 15, cum xyl. — Wien. Ill. Gart. Zeit., 
1887, pp. 7, 8, fig. 3-4. — Orchidophile, 1882, p. 296, 297, cum xyl. — Bull, Soc. Tosc. Ort., 1890, p. 264, t. 11. 
— Warn. & WILL. Orchid Album, X, t. 467. 
Cymbidium syringodorum GriFF. Notulae, Ill, p. 338. 
his beautiful and deservedly popular Orchid was originally figured and 
| described by Linprey in the Botanical Register, from a specimen which 
flowered with Messrs Loppiczs, of Hackney, in 1847, and which they 
had received from the East Indies, probably from the Calcutta Botanic Garden. 
Four years later, the Posthumous Papers of the late Wiu1am GrirrirH were 
published, where we find this species under the name of C. syringodorum, with 
the statement that it was discovered in November 1835, at Myrung, in the 
Khasia Hills, where it grows at an altitude of about 5000-6000 feet above 
sea-level. 
For many years it remained rare in cultivation, but at length extensive 
importations were made and now the species is common and deservedly popular, 
as its beautiful and fragrant flowers are produced early in the year, and last a 
long time in perfection. 
It is a plant of the easiest possible culture, and succeeds well in a cool 
shaded part of the intermediate house, in a compost composed of fibrous loam 
and peat, with a little coarse sand it keep it open. The pots should be rather 
large, as its large fleshy roots require some space to work in. They should be 
well drained, and the plants should be placed below the rim, so that the water 
will not run off the surface. As regards watering, they may be treated like an 
ordinary stove plant. 
Cymbidium eburneum has been utilised by the hybridist on several occasions, 
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