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CYMBIDIUM 



meat of the growing season, and should be executed with 

 judgment, so that it will last three or four years, as the 

 roots dislike being disturbed. The potting soil should 

 consist of one-half chopped sod, the balance of equal 

 parts leaf-mold, peat and live chopped sphagnum moss, 

 well mixed together ; about one-third of the pot room 

 should be devoted to drainage— potsherds or charcoal, 

 covering the same with a little rough material to keep it 

 open. When the large, fleshy roots are carefully dis- 

 tributed the material should be worked in iirmly about 

 them, leaving the base of the plant on a level with the 

 rim of the pot when finished. Water sparingly until 

 the new growths appear, when a more liberal supply will 

 be necessary, but never enough to keep the soil con- 

 stantly wet, or the new roots are liable to decay and the 

 foliage to become spotted. Stock is increased by remov- 

 ing the old pseudobulbs, pottiug them up in small pots and 

 giving them a little more heat and moisture until they 

 start new growth action, when they may be removed to 

 their proper department. Robeet M. Gkey. 



A. Inflorescence erect. 

 eblimeum, Lindl. Stems tufted : Ivs, dis- 

 tichous at base, 1 or 2 ft. long, linear or lo- 

 rate, bifid at apices : peduncles not as long as 

 the Ivs., few-fid. : fls. about 3 in. across, ivory 

 white, sometimes tinged with rose ; sepals 

 and petals oblong - lanceolate ; labellum 3- 



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 Cymbidium gieanteum. 



lobed, with a golden yellow ridge 

 running down the center. Khaaia 

 HUls, at an elevation of from 5,000 

 to 6,000 ft. B.K. 33:67. B.M. 5136. 

 Gn. 46, p. 398. 



Inflorescence arching, 

 not pendent. 

 B. Sepals and petals veined with 

 red, brown or purple. 



LowlAnum, Reichb. f. Pseudobulbs oblong : Ivs. 2-3 

 ft. long, linear-acute, recurved : racemes many-fld.: se- 

 pals and petals oblong-lanceolate (lateral ones sub-fal- 

 cate), greenish yellow marked with brown; lateral lobes 

 of labellum yellowish ; midlobe reflexed, margined with 

 yellow, the front blotched with brown-crimson ; fis. 

 about 20 in number, several inches across. Burma. 

 Gn. 48, p. 263. Gng. 5:73.-Var. Mandaiinum, Hort. 

 ( O. Mandai&num, Hort.), has yellow fls. A beautiful 

 hybrid of O. ehurneum and C. Lowianum is shown in 

 Gn. 48:1034. 



gigantfium, Wall. Fig. 638. Pis. dull purple (brown- 

 ish, or yellowish green striped with purple ) ; sepals and 

 petals'oblong, the petals narrow and shorter ; midlobe of 

 labellum reflexed, yellow, spotted with red ; lateral lobes 

 yellowish green. Nepal. B.M. 4844. P.M. 12:241. 



longifdllum, Don. Lvs. linear-acuminate ; peduncle 

 stout, sub-erect, then drooping: fls. about 12; sepals 

 sub-equal, oblong, the upper one broadest and incurved ; 

 both sepals and petals green striped with brownish pur- 



CYNODON 



pie ; disk and midlobe of labellum white, spotted with 

 purple ; lateral lobes with purple lines. Ind. 



ensifdlium, Swartz. Lvs. ensiform, acute : peduncle 

 many-fld. : fls. greenish yellow, veined with purple ; 

 sepals and petals linear-oblong, acute ; labellum spotted. 

 Ind., Jap. B.M. 1751. 



Hiittonli, Hook. f. Plant about 2 ft. high: fls. 10, in 

 drooping racemes ; sepals yellow, striated with brown ; 

 petals brown ; labellum greenish, dotted with brown. 

 Java. B.M. 5676. 



BB. Sepals and petals not veined with purple or brown. 



tigrinum, Parish. Lvs. oblong-lanceolate: peduncles 

 slender, 3-6-fld. : sepals and petals linear-oblong, acute, 

 green spotted at base ; petals often paler and with more 

 spots than the sepals ; labellum with yellow, red-brown 

 striped lateral lobes ; midlobe white, transversely 

 streaked with purple. Burma. B.M. 5457. 



Hookerianum, Reichb. f. Lvs. about 2 ft. long, acute: 

 peduncle arching above, erect at base : fls. from 6-12, 

 large ; sepals and petals oblong, greenish ; labellum yel- 

 low, spotted with purple. Sikkim. B.M. 5574. 



BBB. Sepals and petals whitish. 



MAstersii, GriS. [Cyperdrchis Mdstersii, Benth.). 

 Lvs. linear, acuminate: peduncle stout, longer than the 

 raceme: sepals and petals sub-equal, oblong-lanceolate, 

 white, flushed with rose at the apices ; labellum mi- 

 nutely pubescent ; lamellse orange-yellow. Sikkim. 

 B.R. 31:50. Var. flhum, Hort., has white fis. C. dlba- 

 fldra, of Amer. trade, is equivalent to C. Mastersii, var. 

 album, 



AAA . Inflorescence pendent. 



pendulum, Swartz. The leathery Ivs. distichous, 2-3 

 ft. long, broadly linear : fis. yellowish; side lobes and 

 midlobe of labellum rose-color; the disk more or less 

 white with yellow crests; sepals and petals narrowly 

 oblong, with a purple median line. E. Ind. 



Finlaysoniinum, Lindl. (0,p6ndulum,JAn&\.). Lvs. 

 ensiform: raceme many-fld: sepals and petals linear- 

 oblong, obtuse, dull yellow sometimes, with a reddish 

 median line ; lateral lobes of labelliim crimson ; mid- 

 lobe white, -tipped with crimson. Malaysia. —Var. atro- 

 purpdreum, Hort. Lvs. narrower, racemes longer, with 

 larger fls. : sepals and petals purplish, front lobe of la- 

 bellum white, spotted with purple. Borneo. 



C. aloifbliuTn, Swz., with pale purple fls., and C. virescens, 

 Lindl. (C.vlrens, Eeichb. f.), with greenish sepals and petals 

 and yellow, red-blotched lip, are offered by importers of Japa- 

 nese plants.— C. Lindleyi is a name which has appeared in the 

 Amer. trade, but which is not identified.- For O. Sandersoni, 

 see AnseUla. Oakes Ames. 



CYNANCHUM (Greek, dog poison). Asclepiaddeece. 

 About 20 species in S. Eu., Africa, Asia and Australia, 

 herbaceous or sometimes half woody at the base, twin- 

 ing. Lvs. opposite, entire. Plant very like Vincetoxi- 

 cum, but the fls. differ in having a scale or ligule on the 

 inside of each of the 5 parts of the crown. 



acuminatifdlium, Hemsl. {Vincetdxicum ncumincttum, 

 Decne. V.Japdnicum, Sort.). Mosquito Plant. Cbuel 

 Plant. Perennial: erect or nearly so, or the tips show- 

 ing a somewhat twining habit: the stems grayish and 

 more or less angular: lvs. opposite, broadly ovate and 

 acuminate, short-petioled, strongly pinnate-veined, en- 

 tire, usually conspicuously gray-pubescent beneath : 

 fl. -clusters lateral (1-2 between the lvs.), shorter than 

 the lvs. : fls. white, small, in umbel-like cymes : fr. amilk- 

 weed-like follicle. Japan. — In the flowers, mosquitoes 

 and other insects are caught, much as they ai*e in other 

 asolepiadaceous plants. The native Amsonia Tabernce- 

 montana is sometimes sold as this plant, and it has 

 been figured as such. £,_ g;_ g, 



CYNAEA (involucre spines likened to a dog's tooth). 

 Gompdsitfe. A half-dozen S. European species, of which 

 the Artichoke and Oardoon (which see) are cultivated. 



CfNODON. See Capriola. 



