Cynhbidium.'] oxlviii. orohidEjB. (J. D. Hooker.) 11 



acute bordered with white, lip yellowish streaked with red — all as described by 

 Rheede. — 3. Swartz's C. pendulum, which he says is too near 0. aloifolium ; 

 flowers small or large, sepals and petals pale dirty yellow or greenish with a more or 

 less broad dirty purple centre, lip streaked with red. To this belongs Wallich's 

 C. crassifolium with pale flowers. — Lindley distinguishes 0. pendulum from alvifoliiim 

 chiefly by the lamellae of the lip of the former being interrupted clavate and arched 

 behind, and of the latter continuous, approximate, confluent at their tips. Thwaites 

 gives aloifolium as a native of Ceylon (Jaffna, Gardner), but as he cites Wight's Ic, 

 no doubt bieolor is intended. Lindley's aloifolium of Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 27 

 includes this, hicolor and sikhimense. Eeichenbach's description of C. Maanii is 

 that of aloifolium, of which there are specimens in Mann's Herb, (kindly lent to 

 me) ; as to his habitat of " Obres," Mr. Mann informs me he knows of no such 

 place. 



7. C. bieolor, Lindl. Gen. &■ Sp. 164 ; characters of C. aloifolium, btit 

 epichile longer than the hypoohile ovate-oblong narrowed towards the tip. 

 0. aloifolium, Wight Ic. t. 1687-8; Dalz. Sf Gils. Bomb. Fl. 266; Thwaites 

 Snum. 308. ? C. erectum, Wight Ic. 1. 1753. Epidendrum aloiEolium, Sot. 

 Mag. t. 387. 



The Decoan Peninsula, from the Concan southwards, and Cetlon. 



For remarks on this see under 0. aloifolium,, from which Lindley distinguishes it 

 chiefly by the saccate base of the lip and sigmoidly curved clavate lamellae, which 

 are interrupted in the middle and callous at the base, and the smaller differently 

 coloured flowers, none of which characters appear to me to be satisfactory. He cites 

 the Javanese C. aloifolium, Blume Bijdr. t. 19,.forit. — Wight's figure of 0. erechmn 

 from the lyamallay Hills, which has an erect raceme, and flowers nearly 2 in. diam,, 

 is, I have little doubt, an exaggeration ; the sepals described as obtuse are figured 

 as acute. The only lyamallay Cymbidium in his herbarium is much smaller flowered, 

 and true bieolor. 



8. C. Finlaysonianum, Lindl. in Wall. Gat. 7358 ; Qen. Sf Sp. 

 Orchid. 164 ; habit, foliage, inflorescence and bracts of C aloifolium, but 

 flowers larger, 2^ in. diam., midlobe of lip oblong contracted at the base, 

 ridges on disk straight continuous or interrupted. 0. Wallichii, Lindl. 

 Gen. Sf Sp. 165. 0. aloifolium. Wall. Gat. 7352 A, B. 0. pendulum. Bat. 

 Reg. 1840, t. 25 {excl. syn^. 0. pendulum, var. brevilabris, Lindl. in Bot. 

 Beg. XXX. t. 24. C. tricolor, Miq. Choix, t. 19. 



Penang, Porter, Curtis. Singapore, Sort. Loddiges. 



Leaves 1-2 ft. by |— If in. Raceme 2-3 ft., slender ; basal sheaths short, inflated ; 

 flowers 1-2 in. apart ; sepals and petals suhequal, linear-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, 

 dull yellow; lip not saccate, side lobes acute, streaked with red, midlobe white, red- 

 purple towards the tip. 



9. C. pubescens, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1840, Misc. 75 ; 1841, t. 38 ; 

 leaves 1-2 ft. by \ in. obtuse, scape short naked decurved, raceme short 

 pendulous 6-10-fld., flowers 1-1^ in. broad, sepals and petals linear obtuse, 

 lip pubescent, hypochile saccate, disk with thick arched lamelte, side lobes 

 acute, midlobe as long as the hypochile ovate-oblong obtuse. 



Singapobe, Cwming (Mart. Loddiges). Distbib. Borneo {Ic. in, Serb. Kew). 



A much smaller plant with narrower leaves, shorter racemes, and fewer flowers 

 than any other of this section. Sepals and petals similar, dark purple with a yellow 

 or green margin ; lip yellow with a broad band of red-purple, or red-purple within 

 the margin of the midlobe. 



**** Leaves linear or elongate Unear-lanceolate acute or acuminate. 



t Bracts wry small. 



10. C. eburnenm, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1847, t. 67 ; in Journ. Linn. 



