12 cxLViii. ORCHiDE^. (J. D. Hookei.) {_Cijmhidium. 



Soc. iii. 28 ; scape snberect 2-3-fld. slieathed to the top, flowers 4-5 in. 

 diam. white, hypochile of lip with a very thick 3-5-grooved pubescent 

 golden ridge. Bot Mag. t. 5126 ; JPaxt. Mag. Sot. xv. t. 145 ; Warner 

 Sel. Orchid, t. 21 ; Jenniitcfs Orchid. 1. 16 ; Qartenfl. 1880, 1. 155 ; Orchidoph. 

 1882, 297; Wien. III. Gartenz. 1887, t. 7, 8; Gard. CTrore. 1882, i. 496, 

 f. 78; 1884, ii. 77, f. 17. 0. syringodorum, Grif. Notul. iii. 338. 



Easteen Himalaya; Nepal {Ic. in Serb. Keto). Sikkim, alt. 1000 ft., Clarie. 

 Khasia Mts., alt. 5000 ft., Griffith, &c. 



Leaves 12-24 by f-f in., acute or acutely 2-fid. Scape 8-12 in. ; sheaths equitant, 

 erect, lanceolate, finely acuminate ; bracts acuminate ; pedicel with ovary lJ-2 in. ; 

 flowers very odorous ; sepals very variable in breadth ; petals subfaloate ; side lobes 

 of lip narrow, obtuse, midlobe small, short, undnlately crenate, dark yellow. 



Var. Farishii; leaves broader, lip blotched with dark purple or crimson. C. 

 Parishii, Beichb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 14i ; Xen. Orchid, iii. 55, t. 224 {very 

 "bad); in Gard. Ghron. 1874, i. 338, 566; 1878, ii. 74; Warner Orchid. Alb. t.25.— 

 Tenasserim, on Nat-toung, alt. 5000 ft., Parish. — Reichenbach distinguishes this by 

 the callus of the lip having no velvety line, by the spots on the lip, and by acute 

 setiferous angles of the pollinia. The sepals and petals are very much narrower than 

 in Warner's figure. 



Yar. WilUamsiana, Reichb. f. in. Gard. Chron. 1881, i. 530, has the midlobe and 

 sides of the lip light purple and column light rose-cold. 



Var. Dayana ; leaves 4ft. by J in. corky beneath, flowers yellow white with purple 

 streaks. C. Dayanum, ReicJib. f. in Gard. Chron. 1869, 710. — Assam {Sort. Lay). 

 — I have not seen this. 



11. C. grandiflorum, Griff. Notul. iii. 342; Ic. Plant. Asiat. i. 321 ; 

 leaves 8-24 by |-1 in., scape very robust decurved, sheaths lax, raceme 

 6-12-fld., flowers 3-4 in. diam., sepals and petals oblong-lanceolate acute 

 green, lip yellowish pubescent and ciliate, midlobe large suborbicular 

 waved and crenate blotched or speckled with red. 0. Hookerianum, 

 Reichh. f. in Gard. Chron. 1866, 7; Batem. in Bot. Mag. t. 5574. 0. 

 giganteum, in part, Lindl. in Jburn. Linn. Soc. iii. 29. — Oymbidium sp.. 

 Griff. Bin. Notes 145, No. 698. 



Easteen HimaIiATA; Bast Nepal, Sikkim and Bhotan, alt. 5-7500 ft., 

 Griffith, &c. 



Leaf-sheaths 2-8 in. , deeply ribbed and grooved. Scwpe 12-18 in. ; lower sheaths 

 short, obtuse, upper 4 in., acute; racemes 10-18 in., drooping ; bracts very small; 

 flowers fleshy, sweet-scented ; dorsal sepal incurved, lateral recurved ; lip with 2 

 hairy ridges on the disk between the side lobes. 



12. C. g'igranteum, Wall. Gat. 7355; leaves 1-2 ft. by |-1| in. 

 elongate lanceolate acuminate, scape very robust 6-12-fld., decurved or 

 suberect, flowers 2-2| in. diam., sepals and petals oblong-lanceolate acute 

 green streaked with red, lip yellow blotched with purple pubescent 

 and ciliate all over, midlobe large orbicular waved. lAndl. Gen. Sf Sp. 

 Orchid. 163 ; Sert. Orchid, t. 4 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4844 ; Paxt. Mag. Bot. 241, 

 and Fl. Gard. ii. 14, f. 143 (flower) ; Warner Orchid. Alb. vi. t, 284 ; Griff. 

 Notul. iii. 341 ; Walp. Ann. vi. 626. Iridiorchis gigantea, Blume Orchid. 

 Archip. Ind. 91, t. 26. Limodorum longifolium, Ic. Samilt. (fid. Lindl.). 



Tbopicai Himaiata ; from Kumaon, ascending to 4000 ft. eastwards to Bhotan 

 and the Khasia Mts., alt. to 4-5000 ft. 



Habit of 0. grand/ifiorum and leaves nearly as broad, but flowers smaller and 

 dlfierently coloured. — Blume founds the genus Iridiorchis on the protuberant base of 

 the column forming a small sac, a character not shown in his analysis, and which I do 

 not find in drawings on dried specimens. There are drawings of several varieties of 



