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Coelogyne. 



cream-coloured, as also is the ground-colour of the lip, which is 

 marked with chocolate and yellow streaks and veins," radiating 

 from a rich orange-coloured central ridge or crest. The plant 

 requires plenty of root room. It blossoms during the sunmier 

 months, and is a native of Borneo, whence it was introduced in 

 1S45. Syn. C. Lowii. (P. :M. E., xvi., p. 225.) 



C. barbata {Griff'.). — A free-growing, robust species, with 

 roundish, egg-shaped pseudo-bulbs, and leaves in pairs, each 

 being about ift. long and 2in. broad. Flower-spikes erect, 

 bearing a cluster of short-stalked flowers, each about 2^in. 

 across ; sepals and petals white ; lip white, with a margin or 

 fringe of dark brown hairs, and three ridges in the centre 

 forming the crest. It requires cool-house treatment, and blossoms 

 in January. North India, 1S37. (W. O. A., t. 143.) 



C. corrugata {LindL). — A pretty autumn-flowering species, 

 with pseudo-bulbs much corrugated or wrinkled (whence the 

 speciiic name), or apple-green in colour. The leaves, which 

 are produced in pairs, are about 6in. long, and leathery in 

 texture. The racemes are erect, and shorter than the leaves ; 

 the sepals and petals are pure white; the lip is white, with a 

 yellow plate in front, and veined with orange. It is a native 

 of Khasia and the Neilgherry Hills, and thrives under cultiva- 

 tion in an intermediate house. It was introduced in 1863. 

 (Fig. 35; B. M., t. 5601.) 



C. corymbosa (Z//;^//.).— This is closely related to C. ocellata, 

 but larger m all its parts. The pseudo-bulbs are oblong, about 

 zin. long, bearing each a pair of broad lance-shaped leaves, 

 6in. to I ft. long. Flowers 3in. across, in pendent racemes of 

 about three flowers each ; colour pure white, with two large 

 orange -yellow spots on the front lobe of the lip, the throat 

 being yellow and brown. Grown in a basket, or on a rait, this 

 plant makes a handsome specimen, and when in flower it is a 

 most beautiful Orchid. Himalaya, 1S76. It requires the same 

 treatment as C. cristata. (B. M., t. 6955.) 



C. cristata (Z/W/.).— One of the most beautiful of all East 

 Indian Orchids, and one of the easiest to manage in a plant- 

 house ; it should, therefore, find a place in every collection. 

 It is a healthy-looking plant when in growth during summer 

 and during winter it produces an abundance of flowers, whictr 

 rival snow in their purity. They are graceful in form, arge 

 fragrant, and last a long time when cut, or on the plant it no 

 sprinkled. A plant with quahties like these is of exceptional 

 value. When growing, the temperature of the Cattleya-house 

 suits this species admirably ; but during winter it should be kept 



