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ORCHIDS 



Cymbiclium. 



having purchased it in an imported state some two or three 

 years previously. No record could be traced in respect to 

 its habitat, and Baron Schrceder, who purchased the plant, 

 retained the only rejiresentative in cultivation for many years, 

 and it was naturally considered rare, and highly prized. 

 Recently plants have been imported with C. Lowiaiiiim for the 

 latter species; in fact, many of the importations contained more 

 of C. Tracyanum than of the species for which it was sold. 



Fig. 41. Fi.owKR df CYiiniDn-ji TR,\cvAxu^[ 



(much reduced). 



Consequently it has become freely distributed throughout Europe. 

 It has been thought by some to be a large-flowered variety of 

 C. grandtflorum, and by others to be a natural hybrid ; but 

 we consider it a totally distinct species. Flowers sin. to 6in. 

 across ; sepals and petals greenish-yellow, with longitudinal lines 

 of red-crimson dots and streaks, petals narrower than the 

 sepals; lip three-lobed, the side lobes roundish - oblong, light 



