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both ends at the sinus of the lip : flowers pure white, lip with two 

 bright orange yellow spots on each lateral lobe, and two others 

 smaller and of the same colour at the base of the middle lobe, 

 besides some lateral streaks of brown : the column is bordered with 

 brilliant orange. yellow. 



Khasia.- Silhet. 



(11) C. CEisTATA. fIdnelLj 



Idenl. Lindl. Coll. Bot. p. 33. — Gren. and sp. p. 39. 



Syn. Cymbidium speciosissimum, Bon. prod. Nep. p. 35, 



Engrm). Bot. Beg. 1841, t. 57. 



Spec. Chae. Pseudo-bulbs oblong, at length angled: rhizome 

 thick, scaly : leaves Hnear-lanceolate : raceme erect, 3 — .5 -flowered, 

 shorter than the leaves, sheathed at the base with homy scales : 

 bracts oblong, divaricate, persistent : petals oblong-lanceolate,' undu- 

 lated : lip 3-lobed, crest 3-fold, interrupted, lowest one abort, 5- 

 lamellate, middle one many-cleft, pectinate, uppermost one 2-lamel- 

 late, toothed, middle lobe round, small, flat, obtusely sub-tridentate: 

 flowers white, 



Silhet. 



(12) C. BAMAIA. f Griff. J 



Idmt. Griff. Itin. not. p.— Notul. p. 280.— Ic. t. 291, fig. 2.— 

 Lind. fol. orch. 1. c. p. 9. 



Spec. Chas. Pseudo-bulbs sub.-ampullaceous : leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, long-petioled, very coriaceous, waxy : scape straight, 

 stiff, imbricated' at the apex with coriaceous scales : ^ raceme sub- ' 

 flexuose, sessUe : bracts very large, hooded, soon deciduous : sepals 

 oblong-: petals lanceolate: lip 3-lobed, saccate at the base, ioner 

 margin and ribs ciliate-fimbriate ; flowers pure white with brown 

 hairy ftinges at their base. 



£hasia. 



(13) C. ELAiA. fldnil.J 



Ident. Lindl. gen. and sp. p. 40 ; fol. orch. 1. c. 



Engram. "Wall. pi. As. rar. III. t. 218.— Griff. Icon. t. 290. 



Spec. Chab. Pseudo-bulbs oblong, angled : leaves oblong, coria- 

 ceous, attenuated at the base, long-petioled: scape, stiff, straight, 

 shorter than the leaves, sheathed at the apex with distichous 

 coriaceous scales : raceme straightish, sessile : bracts soon deciduous : 

 petals linear-lanceolate : lip flat, 2-crested in the middle, middle 

 lobe cordate-ovate, crenulate, lateral ones obsolete : flowers white, 

 stained with yellow neai the point of the lip, with an unpleasant 

 smell •: crests of the middle lobe rich orange yeUow. 



Silhet. 



