CCELOGYNE SWAN I AN A Roi/e. 



is elliptico-lanceolatis breviter acuminatis undulatis basi 



ped. longis rachi fusco-puberulo, bracteis concavis latis- 



. longis \y 2 lin. latis, labello trilobo io lin. longo lobis 



tricarinato apice quinque-carinato carinis crenulatis 



Pseudobulbis elongato-lanccolatis tetragonis diphyllis 2 — 3^ poll, longis y 2 poll, latis, f 

 attenuatis 4—8 poll, longis 1 3^—2 poll, latis, racemis pendulis elongatis gracilibus multifloris }(- 

 simc ovato-oblongis acutis 5 — 6 lin. longis, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis subacutis carinatis 14 

 latcralibus erectis obtusis margine columnar appressis intermedio reflexo triangulo-ovato subacuto c 

 basi trilamellatis fimbriatis, columna clavata arcuata alata 9 lin. longa. 



Ccelogyne Swaniana, Rolfe in Kew Bulletin, 1894, p. 183 ; Orchid Review, II., p. 198. 



This is a very graceful and pretty Ccelogyne, which was introduced from the Philippine Islands by Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, who received 

 an Award of Merit for it in April last from the Royal Horticultural Society. It is allied to C. Dayana, Rchb. f., and C. Massangeana, Rchb. f., and bears 

 pendulous racemes of flowers whose sepals and petals are white, and the lip brown veined with yellowish white. The racemes are much shorter than in C. 

 Dayana, and the side lobes of the lip not reflexed at their apex, the front lobe smaller, the keels less strongly crested, but produced at the base into three 

 erect, fimbriate plates, which are not present in C. Dayana. It is an interesting addition to the group. R. A. Rolfe. 



fronte et a latere \ 



This is the fourth of a small section of intimately connected Ccelogynes, and perhaps the most valuable on account of its 

 neat habit, smaller and more compact growth, and proportionately larger flowers. The first of the four to become known, 

 to botanists at least, was Ccelogyne tomentosa— a species easy to distinguish from the others by its tomentose rachis and 

 ovary, and by its cream-white flowers changing to a pretty shade of salmon colour on arriving at maturity. Next 

 appeared C. Massangeana, afterwards came the elegant C. Dayana, and now the present species which we have named in 

 honour of John M. Swan, Esq., A.R.A., our British Michael Angela 



In their cultural requirements all these plants are similar. The manner in which they produce their slender, 

 drooping racemes naturally indicates that they should be grown in baskets or suspended pans in order to ensure the 

 inflorescence attaining its full length, and displaying itself to advantage. When growing it is scarcely possible to give 

 the plants too much moist heat or too much water at the roots ; but, notwithstanding that, they all thrive in the shadiest 

 part of an intermediate house in which Cattleyas, &c, are grown, if they are well looked after and liberally supplied with 

 water. 



These " Necklace Orchids," as the plants of this section of Ccelogyne are called, have many things to recommend 

 them for general cultivation. They are very easy to grow. Nothing but being starved for want of water ; burnt up by 

 sun-heat, or being placed in a very cold house, will prevent their producing in profusion their graceful racemes, which 

 are often sent forth by the same plant twice in the year, and which, by the quaint manner in which they are produced, 

 never fail to attract attention. They are also not liable to the attacks of insects as are some species, which is a matter 

 which relieves the grower of much anxiety on their account. 



It is a discovery of our oldest and most indefatigable collector, Mr. W. Micholitz. 



Our plate was taken from a plant in the Glasnevin collection, Dublin. Mr. F. W. Moore Curator. 



