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the hottest corner of the East Indian House. A 

 friend, when sending some plants home a short time 

 hack, writes : "In the cold season they sometimes 

 have snow on them for a short time, but afterwards 

 they break up like Willows, and, when in flower, 

 they look like great beds of white Tulips." Taking 

 this as a guide, I have been able to redeem this 

 species from the bad character it had got as a poor 

 flowerer, and recommend Cymbidiums to be kept in 

 the Brazilian House ; when at rest, even in a still 

 lower temperature. 



C, Baijanum. — Leaves long and narrow, somewhat 



margins, ivory-white, the base ornamented with a 

 broad band of yellow. It blooms during the winter 

 and spring months. There is another form of this 

 plant with rose-coloured dots on the lip. Upper 

 Assam. 



C. giganteum. — This is a bold strong-growing 

 plant. Leaves ligulate-acute ; scape erect, manj^- 

 flowered; flowers large; sepals and petals brown; 

 lip same colour, stained and blotched with purple and 

 yellow. Winter and early spring. Northern India. 



C. Hooker ianum.— In habit resembling the pre- 

 ceding species, but the dark green leaves are striated 



Cymbidium eburneum. 



resembling C. ebwneum; raceme pendulous, many- 

 flowered ; the ground-colour of the flowers is* yellow- 

 ish-white ; sepals and petals streaked with purplish- 

 crimson; the lip is margined with the same rich 

 colour, and ornamented on the disc with numerous 

 reddish-crimson lines and streaks. Spring and early 

 summer. Assam. 



C. eburneum. — The leaves of this fine species are 

 narrow, arranged in a two-ranked manner, and 

 bright shining green, acutely two-lobed at the apex ; 

 scape usually one-flowered, but frequently two are 

 produced; sepals and petals spreading, oblong- 

 lanceolate, nearly equal, thick and fleshy in texture, 

 and ivory-white ; lip three-lobed, side lobes rolled 

 ever the column ; middle lobe triangular, with wavy 



with yellow. Flowers upwards of four inches in 

 diameter ; sepals and petals apple-green, about equal, 

 oblong-acute ; lip three-lobed, white, and lemon- 

 colour, profusely blotched, spotted, and dotted with 

 purple. Spring and early summer. Sikkim, Hima- 

 laya. 



C. Huttonii. — This is a very distinct and most 

 beautiful species. Pseudo-bulbs three to five inches 

 long, bearing a pair of leaves longer than the pseudo- 

 bulbs, and upwards of two inches in breadth ; these 

 are somewhat oblong, coriaceous, and deep green; 

 raceme pendulous, five to ten-flowered ; sepals larger 

 than the petals, recurved, and ovate ; the former pale 

 brown, streaked and blotched transversely with deep 

 brown ; the latter rich chocolate inside ; lip threes 



