146 CYMBTDIUM EBURNEUM. 
all others of a similar character, appears to flourish with the greatest vigour planted 
in pots, in a porous peaty earth full of fibrous matter ; or where peat of a sufficiently 
»open texture cannot be conveniently obtained, it must be rendered so by inter- 
mingling with it pieces of decayed wood, charcoal, potsherds, and hypnum moss ; 
for this is one of the most essential requisites in the soil, or other material employed 
for Cymbids. 
Kymbe, a boat, is the origin of the generic appellation, and applies to the form 
of the lip. 
The accompanying wood-cut represents the habit and general appearance of the 
plant when in flower. 
