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imbricate bracts 1 to 2'5 in. long. Flowers about 10 to 12, sparse, their 
bracteoles very short. Sepals sub-equal, linear, slightly wider near 
the apex, about l in. long. Petals rather shorter than the sepals, con- 
nivent round the column. Lip with long shallow erect blunt entire 
side-lobes parallel with, and as long as, the column; the apical lobe 
ovate, apiculate, deflexed ; lamellae of the lip 2, stout, parallel, clothed 
with glandular hairs, ending abruptly with the basal lobes but conti¬ 
nued partly into the apical lobe as thickened lines. Pollinia falcately 
ovoid, compressed; the gland large. 
Sikkim: in the valley of the Teesta: elevation about 1,000 feet. 
Assam : locality unknown ; flowers in August. 
The flowers of this species are sweet-scented: the sepals and 
petals are white with a crimson central line; the lip is also white, but 
has oblique crimson lines on the lateral lobes, with large blotches of the 
same colour on the apical lobe: the column is of a very dark crimson, 
and the anther of a pale yellow colour. Specimens of this plant were 
sent many years ago from Assam by the late Dr. J. 0. Simons, to whom 
the Calcutta Herbarium is indebted for numerous contributions of 
plants, and for a large number of drawings of orchids. The species is 
now dedicated to his memory. 
Cymbidium Gammieanum, n. spec. Leaves linear, slightly narrowed 
to the base, the apex acute, 2 to 3 feet long and about *75 in. broad. 
Raceme pendulous, about 12 in. long with a stalk about three-fourths 
as long, laxly or densely-flowered, the bracteoles minute, the stalk 
enveloped in large imbricate sheaths 3 to 4 in. long. Sepals linear- 
lanceolate or linear-oblanceolate, 7-nerved, 1*5 to 1*75 in. long and 
about *45 in. broad. Petals linear-oblong, sub-falcate, slightly shorter 
than the sepals, 7-nerved. Lip about as long as the sepals, oblong, the 
side lobes shallow, elongate, acute, the apical lobe sub-orbicular undu¬ 
late, puberulous, separated from the lateral lobes by a sinus; lamellae 
of the lip 2, pubescent, parallel, but meeting and ending abruptly with 
the side lobes opposite the ciliolate sinus. Column slender, slightly 
winged. Capsule 2 in. long. 
Sikkim: at elevations of from 5,000 to 7,000 feet: flowering in 
September and October. 
The colour of the flowers in this species is a dirty yellow: the lip 
is of a brighter yellow and has brown lines on its side lobes. Indivi¬ 
duals with flowers of a paler yellow are however very common, and 
these have usually densely-flowered racemes like C. elegans , Blume; 
while the plants with dirty yellow flowers have lax racemes suggestive 
of those of C. longifolium, Don. This species, although common in 
Sikkim; has hitherto remained un-named. We dedicate it to Mr. 
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