Plocoglottis.] CXXXVI. ORCHIDEjE. 145 
(Curtis); Sungei Buluh. Dindings, Ulu Bruas (Curtis). Perak, 
Ulu Bubong (Kunstler); Asam Kumbong (Wray). Native name: 
Gulumbak. 
46 . CYMBIDIUM, Sw. 
Epiphytes rarely terrestrial; stems short leafy sometimes pseudo- 
bulbous. Leaves usually long narrow and coriaceous, sometimes 
ovate and thin. Scape pendulous or erect racemose. Flowers 
medium to large. Sepals and petals sub-equal. Lip sessile at 
column, base concave, lobes erect. Column long, footless. Pol- 
linia 2, sub-triangular on a broad reniforai disc. Species 30, Asia, 
Africa, Australia. 
Stems short flattened; leaves long linear. 
Leaves stiff coriaceous; scape pendulous. 
Leaves broad; scape long 
Leaves narrow; scape short 
Leaves very narrow; scape erect 
Leaves thin, scape erect. 
Lip midlobe ovate mucronate 
Lip midlobe oblong truncate . . 
Stem fleshy; leaves ovate-lanceolate petioled 
Pseudobulbs large; leaves 2 oblong; flowers large 
(1) C. Finlaysonianum 
(2) C. pubescens 
(3) C. rectum 
(4) C. Dayanum 
(5) C. Munronianum 
(6) C. lancifolium 
(7) C. stapeliseflorum 
(1) C. Finlaysonianum Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. PL 164; 
Ridl. Mat. i. 139. C. pendulum Bot. Reg. 1840, t. 25; Williams, 
Orch. Album, x. 437. 
Stems very short, flattened forming large masses several ieet 
through. Leaves lorate, stiff coriaceous, 10 3 ft. long, 1-5 in. 
wide, tip round bilobed. Raceme pendulous, 2 ft. long. Flowers 
about 20, distant. Bracts ovate, sub-acute, '12 in. long. Ovary 
and pedicel 1-25 in. long. Sepals oblong blunt, 1 in. long or more. 
Petals lanceolate blunt, olive yellow tinted red. Lip side-lobes 
long acute, dark pink, midlobe obovate retuse blunt white, a yellow 
line at base, 2 crimson spots and a patch at tip, keels 2, crimson 
purple. Column stout deep pink. Capsule 2 in. long, elliptic. 
Hab. Common in low country on trees and stumps. Singapore, 
Chan Chu Kang; Pulau Ubin. Johor, Tanjong Kupang; Batu 
Pahat. Pahang, Kwala Pahang. Malacca, Merlimau (Derry). 
Selangor, Kwala Selangor. Perak, Penang (Porter); Telok Bahang 
(Curtis). Dislrib. Borneo. Native names: Sakat Panggan Daun; 
Bunga Chandarek. . 0 
(2) C. pubescens Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1840; Mtsc. 75 > I °4 I > L 3b ,* 
Ridl. Mat. i. 140. 
Habit of C. Finlaysonianum, but leaves 18 m. long, ’36 m, wide, 
linear, stiff. Raceme pendulous, 1 ft. long. Flowers 1 in. across, 
about 16. Sepals and petals linear-lanceolate greenish with dark 
purple central bar. Lip base saccate, lobes acute; midlobe oblong 
entire, yellow marked purple, pubescent, 2 median ridges broken 
into 4. Capsule elliptic, 2 in. long. Hab. On trees near coast. 
F 1 .M.F., 4 L 
