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184 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKCISr-HI3IA.LArA.
>jasc into a slieath, boldly 1- or 2-nervcd; length 6 to 12 in,, breadth •25 to 'i in,
( o c c a s i o u a l l y broader). Scape 12 to 18 in. long, rising from the side of the pseudo-bulb,
t h e peduncle with two or three tubular sheaths ; raccmc 2 to 4 in. long, lax, few-flowered;
Jloral hract minute, shorter than the pedicel of the ovary. Fhwers --i in. long. Sepals
c l l i p t i c - l a n c c o l a t c , sub-acute, slightly spreading. I'elak narrower than the sepals, oblanceolate,
sub-acute. Lip obovate-oblong; the base narrowed to a very short claw, not
s a c c a t e ; side lobes long, narrowly oblong, liorizontal, entire, 8ub-ac\ite; the tcnninal lobe
doHexed from its base, broadly obovate, with a deep sinus iir the middle and two broad
l o b u l e s ; the disc witli a thick linear channelled fleshy callus. Golamn much ciii'ved, the
b;ise dilated and concave. Follma globular, united to a short tliick candicle. Plook. iil.
i \ Br. Ind. V, 709.
S i k k i m , in the Laclien Valley, altitude 10,000 foot; Pantling, No. 400. Western
H i m a l a y a , altitude 8,000 to 10,000 feet; Strachey and Winterbotham, (Orchid No. 56).
T h e colour of the flowers is jxile yellow, the Hp being spotted with red.
P l a t e 13S.—Oreo>clHs mieruntha, Liudl. A plant; of naiural slse. Fig. 1 flower,//•(>/;i nicic, 2 floral
bract, pcdicelled ovary, eoluma (witkout aBtker) cud lip, strfc ricjc, 3 lip, 4 column, 5 poDinia; oli
enlarged.
3 8 . Cymbidium, Swartz.
E p i p h y t a l , -n-ith a short stout pseudo-stem; rai-ely terrcstiial or with an elongated
l ^ a f - b e a r i n g stem. Leaves coriaceous, very long and narrow, rarely elliptic. Lnflorescence
f r o m the side of the pseudo-stem; its pedmicle usually with numerous sheaths; the
raccm many- or few-flowered, erect or drooping; the floral hract various. FLoiuers usually
l a r g e and handsome. ScpaU and petals sub-equal, free-spreading or erect. Lip adnate to
t h e base of the column and embracing it more or less b y its convolute side lobes; the
a p i c a l lobe decurved, often with undulate edges, the disc usually with two ridges or
lamellcC. Column long, without a foot. Anther 1- or imperfectly 2-cellcd. PolUnia 2,
ovoid, pyriform, cnneiform or globular, moi-e or less partite, sessile, on a small or large
o f t e n strap-s]\aped gland. Species about 60; tropical or sub-tropical, on mountains in
A s i a with a few from Africa and Australia.
I.—Eucymbidium. Sepols and petals ^reading; poUinia transversely ovoid or pyriform, (suL-gloliulajin
No. 3), tlieir points divei^nt; rostellum not beaked.
Terrestrial; infloresccnse erect, eapsuka fusHoim and also erect.
Leaves elliptic, bonie on a Btem 1. C. hncifolium.
Leaves linear, their bases forming a shoit pseudo-stem, lamellaa
flat.
Flowers green, the Hp with purple markings; pollinia
horizontal, ovoid or obovoid, with divergent points . 2. C. cyperifoHum.
Flowers pale yellow marked with broion verticol pnrijle
lines; pollinia globular S, C. Jliinrotnanum.
Epiphytal; inflorescence decurved.
Flowers not more than I'S in. across (usually loss) in any
direction.
Lifloreseeuoe less tban balf the length of the leaves.
Sepals and petals purple, broadly edged with wliite;
ridges of the lip two, glandular-pubesient . . C. Simonsiontini.
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CYMBIDIUM.
Sepals and petals dark purple edged with yellow,
ridges of the lip two, smooth, parallel, continuous
; leaves acute; entire at the apes . . . 5. C. ptadulum.
Inflorescence nearly as long as the leaves.
Sepals and petals ochraceous, each with a central
purple baud; ridges of the lip two, smooth, not
continuous (disjointed near the middle); leaves
sessile, broadly linear-oblong (1 in. or more
wide), blunt and notched at the apes. . . 6. C. aloifolmm.
Sepals and petals purplish-brown with green sti-ipes,
ridges of the lip short, broad, smooth, continuous;
leaves oblong-oblanceolate, petiolate . 7. C. Devonianum.
Flowers 2-5 to 4 in. in diam.
Sepals and petds pale green with numerous close purplishbrown
stripes; lip white, striped and spotted with
purple ^ongifolium.
Flowers yellow with numerous brown stripes, the apical
lobe of the lip with transverse blotches 9. C. giganteim.
Sepals and petals pale green, not striped or spotted; lip
yeUow, spotted with bi-o^vn . 10. 0. grandijlorum-
II._Cypeiiokchis. Sepals and petals sub-etiual, erect and connivent (spreading m Nos. 11, 15 and
16), long and naiTow; lip narrow with the apical lobe small and sub-orbicular, poUhiia cuneate or
obovoid, rostellum beaked.
PoUinia cxmeate, compressed.
Flowers ochraceous, striped and flushed with brown, the tips of
the side lobes of the lip speckled with pink and the apical
lobe yellow with purple spots; sepals and petals slightly
Sepals and petals pnle yellowish-green spotted with dull red; lip
pink spotted 0. While!B.
Pollinia obovoid or pyriform, not oompressod.
Flowers numerous, imbricato, pale yellow; lamellas of lip long
and C. ckgani.
Flowoi-s numerous, greenish-brown, the lip yellow speckled with
i-ed, with smooth lamellte llf C. eochUare.
Flowers few, white tipped with pink; the lip flushed with yellow,
its two lainellas oi-ange-coloured 15. C. Mastemii.
Flowers 1 or 2, piu'e white; the lip with three ridges of a
brllhant yellow colour 0. eburneum.
1. CVMBIDIUM LASCIFOLIUM, Hook. Exot. Flora, t. 51.
T e r r e s t r i a l ; stevis narrowly fusiform, 2 t o 6 in. long, clothed with many large scarious
s h e a t h s and fibres, the roots long, tliick and spongy. Leaves 3 or 4, oblong-oblanceolate,
a c u t e , narrowed into a very long petiole sheatliing at its base; length of blade 6 to
8 in., breadth 1 to 1-25 in., petiole 4 to 8 in. Haeeme shorter than the leaves; its
p e d u n c l e 2 or 3 in. long, with several shoit lax sheaths. Flowers 3 or 4, distant, 1-5 in.
ANN. Rov. BOT. G.\RD , C.^LcurrA, YOL. YIII.