186 ORCHIDS OF THE SIEEIil-HIiliLAYA.
rarely 2 in. across, Jloral brad mwch shorter than the pcdicollctl ovary. Sepals sub-equal,
oblanceolate, acute. Petals shorter' than the sepals, but of similar shape. Lip as long as
tliu petals, 3-lobed; the lateral lobes broad, rounded, entire; tho npical lobe narrow,
sub-acuto, much i-ccui'ved; tho disc between tho lobes with two horizontal tliickened
lamella; and broader at the apex than at the base. Column long, erect, cui-ved. Anther
quadrate, granular csternally, 2-celled. PolUnia obliquely ovoid, pointed, diverging,
sessile on a broad gland. Capsule fusiform, beaked, shai-j^ly S-angled, 3 in. long. Lindl.
Gou. and Spec. Orch., 1G4; in Journ. Linn. Soc. Ill, 30; V-'all. Cat., No. 73ol; Lodd.
Bot. Cab., t. 927; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 9. C. Gilsoni, Paxt. Fi. Gard. Ill, 61S,
t. 301; Walp. Ann. VI, 623. C. Jaumicum, Blmne Bijdr. 380; Liudl. Gen. and Spec.
Orch., 170; Griff. Ic. Plant. Asiat., t. 300, fig. 1.
Sikkim, near Sm-eil, elevation 6,000 feet; in flower dming June; PantHng, No. 75.
Westward along the range to Nepal and eastward to llishmi. Khasia Hills, altitude
4.000 to 6,000 feet; Griffith, Simons. Naga Hilis; Prain. Perak; Kimstler, Scoi-tecluni.
Distrib. Java.
The sepals and petals of this are green, the latter having a red nicdiau stripe;
the lip is wliite with rod transverse bars.
Pi,ATE 247.—Ciim'ndiuin lamfoliiim, Hook. A pknt; of natuval iize. Fig. 1 eolunm witli anther
in situ aud lip, side view, 2 lip, flattened out, 3 cross sectiou of tliG lip where its laraellto meet,
4 colunui Tvitli autlier in situ, 5 profile view of tlie upper part of tlie column, tlie antlier-cap having
been removed, 6 tipper surface of anther, 7 lower siu-faoe of the somo, 8 poUiuia; all onkrgod, 9 capsule,
10 ti-ansverso section of the same; of naiurnl sise.
2. CVMDIDIUM Ci-PERIFOLIUM, Wall., Cat. 7353 {in 2>ari).
Terrestrial; psmdo-stcm tliin, short. Leaves linear, finely acuminate, slightly expanded
towards the sheathing base; length 9 to 30 iir., breadth -20 to -4 in., tho lower two or
three short and sheath-lilce. Inflorescence from the base of the pseudo stem, erect, about
a foot long; the pcduncle clothed to the base of the raceme with long acuminate
sheaths, llaccmc 3- to 7-flowored, Flowers about 1 in. long and about 1-5 in. across;
Jloral hract lanceolate, acuminate, longer than the stalked ovary. Sepals sub-equal,
narrowly oblong, acute, spreading. Petals slightly shorter than tlie sepals and somewhat
broader. Lip glabrous, as long as tho petals, oblong (when spread out), 3-lobed; tho
lateral lobes long, narrow, erect; apical lobe abruptly dcflesed, ovate or oblong-ovate,
sub-acute or blunt, entire, the disc between the side lobes with two smooth lamell<B.
Column rather stout. Anther broad, l^ollinia obliquely ovoid, divergent, cleft to nearly
the base, sessile on a very narrow elongate gland. CajisuU ellipsoid-clavate, 2-5 in. long.
Tindl. Gen. and Spec. Orch, 1G3; in Jouni. Linn. Soc. HI, 28; Hook. fil. Fl. Br.
Ind. VI, 13 {excl. syn. Limodm-um longifoUicm, Roxb.) C. viridifiorum, Griff. Itin. Notes,
126, No. 4-54.
Sikkim, at Choong thang, elevation 5,000 feet; in flower dming November; Pantling,
No. 306. Westward to Ghai-wal, at elevations of about 5,000 feet, and eastwards to
Bliutan. Khasia and Naga Hills, at elevations of 3,500 to 6,500 feet. Shan Hills, in
Bui'ma. Perak; Java.
The flowers of this are green, becoming yellowish with age; tho ovaiy and its stalk
are dull pm-ple, and the Up has streaks and blotches of the same colour. They are
CTMBIDIU.\r. IST'
fragrant. Tho rachis of the raceme is also purplish. Tlie Ceylon plant named
C. hmmatodes by Lindley is considered by Sir- Josepli Hooker to be only a form of
this. It has (according to liindley) white sepals and petals with rose-coloured veins, a
white lip with red spots and a yellow column. Wo have tentatively excluded from the
synonymy of tliis Liniodonm lowjifolmm, Roxb. (Fl. Ind. Ill, 468), becauso the author's
own dra%ving of that plant in tho Calcutta Herbarium represents the colom- of the flowers
as of a deep rose colour, and tho lip as deflexed and flattened. It is Just possible,
however, that Iloxbui-gh's figure may have been colom-ed reddish instead of yellowish,
by some blunder of the draftsman, and that the lip also may have been wrongly
represented. In all other respects (including the terrestrial habit) Roxburgh's drawing
of Limodonm hncjifoliam would pass for one of Ci/mhplium cypcrifulium. And we know
of no other orcliid to wliich tins plant of Roxbui'gh's can bo referred without even
greater difficulty. Part of Wallich's No. 7353, although named C. cypcri/olium by liimself,
is really C. lonyifoliim, Don.
Pi,AT73 248.—CymUdiuin cyperifoluim, Wall. An entire plant; of natural sise. Fig, 1 a flower,
2 floral bract, stalked ovary, column, anther and lip, in profile, 3 lip, 4 column and anther, 5 anther,
6 polliuia, 7 a capsule; all eularycd.
3. Cymbidiuji Muxron-iakum, King and Pantling in Jom-n. As. Soc.
Bong. LXIV, Pt. 2, p. 338.
Terrestrial; leaves stiS, erect, linear, acuminate, 16 to 20 in. long and -75 in.
broad, tapered into a petiole or not. Eacemcs stout, erect, about 1 foot long, (about
half being stalk), with two or three distant closcly embracing sheaths 1 in. long.
Flowers about 7 or 8, distant, 1 in. in diam.; flor<tl Iract shorter than the stalked
ovary, lanceolate. S'^pals and petals sub-equal, oblong-lanceolatc, acute. Lip lanceolate
(when flattened out), everywhere concave on the upper sm-face; the lateral lobes elongate
and shallow, tho disc with two parallel smooth lamelte in its centre ending with the
side lobes, the apical lobe narrow and reflexed. PolUnia plano-convex, bifid, sessile on
the narrow gland.
Sikkim, in the Teesta Valley, on dry knolls at an elevation of 1,500 feet. Bhutan
Duar; flowering in May; Pantliug, No. 256.
The flowers of this species are sweetly-scented, tho sepals and petals are strawcoloured
and each has five dotted or streaked lines, the lip being pink except its apical
lobs which is pale yellow transversely blotclicd with red. Its nearest ally is C. ensifolium,
Swartz, under which it appears to be included by Lindley and other authorities. But
this Sikkim plant appears to us to differ very materially from the true Cliinese
C. ensifoliim. The species is dedicated to tho late Mr. James Munro, for many years
resident in Sikldm and well known, not only as a lover of plants, but as a man
of great sincerity, and of nuHmitcd kindness and hospitality. Tliis is the Sikkim
plant referred to in a nota under the desciiptiou of C. ensifolium in the Flora of Br.
Ind. VI, 14.
Plate 249.—Cj/mbii/ium Mtinromanim, King and Pantling. A plant; of natural size. Fig. 1 lip,
2 floral hraot, stalked ovary, column with oathor aud lip, side view, 3 part of ovary, coloran and
anther, 4 empty anther from, hehiud, 5 pollinia, fi'out aud hack view; a/I enlarged, 6 capsules: of
natural size.
Ask. Ror. Box. Gard., OAixurtA, Vol, VIIL