188 OKCHIDS OP THE SIEKLAX-HIMALAYi.
4. CYMBIDIUJI SIMOXSIANUJI, King and Pantling in Joum. As. Soc. Bcng.,
Vol. LXIV, Pt. 2, p. 338.
Leaves liucar, sessile, not dilated at tlie base, tlie apex acute and sub-obliquo,
length 3 feet or more, breadth -4 or '5 in. Raceme 8 in. long, pendulous,
shoa-tly stalked, sheathed at the baso by large imbricate bracts 1 to 2-5 in.
long. Floiuers about 10 to 12, sparse ; their bracts triangular, rery short. Sepals subequal,
linear-oblong, sliglitly wider near the apex, about 1 in. long. Petals rather
shorter thau the sepals, conniveut round the column. Lip with long shallow crect
bluut entire side lobes parallel with, and as long as, the column; the apical lohc
OTato, apicidate, deflesed; lamellaj of the lip stout, parallel, clothed with glandular
haii'S, ending abruptly with the side lobes, but continued partly into the apical lobe
as thickened lines. PoUinia falcately ovoid, compressed, divergent, the gland narrow.
Sikkim, m the valley of the Toesta, elevation about 1,UOO feet; Pantling, No. 51.
Flowers in August. Assam; localitj" unknown.
The flowers of this species are swect-scentcd; the sepals and petals are wliite
with a crimson central lino; the lip is purple, but has obhque white and yellow lines
on the lateral lobes, with a largo blotch of yellow on the apical lobe; the colrnnn
is of a very dark crimson, and the anther of a pale yellow colom-. Specimens of
this plant were sent many years ago from Assam by the late Dr. J. C. Simons, to
whom the Calcutta Herbarium is indebted for numerous contributions of plants, and
for a large unmbcr of drawings of orcliids. The species has been dedicated to his
memory.
PLATE 2bO.—Cymhidmm Simomimmn, King and Paa'Ung. A plant; of mUiral size. Fig. 1
column with nntlier in silu and lip, side vievr, 2 lip, 3 column with anther, 4 section through
the lip to show the lameUas with their g^landular haire, 5 empty anther from behind, 6 pollmia,
Iront view, 7 the same, back view; all enlarged.
5. CntBiDiDii PESDULUM, Swartz in Nov. Act. Upsal. VI, 73.
Pseudo-stem stout, 3 in. long. Leaves linear-oblong, acute, not notched, 24 to 30
in. long and -75 to 1 in. broad, sheathing and expanded at the base. Lnjlorescence
10 or 12 in. long, deeurved from the base; the peduncle aboiit 3 in., clothed with
imbricate withered sheaths each -5 to 2 in. long. Fhwers numerous bi t not crowded,
1'25 in. across Iraet small, triangidar, stalked ovaiy 'o in. long. ¡Sepals eqiuil,
oblong, sliglitly dilated near their blunt apices. Peiah nearly as long as the sepals
and a little wider. Lip aduate to the short foot of the column, oblong, dilated
and sub-saccate at the base; side lobes narrow, their apices blunt and pointed forwards;
apical lobe oblong, blunt, emarginate, much deeurved; disc between the side lolws
with two parallel continuous lamella; divergent at the base, meeting in the middle,
and slightly separating at their clavate apices. Column erect, slightly narrower at the
tipex than at the base, with a very short foot. Aniher broad, depressed, minutely
papiUose. Pollinia ovoid, acutc, diverging, sessile on a broad thin narrow gland. Koxb.
Fl. Ind. Ill, 458; Lindh Gen. and Spec. Orch., 165; Walp. Ann. VI, C24 {excl cit.
Boi. Beg) C. ahi/oliim, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 10 {in part). 0. crassi/olium, Wall.
Cat., 7357. C. Mannii, Reichb. fil. in Flora, 1873, 274. Epiienlrum pendahm, Rosb.
Corom. Plants, I, 35, t. 44.
Ì CYMBIDIUM. ^^^
Sikkim, at the bottoms of tropical valleys and along tlje base of the range,
in flower during May; PantHng, No. 441. In Bengal, Assam, Sylhet,
Bui-ma, Andaman Islands, S. India. Perak; Wray, No. 3738.
The llowers of this arc of a dark pm-ple brown throughout, the sepals and petals
having yellow margins. This resembles C. aloifolium, Swartz, but has narrower leaves,
acute, not emarginate at the apex, and a shorter raceme which is penddous from its
origin. TJie howcrs also arc smaller, and the ovary is only half as long as in that
species. The lip also differs, being continuously bilamellate in this, and. the apical lobe
being emarginate at the apex. The flowers of this are much darker in colour than those
of C. ahifoUwn, Swartz, as the latter occui-s in Sikkim. The two plants are apparently
distinct, and no intennediate forms are found. They are readily recognised in the Hving
state while in Jlower; but, in the Ilerbarium, it is not easy to distinguish them.
PLATE 251.—Cymbidium pendulum, Swnrtz. A plant; of natural size. Fig. 1 floral bract, stalked
ovary, column, anihor in siiu and lip, in profile, 2 lip, 3 coltmm with anther, 4 empty anther fi-om
behind, 5 poUioia; all enlarged.
G. CriiBiDiUM A.LOIFOLIUM, Swoi-tz in Nov. Act. Upsal. VI, 73.
Pseudo-stem short. Leaves linear-oblong, curved, obtuse, fleshy, slightly and obliquely
notched at the apex, somewhat sheatlimg and slightly expanded at the base; length
12 to 22 in., breadth 1 to 1'15 in. Jnfloroseenca from the base of the small psoudostem,
somewhat shorter than the leaves; the peduncle 3 or 4 in. long, beaiing several
tubvdar acutc scarious sheaths near the base; raceme many-flowered, decui-ved, 9 to 18 in.
long. llowers 1'5 in. across; the floral hract ovate, minute, the stalked ovary nearly 1 in.
long. Sepals, sub-equal, oblong, slightly oblanceolate, blunt, the lateral pair- somewhat
falcate. Petals as long as the sepals, ovate-oblanceolate, blunt. Lip as long as the
sepals, oblong, 3-lobcd, its upper sui-face with two lamcllfc broken and disconnected
in the middle; the lateral lobes long, narrow, thcii- apices blunt, entire, pointing
foi-wards; the apical lobe ovate-oblong, much deeurved. Column slightly thickened at
the apex. Anther papillose, sub-quadrate, the gland of the pollinia small. Capsule
elliptic, pointed at each end, 3-groovecL Swartz in Schrad. Journ. Bot. 1779, II,
218; Roxb. Fl. Ind. Ill, 458; Lmdl. Gen. and Spec. Orch., 165; Lodd. Bot. Cab.,
t. 907; Walp. Ann. VI, 624 {excl. ic. Wir/hf)-, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 10 {in part).
F.pidendntm aloifolivm, Linn. Sp. PI. 953. "i Aerides Dorassi, Smith in Rees' Cyclop.
Suppl. {in part). Epvìendnm abides, Bot. Mag., t. 387.
SOdtim, at low elevations; in flower during April and May; Anderson; Pantling,
No. 268. In Bengal, Assam, Andaman Islands, Perak. South of India; Wight, No. 2989.
Ceylon; Thwaites, C. P., 3379 (named C. ? Cliina.
There has been some confusion between Swartz's two species C. aloifolium and
C. pendtilum. Tliis confusion is partly dissipated if Swart z's original descriptions be
consulted. From those it will be seen lhat both species were founded on. figures, not
on plants. C. aloifolium was founded on Rheedc's figure of Kansjiiam-Maravara in
\ o l . XII, t. 8 of his Hoi-Uis Malaharievs (which Linnasus named Ipidcndrum aloifolium
Sp. PI. 1350). And C. pendulum was foimded on lloxburgh's figure of Epidcridrum
pendulum in liis Coromandel Plants, I, t. 44. The next author who dealt with the two