partite, sessile on a small or large often strap-shaped gland.—Species about 60,
temperate, tropical or suLtropical Asia, a few in Africa and in Australia.
TerrBstrial :—
Leafless a n d parasitic i, q, macrorhi%on.
Leaves linear, their bases forming a short pseudo-Btem :—
Flowers solitary Mackiwwni.
Flowers in racemea 3. C. cypmfoUum.
E p i p h y t a l , infloresoence deourved:—
Flowers not exceeding 3-5 cm. across ;—
lufloreaoeaoe less t h a n half the length of the leaves, leaves
entire at the a p e s k C
Inflorescence nearly as long as the leaves, leaves notched
«^t the apex ^
Flowers much larger: —
Leaves narrowly linear g, c. hngifolium.
Leaves lanceolate, acuminate q. giganietm.
1. CïMBiDiUM MACROEHIZON Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orch. 162,
A terrestrial parasite without leaves. Rooistock as thick as a goose-quill, creeping,
branched and jointed. Scape very short, basal sheaths short, or elongating to 5 cm.
and naiTowly subfoliaceous. Racemc 6—8-flowered, 1-5 to 2-3 dm. long; bracts 7 to
12 mm,, narrow, membranous. Flowers 3 to 4 cm. in diam. Sepals about 2 cm. lone,
linear-lanceolate, acuminate, pale yellow tinged with pink, spreading or reflexed. Petals
erect, slightly shorter and broader, whitish streaked with pink. Lip 1-7 cm., white
spotted with crimson; side lobes narrow, erect, rounded and with inflexed margins:
midlobe oblong or subpanduriform ; disk with two thick ridges between the side lobes!
Column elongate, curved, about 12 mm. long, inner surface streaked with crimson.
Anther papillose outside; pollinia -i, plano-uonvex, sessile on the crescent-shaped gland
Royle 111. Him. Bot. 366; Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. r i , 9.
N.-W. India; Roj/le, Falconer, Dehra Dun; on Kalanga Hill, MaMnnon's collector;
Muesoorie on Banog Hill 7,500 feet, Mackinnon [Dutkie's No. 22717); Garhwâl east of
Tehri, Mackinnon's collector {Dutkie's No. 25403); Sarju Yalley in Kumaon, Duthie's
collector No. 24098 ; reported also from Kashmir, Flowers during July and August. It
extends eastwards to Assam and to the Khasia and Naga Hills. In Sikkim it has been
collected in the Ranjit Valley, but not since 1879,
PLATE 114. Cymbidium macrorhizon Lindl—K plant,—0/«AIWRAZ size. Fig. 1, single
fiower 2, column and lip; 3, lip; 4, fi-ont view of column; 5, anther; 6 aud 7, pollinia;
—ah entargex
2. CYMBIDIDU MACKINNONI Duthie in Journ. As. See. Beng. Ixxi, pt. 2, 41,
Terrestrial, coespitose. Pseudo-stem short, emitting many thick spongy roots. Leaves
linear, acuminate, 3 to 4 dm. long and about 1-3 cm. broad, the lowest reduced to
membranous sheaths, margins not serrulate. Scape 1-flowered, much shorter than the
leaves, clothed to the base with loose lanceolate acuminatc cymbiforni hyaline sheaths.
Floral bract longer than the much curved ovary, pale yellow with purple veins. Floweis
CYMBIDIUII, 13.5
about o cm, across, nodding. Sepals and petals spreading, green. Sepals lanceolate,
obtuse, a little longer than the petals. Petals elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse, 5-nei-ved, Lip
about as long as the petals, obovate-oblong (when spread out^, 3-lobed, saccate at the
base, pale yellow, blotched with purple; latwral lobes narrow, erect; the terminal one
abruptly deflexed, rounded at the apex and nearly entire; disk with two raised
incui-ved smooth lamellar flaps extending from the base to a little beyond the side lobes,
their edges nearly parallel but not meeting. Column short, stout, auricled at the base,
concave in front marked with purple blotches like the lip. Pollima 4, obliquely
obovoid, plano-convex, attached'to a hemispherical gland. Ripe capsule I'S dm. long
(including the long pedicel), ellipsoid clavate, prominently ribbed.
Discovered by Mr. P. W, Mackinnon, near Mussoorie, at an elevation oE about
5,500 feet, growing under trees and fJoweriug during the month of F e b r u a ry
Duthie's Nos. 22709, 24152.
This species is very nearly alUed to C. virescens Lindl., a native of Japan. In the latter,
however, the margins of the leaves are distinctly serrulate, the flowers are larger and the bracts on
t h e scape are more numerous and more tinted ; the lamell® on the disk of the lip are much curved
and nearly parallel to the margins of the lateral lobes. Of I n d i a n species it most nearly resembles
0. ei,pen/oltum. The latter, however, is a muoh larger plant, the soape is more than 1-ilowered, a n d '
t h e ooloiiring of the lip and the shape of the pollinia and tliat of gland are very d i f i e r e n t ; also the
margins of the leaves are serrulate, and the sheaths on the scape as well as t h e floral bract are green.
PLATJ2 115. Cymbidium jrackinnoni Duthie.—'Portion of plant,—0/ natural size. 1,
side view of flower, with sepals and petals removed; 2, lip and column; 3, pollinia
enUrgcd; 4, ripe c a p s u l e , - 0 / natural size.
3. CYMBIDIUM CYPEEIFOLIUM W a l l . C a t . 7 3 5 3 ( i n p a r t ).
Terrestrial; pseudo-stem thin, short. Leaves up to 7-5 dm. long, linear, finely
acuminate, slightly expanded towards the sheathing base, the lowest ones short and
sheath-like, margins serrulate. Inflorescence from the base of the pseudo-stem, erect,
about 3 dm. long, the pedunole clothed with long acuminate sheaths up to the base of
the raceme. Flowers green, with dull purple markings on the lip and column, 2-5 cm.
long, and about 3-5 cm. across; floral bract green, lanceolate, acuminate, longer than
the stalked ovary. Sepals subequal, linear-lanceolate, acute, spreading. I'etals rather
shorter and somewhat broader. Up as long as the petals, oblong (when spread out),
glabrous, 3-Iobed; lateral lobes long, narrow, erect; terminal lobe abruptly deflesed'
ovate or oblong-ovate, entii-e, the disk between the side lobes with two smooth lamellar
incurved flaps, their edges parallel but not touching. Column rather stout. Anther broadpollinia
obliquely ovoid, divergent, cleft nearly to the base, sessile on a very narrow
elongate gland. Capsule ellipsoid-clavate, about 6 cm. long. Lindl. Gen. aud Sp.
Orch. 163; in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii, 28; Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. vi, 13 (excl. syn.
Idmodorum longifolium Roxb.); King & Pantling in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc. viii
186, t. 248. C. viridiflorum Griff. Itin. Notes 126, No. 454.
Near Mussoorie, growing amongst dense undergrowth at about 6,000 feet, Mackinnon
{Dutkie's Nos. 21743, 22719J, flowering during March and April; Garhwal and Kumaon
at 5,000 feet, Edgeworth. It extends eastwards to Sikkim, the Khasia and Naga Hills,
Manipur and Upper Burma, and is found also in Perak and Java.