Caelogyne
This genus embraces about fifty species, broadly dispersed over the East Indies and the Malayan Archipelago, one extending as far as South China. To those described on pp. 356-8, Vol. I., the following should now be added: C. birmanica (Birma). fl. having a shortly-toothed front border to the lip, and a nearly entire border round the anther; along the crests are several brown spots on a white ground. Birma, 1883. Probably only a trifling variety of C. praecox.
C. concolor (concolorous). fl., sepals and petals dark rose; lip dark rose, with yellow blotches, in which are several brownish crimson spots, elegantly fringed, the crest pale yellow. l. (and pseudo-bulbs) as in C. praecox. India. SYN. Pleione concolor.
C. cristata alba (white). fl. wholly white. Winter and spring. India. (W. O. A. ii. 54.) SYN. C. c. hololeuca.
C. c. citrina (citron-colour). fl. having the centre of the lip stained delicate lemon-colour. Nepaul. SYN. C. c. Lemoniana. C. c. hololeuca (wholly white). A synonym of C. c. alba. C. c. Lemoniana (Lemon's). A synonym of C. c. citrina. C. c. major (larger). fl. larger than in the type, with much broader and stouter sepals and petals. India.
C. c. maxima (greatest). A large-flowered variety, with unusually broad sepals and petals, and shallow side lobes to the lip. 1886. C. Dayana (Day's). fl. light ochreous; sepals and petals ligulate, acute; lip broad, three-lobed, the side lobes striped dark brown, wavy, the middle lobe reniform, crenulate, with a dark brown crescent, two keels running from the base of the lip to the base of the middle lobe, where they divide into six; inflorescence long, lax, many-flowered. l. stalked, oblong, acuminate. Pseudo-bulbs long, narrow, fusiform. Borneo, 1884. (G. C. n. s., xxvi., p. 44; W. O. A. vi. 247.) C. elata (tall).* fl. medium-sized; sepals and petals white, narrowish; lip white, with a forked, yellow band in the centre, and two orange-striped crests on the disk; racemes erect, springing with the leaves from the apex of the pseudo-bulbs. l. sword-shaped, striated. Pseudo-bulbs tall, oblong, angled. Tongoo, Darjeeling (8000ft. to 9000ft.), 1837. (B. M. 5001.) C. Foerstermanni (Foerstermann's). fl. white, with some yellowish-brown on the disk of the lip; sepals and petals ligulate, acute; lip trifid, the lateral lacinae rounded, the middle one rounded and apiculate; peduncles sometimes forty-flowered. l. cartilaginous, ribbed, 1 1/2ft. long, 3in. or more wide, on very short petioles. 1887.
C. glandulosa (glandular). fl. pure white, 1 1/2in. in diameter, disposed in a nodding raceme; front lobe of the lip ovate, marked on the disk with yellow lines. l. oblong-lanceolate. Pseudo-bulbs ovate, sulcate. Neilgherries, 1882. C. graminifolia (Grass-leaved).* fl. nearly 2in. across the petals; sepals white, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, acute; petals similar, but rather narrower; lip three-lobed, the lateral lobes white, streaked purple, oblong, the middle one orange-yellow, with three purple ridges; raceme two to four-flowered; scape 1in. to 2in. long. January. l. two, Grass-like, 1ft. to 1 1/2ft. long. Pseudo-bulbs 1in. to 1 1/2in. long. Moulmein, 1888. (B. M. 7006.) C. Hookeriana brachyglossa (short-lipped). fl., lip white, with light sulphur on the disk, and with several reddish-brown spots, open, not at all abruptly convolute, yet the upright sides of the lip show lobes. 1887. C. humilis albata (white-clothed). In this variety the sepals and petals are snowy-white, and the lip white, with light mauve-purple, radiating lines of small, confluent sports, and with an orange spot on each side of the anterior part.
C. lactea (milky). fl., sepals and petals creamy-white, faintly tinged yellow; side laciniae of lip light ochre, veined brown, mid-laciniae bright yellow at base. l. 7in. to 8in. long, very thick, cuneate-oblong, acute, petiolate. Pseudo-bulbs light green, plump, short, wrinkled. Birma, 1883. C. Lowii (Low's). A synonym of C. asperata.
C. maculata virginea (maiden). fl., lip tinted with light sulphur, the nearly evanescent, purple lines in the middle very few. 1887. C. ochracea (ochreous). fl. white, very fragrant, produced in erect racemes of about seven or eight; lip having two horseshoe-shaped blotches on the disk, which are bright ochreous-yellow, bordered orange. l. two or three, lanceolate. Pseudo-bulbs small, oblong. North-east India, 1844. (B. M. 4661; B. R. 1846, 69; L. J. F. 342.) C. praecox (early). The correct name of the plant described on p. 358, Vol. I., as C. Wallichiana.
C. p. tenera (slender). fl. pale lilac and yellow, having a few purple-mauve blotches on the lip. 1883.
C. Rossiana (Ross'). fl., sepals and petals creamy-white, ligulate, acute; lip mostly ochre, the disk, broad claw, and top of the mid-lacinia white; column white, with a brown mid-line in front; bracts linear, acuminate. l. two, long-petiolate, cuneate-oblong-lanceolate, acute, more than 1ft. long and 1 1/2in. broad. Pseudo-bulbs nearly obpyriform. Birma, 1884. C. salmonicolor (salmon-coloured). fl. salmon-coloured, solitary, the three-lobed lip being somewhat tessellated with brown. l. solitary, cuneate-oblong, acuminate, undulated, green at base, coppery elsewhere. Pseudo-bulbs tetragonal, pear-shaped. Java or Sumatra, 1883. Allied to C. speciosa, but smaller.
C. Sanderiana (Sander's).* fl. snow-white, large and showy; sepals ligulate, acute; petals lanceolate, acute, dilated above; side laciniae of the lip marked with three brown stripes, the anterior lacinia yellow, with a few white marks, and having yellow crests; peduncles sometimes nine-flowered. l. petiolate, cuneate-oblong, acute, chartaceous. Pseudo-bulbs fusiform-cylindrical, two-leaved. Sunda Isles, 1887. C. sparsa (sparse). fl. white; lip three-lobed, having a brown spot in front of the keels, some smaller ones on the side lobes, and a yellow spot at the base; peduncle one to four-flowered. l. cuneate-oblong, acute. glaucous, 3in. to 4in. long, 1in. broad. Pseudo-bulbs glaucous, fusiform. Philippines, 1883. C. stellaris (star-like). fl., sepals and petals green; lip white, marked with brown lines on the side lobes. Pseudo-bulbs tetragonal. Borneo, 1886.