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Cymbidium (To the species and varieties)

To the species and varieties described on pp. 420-1, Vol. I., the following should now be added:

C. eburneum Philbrickianum (Philbrick's). fl. white; sepals and petals narrow; side lobes of the lip well apart from the narrower middle lobe; callus narrow, with a most obscure midkeel. 1886. Habit that of C. Parishii. C. elegans (elegant). A synonym of Cyperorchis elegans. C. ensifolium (sword-leaved). fl. greenish-yellow, very fragrant; sepals and petals marked with some reddish-brown, narrow lines; lip dotted, ovate, somewhat recurved; scape terete, few-flowered. Late summer. l. ensiform, nerved. China and Japan. (B. M. 1751.) C. e. estriatum (not striated). fl., segments very narrow; sepals green, with a few red lines; petals white, with some purple lines; lip white, the middle lacinia yellow, with a few brown spots; column white, with purple blotches in front. l. more than 1ft. long, 1/4in. broad, with dark spots. Assam, 1887. C. Huttoni (Hutton's). This is now regarded as synonymous with Grammangis Huttoni.

C. Mastersii (Dr. Masters'). This species is now removed to Cyperorchis.