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q6 CXXXVI. ORCHIDEA>. [Cymbidium.<br />
Not rare. Singapore (Cuming); Sungei Jurong. Johor, Sungei<br />
Ban, Batu Pahat. Perak, Temengoh (Ridley). Landawi isles,<br />
Kwah (Curtis), Perlis Kanga. Distrib. Siam, Borneo.<br />
Intermediate forms between this and the preceding occur, perhaps hybrids.<br />
(3) C. rectum Ridl.<br />
Habit of C. pubescens, but leaves erect, very stiff semi-terete,<br />
deeply grooved, coriaceous, 18 in. long, '25 in. wide, obtusely<br />
unequally bilobed. Scapes erect, I ft. long. Flowers few distant.<br />
Bracts short ovate acute. Ovary and pedicel I in. long. Sepals<br />
lanceolate, '75 in. long. Petals narrower, yellowish with a purple<br />
central band. Lip hardly lobed, side-lobes obscure rounded,<br />
midlobe ovate blunt, white with central yellow bar and a crimson<br />
spot near the tip, side lobes spotted crimson inside and on outside<br />
edge. Column straight rather broad, white densely spotted in<br />
front, back purple pink. Anther broad blunt, yellow. Pollinia<br />
2, connate at top broad semi-orbicular, disc semi-lunar. Hab. Negri<br />
Sembilan, Siliau, Seremban (Williams). Perak, Thaiping Hills?<br />
First cultivated in the Gardens at Singapore, and believed to have been<br />
collected in Perak.<br />
(4) C. DayaJ;lum Rchb. fil. Gard. Chron. 1869, p. 710. C. acutum<br />
Ridl. J ourn. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 334; Mat. i. 140. C. Simonsianum<br />
King and Pantling, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. viii. 188, pl. 250.<br />
Tufted epiphyte; rhizome tbick. Leaves narrow grassy not<br />
articulate, I ft. long, '25 in. wide. Scape erect or nodding. Flowers<br />
few. Bracts ovate acute. Pedicel and ovary I in. long. Sepals<br />
lanceolate acute white with median purple band I in. long.<br />
Petals shorter. Lip shorter, side-lobes long blunt, white, edges and<br />
veins crimson, disc yellow with 2 keels thickened at tip, midlobe<br />
ovate mucronate, deep crimson, central yellow spot. Column<br />
straight violet. Capsule fusiform beaked, 3 in. long. Hab. Perak,<br />
Thaiping Hills; Waterloo (Ridley). Distrib. Sikkim, Assam.<br />
(5) C. Munronianum King, Journ. As. Soc. lxiv. 338; Ann.<br />
Bot. Gard. Calc. viii. pt. 249.<br />
Tufted plant; stem about 2 in. long. Leaves grassy linear<br />
acuminate articulate, 20 in. long, '5 in. wide. Scape 14 in. long,<br />
with few distant flowers, base with lanceolate acuminate narrow<br />
sheaths. Bracts narrow lanceolate acuminate, '75 in. long or less.<br />
Pedicels 1'5 in. long. Flowers 2 in. wide. Sepals lanceolate acute,<br />
yellowish, green with purple lines. Petals ovate broader. Lip<br />
oblong, side-lobes hardly distinct incurved, midlobe oblong truncate,<br />
pinkish dotted darker. Column rather broad, yellowish with<br />
pink dots. Hab. Setul, Bukit Bunga (Haniff). Lankawi, Kwah<br />
(Haniff). Distrib. Sikkim.<br />
(6) C. lancifolium Hook. Exot. Flora, t. 51; Lodd, Bot. Calc.<br />
i. 927; Hook. fil. Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. 185, t. 247; Ridl. Mat. i. 141.<br />
Terrestrial, stems I to 2 in. long, fleshy cylindric. Leaves 3,