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CALANTHE* densifldra. 



Clustered Calanthe. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchideje Juss. {Introduction to the natural system of 



Botany, p. 262.) 



CA LA NTHE.— Supra, vol. 9. fol. 720. 



C densifiora ; scapo foliis multo breviore, squamis laxis ventncosis, racemis 

 densis multifloris corymbosis, labelli cum columna parum conuati lobo 

 medio cuneato bilobo, disco bilamellato, calcare longo recto pendulo apice 



clavato. 

 C densifiora. Lindl. gen. et sp. Orch.p.250. . . .. 



Rhizoma subterraneum, brevissimum, pullulationibus jumonbus duns 

 rigidis cornutis sanguineo pallido punctatis. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, plicata. 

 Scapus semipedalis et ultra, squamis 2-3 ventricosis sangumeo-punctatis Laxe 



• . -Vm tt'iv ,..!• .•„ -« ™a„™ Jenenrn mnltiflnrum conaesti. 



vaginatus. 



multifl* 



Sepala et petala conniventia, cequalia. Labellum cum columnd parum conna- 

 tum, trilobum ; lobis lateralibus ascendentibus rotundatis, intermedio cuneato 

 rotundato bilobo basi lamellis 2 cornutis brevibus ornato ; calcar curvum, 

 pendulum, apice clavatum. 



A native of the mountains of Sylhet, whence it was 

 obtained by Dr. Wallich. The specimen from i which our 

 drawing was taken was communicated by W. W. Salmon 

 Esq., in October last, and was said to have been procured 

 from Ava. When we first saw it, the flowers were drooping 

 and injured, and we supposed it might prove a new spe cies > 

 but a fine flower-spike subsequently given us by Messrs. 

 Loddiges, has satisfied us that it is Calanthe densifiora, of 

 which we had previously examined nothing better than a 

 few badly-dried flowers. 



A terrestrial species, growing very freely in loam and 

 decayed vegetable matter in a damp stove ; propagated by 



division of the crown of the 



* Formed from two Greek words, signifying literally « Pretty-blossom." 



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