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' 34. CALANTHE furcata. Bateman Mss. 



Cjurcata ; folHs ovato-Ianceolatis profundi plicatls scapo dens^ capitato sub- 

 aequalibus, labello columnae omnmo adnato tripartito basi glanduloso-cristato 

 laciniis lateralibus semiovatis apice rotundatis intermedia cuneata divarica- 

 tim biloba lobis apice serratis, calcare incurvo pubescente apice furcato 

 labello breviore. 



A white-flowered species, with a scape about a foot high, 

 received by Mr. Bateman from the Luzon islands, where it 

 was collected by Mr. Cuming. 



35. BLETIA havanensis. 



B, havanensis ; scapo simplici foliorum longltudine, sepalls patulis ovatis acutis 

 elamellatis, petalis supra coluinnam conniventibus ovatis obtusiusculis un- 

 dulatis, labello subrotundo- ovate cucuUato trilobo : laciniis lateralibus ob- 



lamellatis versus apicem interruptis basi evanescentibus venis duabus utrinque 



arcuatis vancosis. 



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This species differs from B. verecunda in the colour of its 

 flowers, which are much paler, in its unbranched scape, 

 and in the form of its lip, whose crested plates are inter- 

 rupted about the base of the middle lobe, and bounded on 

 each side by a pair of curved varicose veins. I have the fol- 

 lowing account of it from Mr. Booth. 



" Introduced from the Havannah by Capt. Sutton, in the 

 spring of 1835, and addecl to Sir Charles Lemon's collection 

 at Carclew, where it flowered in March 1837. 



'' Bulb terrestrial, nearly round, about the size of a large 

 marble. Leaves several, 3-5, sheathing, plaited, ensiform, 

 from one and a half to two feet long, and an inch broad ; so 

 thm and slender as to be almost unable to support them- 

 selves upright, of a light green colour, with five or more 

 longitudmal ribs, which are rather prominent on the under 

 side. Scape upwards of two feet and a half high, nearly 



round 



woody, of a glossy, reddish brown 



and spotted ; bearing ten or eleven peach-coloured flowers, 

 m a loose upright panicle. Pedicels an inch long, of a deep 

 brown colour, slightly channelled, with a small cordate, acu- 

 mmate bractea at the base of each. Sepals spreading, ob- 

 long-lanceolate, a little recurved at the point and edges ; the 



