Plate XXIV. 



CALANTME PLANTAGTNEA. 



C. plnnlngincn. Genera «$- Species of Orchidaceous plants, p. 250. 



The species of Ci.hu.lho are so very beautiful, and their cultivation *o easy, as 10 render it qui.e a 

 subject of regret that there should not be more of them in our gardens. Of at least twcnlylwo 

 species, inhabiting various prts of tropical Asia, not more than five or six hare been seen alive in 

 this country, and these nre not the handsomest. 



That which forms the subject of the present notice was originally discovered by Dr Wallirh 

 «l.ose manuscript notes arc before me. and from one of whose drawings the accompanying plate 



ha, been prepared, by the permission of the Honourable Court of Directors of the East India 

 Company. 



It was found common ahonl the roots of trees i>. various mountain places in the valley or 



Nipnl. and in the forest on the snmmit of Mount Chandaghwy, where it w„s beginning to flower 



in the month of February. The following is translated from Dr. M'nllieh's Latin description of the 

 plant. 



The boots are thick, white, and clustered, smooth when old, but originally covered with dense 

 white hairs. The STBH is a creeping rl.ir.oma, with round knobs, whence the 'leaves are produced 

 The leaves arc orate, acute at each end. from si* to right inches long, wavy, smoo.h. shining on the 

 upper s.de, plaited, with five principal and several smaller veins, which project on the underside of 

 the leaf; their STALK is about six inches long, deeply channelled, angular, gradually widening 

 upwards. The ftOAPB springs from ihe outride or the leaves, and is from a foot to a foot and a half 

 high, taper, often lingcd with purple ; at the base it is enclosed in three or four sheathing scales 

 each from two lo three inches long, striated, angular, and obliquely acuta at the point ; together 

 thee soles form a tube about three limes wider than the scape. The FLOWEns are arranged in an 

 oblong terminal raceme, from six to eight inches in length, and closely covered with rather large 

 pal* PUrple, fn.gn.nt tlowers. placed upon PBDIOKU about hairan inch long, and covered with short 

 down like all the external pans of the flowers. The bracts arc linear-lanceolate. abon. four line- 

 ong. downy, and nearly white. The ,mm is spread open, and pale violet; the sepal, are 

 lanceolate, acute, and about five-eighth, r an inch long, those a. the base of the labellum h av i„. 

 one or their edges more convex „„,. „.,. olllcr . „,, P8TAM orc ^ ^ ^^ . ( ^ « 



-M,ly fa.ea.c and reflexed. The ..,, is a.kcd, thrccpartcd. with cu„ea.c-obova,c segments, of 

 Winch .hose at .he s.de are more obtUSO than .hat in the middle, which is apicnla.e : a, the l«*c it 

 ■s a httlccontraced. has three tubercles, and then becomes connate with the column, for the whole 

 length of the Utter : at this part it is compressed, has somo reflexed hairs inside, and at the base 

 .* prolonged ,n,o a slender .mt, which is notched at the end. pendulous, and a. long or I, 

 ilimi tin? t>c*licel. 



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The fragrance of the flowers of this species is the more remarkable, because those which 

 have in cult.vat.on. or of which there is any particular account, arc sccntle*. 



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The figure a, the bottom of the plate represents a lip. with the column to which i, adhere, 

 spur nad the ovary, a linle magnified. 



