Plaik XL11. 



CALANTHE VERSICOLOR 



C. versicolor ; foliis nblon£o-laneoolatis rrectis eoncnvis 7-il-nerviis sotjm apico 

 |>uIm\*couU> brcvioribus, racenm denso pyramidalo, l&belli columns brevi 

 accrcti trilgbi lobis lateralibtis ovatis nanU intormcdio CUOCuto bilobo multd 

 major* basi tritubcrculato scciu limumi int*diam verrncosn, calcaro glabro 

 ovarii pubesctMitis lonpitudbio. 



All ilie species of Calanlhe are handsome, ami well deserving introduction lo our gardens; none 

 among tliom however seems to excel in beauty the subject of the present figure, which flowered in 

 September lbMO» in die collection of His Grace die I>uko of iNorthumbcrland al Sion. It is u 

 native of the East Indie*, whence it lias aleo l«cn sent from the Botanic Garden. Calcutta, to the 

 Horticultural Society. 



The plant has much the hal>it of Cnlamhe veratrifolia. The leaves arc V€TV broad, rather 

 concave when in great vigour, and as much a* a foot and a half long. Among them rise the stout 

 noble scapes, round, here and there furnished with a sheathing scale, smooth near the ground, hut 

 downy over all the upper portion. Tho r lower* arc quite smooth, of a deep rich violet, vcrv 

 beautiful for sorao time after opening, but fading at last into a dirty buff. Th* ggPALS are onte, 

 acute, spreading, and rather larger than the PETAL*, which have the same form, bat are a little curved 

 hack at the lip* Tho lip adheres by the base to the whole edge of the column, which is unusually 

 short; it is thrccdobed ; the side lohra are half ovate, obtuse, ami much smaller than the middle 

 lobe, which is obovatc, almost wedge-sha|>cd, and deeply split; along iu middle runs a line of 

 vraitf, which terminate next tho column in three much larger oblong tubercle*- The frpoa is curved, 

 but little thickened towards the end. and alwmt the same length as the downy Ovary. 



The side figure on the right hand represent* the lip and ovary, with the sepals and petal* 

 cut away. 



