—— mm c— 000 
Pholidota.] CXLVIII. ORCHIDEZ, (J. D. Hooker.) 847 
Rhizome very stout ; pseudobulbs 1-2 in., sessile by a broad base, subcylindric. 
Leaves 1-2, 5-7 in., coriaceous, obtuse. Scape 1-2 in. long; rachis stout; bracts 
Pin, caducous ; sepals 4 in. long; lip obscurely 3-lobed, warted within (normally P); 
column broadly obovate, tip contracted obtuse. 
10. P. rubra, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 37; leaves elliptic-lan- 
ceolate, raceme decurved, bracts acute, sepals ovate acute 3-5-nerved, 
petals narrowly linear l-nerved, lip slightly 3-lobed, side lobes broad 
rounded, midlobe broadly ovate acute, nerves 5 thickened at the base. 
Wall. PL As. Rar. iii. 91, t. 239; Hook.f. Ic. Plant. t.1879. P. undulata, 
Lindl, in Bot. Reg. sub. t. 1213, and xxvii. Mise. 6. Coelogyne rubra & 
indulata, Walp. Ann. vi. 238, 
SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA ; Sikkim, alt. 4-6000 ft. KHasIA HiLrs, alt. 4-5000 ft., 
Wallich, &c. UPPER Burma, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 5387). . 
i Pseudobulbs 2-3 in., on a stout rhizome, narrowed below. Leaves 1-2, 4-10 in., 
-nerved, Scape when flowering short and sheathed to the top, at length 6-10 in. 
and naked ; raceme 4-8 in., flexuous, drooping, lax-fld.; bracts j-j in., spreading 
and deflexed ; Sepals 1 in. long, midrib thick; column with narrower wings than in 
its allies, clinandrium transversely oblong. Capsule $ in. 
ll. P. micrantha, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. 1891 ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 
Acomo decurved, bracts lanceolate, sepals broadly ovate and ovate-oblong 
acute petals l-nerved, lip boat-shaped subtrapezoidly ovate when spread 
g gradually narrowed from the rounded side lobes into the concave 
“nerved base and ovate fleshy obtuse midlobe. 
PERAK ; summit of Gunong Batu Pateh, alt. 6000 ft., Wray. 
1 ^ hizome flexuous, scandent ?, as thick as a goose-quill, sheathed; pseudobulbs 
i2 1r., narrow, erect, parallel to the stem. Leaves 1-2, 14-3 in. Scape with 
pene 3-4 in., rachis flexuous; flowers pale pink, } in. long, trigonous. Capsules 
differen ote? a good deal like the Javan P. carnea, but pseudobulb and lip very 
37. CALANTHE, Br. 
Terrestrial, often pseudobulbous. Stem short or tall, leafy. Leaves 
hited, Scape axillary, terminal or from the side of the leafing pseudo- 
ulb; flowers small or medium-sized, racemed. Sepals subequal, spreading, 
ne Y connivent. Petals broad or narrow. Lip adnate to the top or base 
font’ Column, 3-lobed, midlobe often deeply 2-fid, disk lamellate. | Column 
ong or short, obliquely truncate; anther conical or convex, 2-celled ; 
Pol Dia 8, waxy, cohering in pairs by a granular viscus. Capsules drooping. 
Pecies about 40, tropical or subtropical. 
Sect, T. Lip at the top of the short stout column opposite to the 
stigmatic cavity. 
* Bracts persistent. Scape usually from amongst the leaves. 
1 e . . M .* 
in fee 0 or minute. (See C. gigantea at end of genus, and C. Manni 
lc tric ; : 7339 ; Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 
; . arinata, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7339 ; 
Bs Fol, Orchid. 2 ; sepals lanceolate acuminate 7-nerved, petals nearly as 
idio x uminate 3 i ile lip broadly oblong faleate, 
i > -n 1, side lobes of sessile lip y oblong f 
hbe rounded or “flabellate retuse or 2-fid crisped, disk with > large 
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