848 OXLVIIL ORCHIDEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Calanthe, 
crenulate fleshy ridges. Walp. Ann vi. 912. C. occidentalis, Lindl. Fol. 
Orchid. 3; Walp, l. c. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 5-9000 ft.; from Kashmir, alt. 7000 ft., Clarke, 
toNepal, Wallich. . 
Stem 4-8 in. Leaves 2-3, sessile, 6-10 in., oblong, acuminate. Scape stout 
and lax-fld. raceme 12-18 in., puberulous ; bracts 4—3 in., shorter than the ovary; 
flowers 1-1} in. across ; sepals and petals greenish, sepals not aristate; lip brown- 
purple.—1 can find no characters for C. occidentalis. 
2. C. puberula, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7542; Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 352; 
Fol. Orchid. 2; lateral sepals faleately oblong aristate 5-nerved, petals very 
narrow 3-nerved, side lobes of sessile lip broadly oblong falcate together 
broader than the rhombic crenate dagger-pointed midlobe. Walp. Ann. 
vi. 912.—Bletia sp., Griff. Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 313 A. 
SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, alt. 4-6000 ft.; from Simla, Thomson, eastwards. 
Kuasta Mrs., alt. 4-6000 ft., Griffith, &c. (Kew Distrib. 5274). Naga Hits, alt. 
6500 ft., Prain. à 
Stem short or 8-10 in. Leaves 2-7, petioled, 6-18 in., narrow or broad, 
caudate. Scape slender and lax-fld. raceme 8-14 in., puberulous; bracts 1-1 m» 
usually exceeding the ovary; flowers l-14 in. broad. Capsule 3 in. long. 
3. C. brevicornu, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7338; Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 
251; Sert. Orchid. t. 9; Fol. Orchid. 3; lateral sepals ovate-oblong 
acute 5-nerved, petals oblong-lanceolate 3-nerved, side lobes of sessile xd 
faleate obtuse, midlobe clawed transversely oblong retuse crisped, disk T 
3 fleshy tubercled lamellw, spur very short conical. Walp. Ann. v1. 912. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 6-8000 ft., J. D. H d 
Stem 4-8 in., stout. Leaves 2-3, sessile or petioled, oblong-lanceolate, acer lous 
Scape and few.fld. raceme nearly glabrous; bracts } in., as long as the pr iri ed 
pedicel and ovary ; flowers $ in. broad; sepals not aristate and petals red -purpl e ie 
with gold; lip white and red.— Lindley's Kumaon habitat refers to C. ins s 
midlobe.—~ 
Van. Wattii; lip with 3 small conical lamella on the disk of the 
Munnipore, Watt, 
4 C. biloba, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 3; lateral sepals broadly E wr 
faleate aristate 5-7-nerved, petals oblong acuminate 3-nerved, P proadly 
narrowly winged claw, blade very large broad deeply 2-lobed, lobet g, spur 
hatchet-shaped or orbicular, sinus very acute with à basal apicusus, 
very short. Walp. Ann. vi. 912. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; E. Nepal and Sikkim, alt. 5-7000 (t., JD 
Stem short. Leaves 8-11 in., long-petioled, broadly elliptie or 
caudate-acuminate, Scape 11-21 ft. with the long laxefld, raceme, | 
bracts 1-11 in, very slender, equalling the ovary ; flowers l in. dian. d 
petals pale purplish; lip as broad as the rest of the flower, pale pink, 
inner angles of lobes subacute larger 
. m ers large 
VAR. obtusata, Par, & Reichb. f, in Trans. Linn, Soc. xXx. 144; for the bases 
blade of lip with a rounded apex and 3 obscurely caruncled nerves 
disk yellowish,—Tonasserim, Parish. ranulate— 
Var. diptera; lobes of lip divergent, axis and sides towards the base 8 
Naga Hills, Prain. ed 
. VAR. Treutleri; quite glabrous, blade of lip lunately a-lob oun 
thickened transverse ridge at the claw, inenrved lobes, and a deep T 
Sikkim, alt. 6000 ft., T'reutler, 
. H. 
oblanceolates 
puberulous j 
sepals anc 
lade naked 
base with a 
ded sinus 
