852 CXLVIII, ORCHIDEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Calanthe. 
D. comosa) to Perrottetii, but the specimen so named by Lindley in Herb. Kew is 
certainly veratrifolia. Thwaites has a var. ‘discolor (Enum. 308), but does not 
define it. 
16. C. vestita, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7345; Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 250 ; 
Fol. Orchid. 10; scape from the base of a large pseudobulb and lax-fid. 
cernuous raceme villous, flowers rosy white or greenish, bracts large ovate, 
sepals ovate-lanceolate aristate 5-nerved, petals broadly oblong 5-nerved, 
lip very large, side lobes cuneately obovate, midlobe flabellately deeply 
obcordate, sinus acute, spur very long slender involute. Bot. Mag. t. 4671; 
Fl. des Serres, t. 816; Jard. Fleur. iv. t.333; Part. Fl. Gard. 147 (with ic); 
Mag. xvi. t. 129. Cytheris Griffithii, Wight Ic. t. 1751-2. Preptanthe 
vestita, Reichb. f. Bot. Zeit. xvi. 128; Walp. Ann. vi. 460. 
TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Wallich, &e.—DISTRIB. Borneo. . 
Pseudobulb 2-5 in., ovoid, obtusely angled, leafing after flowering. Leates 
12-18 in., lanceolate, glabrous. Scape 12-18 in., stout below; sheaths few, large, 
acute; bracts 2-1 in.; pedicels very slender with ovary 1} in.; sepals 1-1j M; 
petals obtuse or retuse and apiculate; lip variable, exceeding the sepals; side lobes 
sometimes absent.—The hybrids between this and C. rosea, C. labrosa, and others, 
are very numerous, 
888 Flowers large ; sepals 3-1 in. long; petals narrow. 
17. C. chloroleuca, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 10; scape stout, bracts very 
small membranous, sepals ovate-lanceolate acuminate 5-nerved greens» 
petals lanceolate acuminate 3-nerved yellowish, lip white, side lobes oul r 
oblong or rounded, midlobe broadly cuneately obcordate or suborbicu - 
2-lobed, spur stout longer than the sepals. Walp. Ann. vi. 920. O. gus 
Lindl. l.c. ; Walp. lL. c. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 6-8000 ft., J. D. H., Treutler. in., long- 
Stem 4-6 in., stout; base pseudobulbous, sheathed. Leaves 6-10 mere 
petioled, elliptic, acuminate. Scape from amongst young leaves, 6-10 10; some- 
i in. ovate-lanceolate; pedicels with ovary }-ł in., stout; sepals 3 in. long, spur 
times streaked with red; side lobes sometimes incumbent on the midlo e 
glabrous or puberulous, Capsule 1} in.—C. galeata is founded on à pep 
mine, made in Sikkim, of a faded specimen with droopiug flowers he baced. 
connivent sepals. "The broad midlobe of the lip distinguishes this from C. her 
ts large oblong- 
18. C. herbacea, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 10; brac te an 
lanceolate acute herbaceous, sepals oblong or oblanceolate "P lcate; 
oblanceolate 3-nerved petals green, lip white, side lobes narrow i base 
midlobe deeply 2-fid, segments narrow spreading, sinus apiculate, ^^ 
with 2 small yellow calli, spur longer than the sepals sl 
Ann. vi, 920. ° 
SIKKIM. HIMALAYA, alt. 4-5000 ft., J. D. H. iate. Scape 
Stem robust, sheathed. Leaves 8-10 in., elliptic-lanceolate, acam ong; lip 
12 in., from the side of the leafing stem ; bracts $ in., green ; sepals 1 1- ; 
small for the size of the flower ; spur flexuous. 
ender. 
19. C. Griffithii, Lindl. in Pact. Fl. Gard. under t. 21 i Po petals 
9; bracts small lanceolate, sepals ovate-lanveolate aristate 5-nerve p lo 
narrowly oblanceolate 3-nerved, lip shorter than the sepais, e erect 
oblong, midlobe broadly or deltoidly obcordate, disk with a 500) sepals- 
triangular lamella or ‘callus, spur equalling or shorter than 
