CHE o- 
Calanthe.] CXLVIII. ORCHIDEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 853 
Walp. Ann. vi. 919. ©. plantaginea, Grif. Notul. iii. 368; Ie. Plant. 
Asiat. t. 339 A. Calanthea, Griff. It. Notes, 174, No. 174. 
Buorax HIMALAYA ; at Panukka, Telagong and Chuka, alt. 6000 ft., Griffith, 
_ Stem 4-6 in., sheathed. Leaves small during flowering, oblong, acute. Scape 
With the raceme 8-14 in., glabrous or puberulous ; bracts }-} in, ; pedicels with 
ovary 1 in., puberulous ; sepals ł in. long; spur straight or coiled.—The solitary large 
callus on the lip is characteristic, and identifies this with Griffith’s C. plantaginea, 
Perianth according to Griffith greenish brown, lip ochroleucous or straw-cold, 
20. C. uncata, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 6; bracts as long as the pubescent 
flowers, sepals lanceolate acuminate, nerves obscure, petals oblanceolate 
acuminate, lip longer than the sepals, base caruncled, side lobes falcately 
oblong obtuse, midlobe clawed 2-tid, segments spreading, disk naked, spur 
uncinately incurved. Walp. Ann. vi. 916. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, Grifith’s Collectors. 
Stem short, sheathed. Leaves broadly elliptic, petioled. Scape longer than the 
eaves ; bracts i-£ in., ovate-laneeolate, lower foliaceous; sepals } in. long.— Very 
hear C, Griffithii, but I find no callus on the lip. I have seen only one specimen ; 
colour of flowers unknown. 
21. C. plantaginea, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7346 ; Gen. § Sp. Orchid. 
250; Sert. Orchid. t. 24; Fol. Orchid. 9; bracts small lanceolate, sepals 
ovate-lanceolate 3-5-nerved, petals oblanceolate acuminate 3-nerved, side 
obes of lip cuneate-obovate, midlobe cuneately obovate subtruncate apiculate, 
‘pur very slender longer than the sepals. Walp. Ann. vi. 920. 
N TEMPERATE Western HIMALAYA, from Garwhal, alt. 9000 ft., Royle, &e., to — 
epal. Buoray, alt. 7-7500 ft. Griffith. . . 2x 
Stem 3-10 in. ; sheatlis long, tubular, Leaves 8-12 in., petioled, elliptic-lanceolate. 
cape with raceme 6-16 in., puberulous; bracts 3-} in.; pedicels with ovary 1-1 E ue 
Sender, puberulous; flowers white or pale lilac; sepals $ in., glabrous; lip longer 
than the Sepals, with 3 small basal lamella. 
22. C. ji "f ii 5; e dense-fld. radical, bracts 
C odora, G; iff. Notul. iii. 365; racem (before the leaves) large 
foliaceous equalling the pubescent ovaries, flowers 
white smelling straely of hyacinths, sepals ovate or oblong-ovate mncro- 
Date, petals much narrower spathulate-lanceolate mucronate, lip a nate 
e column, side lobes obliquely oblong, midlobe broadly | copy 
Obeordate white or eream-coloured, base with erect yellow lobed cally spur 
Sue-third longer than the ovary filiform, lip unequally 2-lobed pubescen 
Vithout and within. Lindl, Fol. Orchid. 11. 
Urrrn Assam; at Suddya, Griffith. . 
I lave seen ho Specimenzy it “aioe doubt, near C. plantaginea, 
23. C. elytroglossa, lieichb. f. mss.; scape and raceme pubescent, 
bracts large green, pedicels very long, sepals oblanceolate aon è grew 
nerves obscure, petals narrowly oblanceolate l-nerved, side he MNA 
sae obtuse caruncled at the suture, midlobe broadly unento cordi 
rom a narrow base, lobes subfalcate, spur much longer than the sepats. 
SIKKIM H ; -8000 ft., Treutler, Clarke. 
Stem very short. vA aves 6-10 in, petioled, elliptic ovate or lanceolate, Scape 
fom amongst the leaves with the raceme 2-3 ft.; bracts 7-1 vale Preen OF yellow ; 
wit Ovary 1-12 in.; flower 11 in. diam., fleshy ; sepals and petals gree y d 
1P white ; spur L in., slender. —The long pedicels are characteristic. 
