854 CXLVIII. ORCHIDEEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Calanthe . 
** Bracts caducous as the raceme elongates, equalling or exceeding the 
flowers. Scape shorter than the leaves. Flowers black when dried. 
24. C. curculigoides, Wall. Cat. 7340; scape and dense-fld. cylin- 
dric raceme glabrous, sheaths inflated, bracts equalling the ochreous or 
orange flowers, lip subhastate, side lobes small obtuse, midlobe subpanduri- 
form, tip dilated acute, spur short stout, tip hooked. Lindl. Gen. & Sp. 
Orchid. 251; in Bot. Reg. 1847, t. 8; Fol. Orchid. 4; Bot. Mag. t. 6104; 
Walp. Ann. i. 792, vi. 913. Styloglossum nervosum, Kuhl d Hassk. in 
Herb. Lindl.; Breda Orch. Jav. t. 10. ? C. pulchra, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. 
Orchid. 250. Amblyglottis pulchra, Blume Bijd. 371. 
MALAY PENINSULA; Malacca, Perak, Penang and Singapore, Wallich, Grifith, 
Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1659), &c.—DisTRIB. Java. . tu 
Stem 0. Leaves 1-2 ft., linear-lanceolate, petioled. Scape from the side of. ie 
leafing stem, 6-18 in., stout or slender; raceme 2-10 in. ; pedicel and ovary j inj 
flower rather longer, perianth connivent ; sepals oblong, subacute. 
25. C. Foerstermanni, Reich). f. in Gard. Chron. 1883, i. 814; 
“raceme cylindric dense-fld., bracts about equalling the yellow How he 
midlobe of whitish-yellow lip obreniform apiculate, spur clavate ha 
length of the pedicelled ovary.” 
EASTERN Burma, Foerstermann, 
I have seen no specimeus of this species, which is evidently very 
curculigoides, 
near C. 
26. C. clavata, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7343; Gen. § Sp. Orchid. dux 
Fol. Orchid. 5; scape loosely sheathed, bracts much longer than the ye ; 
flowers, sepals oblong acuminate, petals broad, lip short broad, base rou" ar 
side lobes small, midlobe suborbicular emarginate, base with 2 triang® 
lamellz, spur clavate as long as the ovary. Walp. Ann. vi. 914. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 4000 ft., J. D. H.  KHASIA Hinrs, Wallich, Griffith 
(Kew Distrib. 5272, 5391, 5392). Assam and UPPER BURMA, Griffith. etioled, 
Rhizome creeping ; stem 4-8 in.; sheaths long. Leaves 1-2 ft., I Tender; 
narrowly lanceolate; nerves strong. Scape lateral, 10-20 in., stout or S lendet ; 
young raceme crinite with bracts which are 1} in. long; pedicels 4 1n» very 
sepals j in.; lip very variable. Capsule 3 in., pendulous. 
27. C. angustifolia, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 251; 
scape slender, sheaths appressed, raceme short many-fld | 
with a yellow centre, sepals oblong acute, petals very broad, 2 : 
as long subequally 4-lobed, midlobe retuse apiculate, base with ich 
lamellz, spur clàvate equalling the sepals. C. phajoides, ^ angus l- 
Bonpland. v. (1857) 37; Xen. Orchid, i. 207, t.19. ? Amblyglottis 
folia, Blume Bijd. 369. Limodorum striatum, Reinwardt mss. 
PERAK, alt. 5-7000 ft., Scortechini, &e.—DISTRIB. Java. 
Stem very short or 0. Leaves 1-2 ft., petioled, narrowly 
basal, 6-10 in.; bracts not seen ; pedicels very slender, with ovar Capsule 3 We 
long, 3-5-nerved ; petals broader, 5-nerved, outer nerves branched. à Bowers and 
pendulous.—Near C. clavata, but stemless, with differently coloure 
different lip. 
lanceolate. 
y i ins; 
hea 
28. C. Scortechinii, Hook. f., scape with large loont is broad 
raceme short, sepals broadly obovate-oblong aristate, l'obkuse midlobe 
aristate 3-nerved, lip small short, side lobes very smallo i 
