Calanthe.] CXLVIII. OROHIDEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 855 
deltoidly cordate retuse apiculate, base with 2 triangnlar lamellz, top of 
E amm clavate, spur more or less clavate about as long as the sepals 
or shorter. 
PERAK, Scortechini. 
Leaf 2 ft. 6 in., long-petioled, narrowly lanceolate. Scape 12 in.; sheaths 
11-2 in.; pedicels slender, with ovary l in.; sepals 1 in., 3-5-nerved; petals 
3-nerved, nerves faint, outer branching ; top of column (above the lip), unlike that 
of other species, produced backwards, rostellum very long.—I have seen but one 
Specimen, 
Sect. II. Lip inserted at the base of the column, which is not embraced 
ty Its side lobes. Bracts very long, slender, caducous. Scape always 
Shorter than the leaves. 
29. C. densiflora, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7344; Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 
250; in Dot. Reg. t. 1646; Fol. Orchid. 9; scape radical, sheaths inflated, 
Taceme short dense-fld., bracts lanceolate much exceeding the yellow 
Owers, sepals oblong acute, petals as broad, lip broadly oblong, base 
Tounded, side lobes small, midlobe small sessile emarginate, spur cylindric, 
Knowles d West Flor. Cab. t. 23; Walp. Ann. vi. 919. 
E Sikkim HIMALAYA, alt. 5-6000 ft., Treutler, &c. Kuasta HiLLs, alt. 4-5000 ft., 
inmon, 
Rhizome short, stout. Leaves 8-10 in., narrowly lanceolate; petiole as long, 
slender, Scape 4-8 in. ; raceme subglobose ; bracts 1} in., membranous; pedicels 
slender, with the ovary }~$ in.; perianth connivent; sepals $ in.; petals 3-nerved ; 
P as long as the sepals, base with 2 large triangular lamelle, column arched. 
enis 3 in, turgidly ellipsoid.— Habit and spur of C. clavata with lip of 
ilis. 
.90. ©. tubifera, Hook. f.; stem tall, internodes long, sheaths cylin- 
dric, leaves many distichous alternate narrow, scape lateral, sheaths 
inflated, raceme pubescent lax-fld., lip as in C. densiflora, spur 0. 
UPPER Burma, Grifith. 
Stem 15 in., ned thick as the middle finger ; internodes loosely clothed with 
tubular sheaths 3-4 in, long. Leaves many, 6-14 in., sessile, linear-lanceolate. 
“ape 12 in.; raceme 6 in.; bracts not seen; sepals ł in. long, lanceolate, 
acuminate ; petals subsimilar; lip as long, twice as long as the column, without 
mellæ, lateral nerves divergent crested, midlobe crisped.—Allied to C. gracilis, but 
much larger, with flowers twice as large and pubescent. 
31. C. gracilis, Lindl. in Wall, Cat. 7341; Gen. § Sp. Orchid. 251; 
"em tall, internodes long cylindric, scape very slender, raceme _ tod. 
mauy-üd.. bracts linear much exceeding the puberulous flowers hair-pointec ; 
;P with 2 velvety basal patches, lateral nerves narrowly lamellate, spur 0. 
Bot. Mag. t. A714; Griff. Notul, iii. 367; Walp. Ann. vi. 922. Limatodes 
gracilis, Lindl, Fol. Orchid. 1. 
Kasra Hirrs Tallie — DISTRIB. China. 
, alt. 3-4000 ft., Wallich, &c. I . (19 ; 
Stems 12-18 in., tufted ; sheaths 2-3 in. Leaves many, subterminal, 6-12 in., 
mate or lanceolate, decuryed. Scape lateral, 8-14 in. ; bracts 1 al; lines slender, 
“mbranous ; flowers greenish yellow; sepals j-3 in. and petals short. white 
baxtred ; lip yellow; side lobes incurved; midlobe crisped; column short, , 
tumid in front. ' 
loy ect. IIT. Lip inserted at the top of the broad short column, its side 
* convolute and embracing the column. 
