the plate now given has been prepared. The species 
belongs to the section Molliaefoliae, and is a striking 
plant on account of its large undulate leaves, its long 
raceme of vinous-purple flowers, and its large lip which 
is strongly toothed on the margin. At Kew L. macrantha 
has thriven well in a tropical Orchid House under the 
conditions and treatment suitable for Indian species of 
Calanthe. 
Descriprion.—Herb, terrestrial. Stem erect, rather stout, 4-6 in. high. 
Leaves petioled, spreading or recurved, ovate-elliptic or broadly elliptic, 
subacute or shortly acuminate, undulate, plicate, membranous, 4-6} in. long, 
2-3 in. wide ; petiole 1}-1} in. long, dilated and sheathing at the base. Scape 
erect, 8-12 in. high ; raceme 6-8 in. long, lax, many-flowered ; bracts spreading 
or recurved, triangular, acute, 3-4 in. long; pedicels spreading, 3—2 in. long, 
purple. Flowers large for the genus, dark purple. Sepals spreading, linear- 
lanceolate, §-i in. long, acuminate, recurved or revolute. Petals elongated 
linear, acute, 2—3 in. long. Lip short-clawed, recurved, obcordate-orbicular, 
_emarginate, §-} in. wide, margin fimbriately toothed, base 2-tuberculate, disk 
channelled longitudinally. Column ineurved, rather slender, 1-1 in. long. 
Pollinia 2, obovate-elliptic. 
Tas. 8797,—Fig. 1, column and base of lip; 2, column with the anther-cap 
removed ; 3, pollinia ; 4, sketch of an entire plant :—all enlarged except 4, which 
is much reduced, 
