ORCHIDEZ. 217 
19. CALANTHE. 
Calanthe, R. Br. in Bot. Reg. sub tt. 573 et 720; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 520. 
There are about forty known species of this genus, mostly inhabiting Tropical Asia, 
the rest being widely scattered in Japan, the Pacific Islands, New Caledonia, the 
Mascarene Islands, Tropical and South-eastern Africa, the West Indies, Mexico, and 
Central America. 
1. Calanthe mexicana, Rchb. f. in Linnea, xviii. p. 406; Orch. Eur. (Ic. Fl 
Germ.), t. 355. figg. 5, 6 et 7; Beitr. Orch. Centr.-Am. p. 79; Walp. Ann. vi. p. 912. 
Ghiesbreghtia calanthoides, A. Rich. et Gal. in Ann. Sc. Nat. série 3, iil. p. 28. 
South Mexico, Oaxaca (Ghiesbreght), Orizaba (Bourgeau, 3007), San Cristobal 
(Botteri, 239), Zacuapan (Leibold) ; Costa Rica, Desengatio (Wendland). Hb. Kew. 
20. ELLEANTHUS. 
Elleanthus, Presl. Relig. Henk. i. p. 97; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. in. p. 22. 
A Tropical-American genus of nearly fifty species, extending from Central America 
and the West Indies to Peru and Brazil, but most numerous in Colombia and Peru. 
1. Elleanthus capitatus, Rchb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. p. 475. 
Evelyna capitata, Poepp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. i. p. 32, t. 56; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 622. y 
Bletia capitata, R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, v. p. 206. . 
Souta Mexico, valley of Cordova (Bourgeau) ; GUATEMALA, without locality, culti- 
vated by Loddiges.—VENrzUELA to Perv and BraziL, and in the West Inpres. Hb. 
Kew. 
2, Elleanthus hymenophorus, Rchb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. p. 480; Beitr. Orch. 
Centr.-Am. pp. 42 et 89. 
Evelyna hymenophora, Rchb. f. in Bot. Zeit. 1852, p. 710. 
Costa Rica, Naranjo (Wendland); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, at 6000 to 7000 
feet (Warscewicz). 
3. Elleanthus, sp., Rchb. f. Beitr. Orch. Centr.-Am. p. 42, sine nomine. 
Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Warscewicz). 
4, Elleanthus, sp. 
Nicaracua, Chontales (Seemann, 193). Hb. Kew. 
5. Elleanthus, sp. 
Nicaragua, Chontales (Tate, 271). Hb. Kew. 
This is very near £. linifolius, Presl. Reliq. Henk. i. p. 97, Evelyna graminifotium, 
Poepp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. i. p. 33, t. 58. 
6. Elleanthus, sp. 
NicaraGua, Chontales (Tate, 194). Hb. Kew. 
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