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A number of plants were sent to the Buitenzorg Gardens and showed 

 ail the same characteristics. 



The variety differs crtiefly from the form with a short spur and narrow 

 side-lobes in the srnall flowers, the bilobed side-lobes and more numerous 

 calli at the base of the lip. 



Description from living plants. 



Calanthe (sect. Eucalanthe) transiens J.JS. n. sp. 



Folia petiolata, lanceolata, aciite acuminata, basi sensim in petioliim 

 angustata, giabra, nervis c. 7(— Q) majoribus subtus prominentibus, sicco 

 membranacea, c. 28—41 cm. longa, 6.5— Q cm. lata ; petiolus canaliculatus, 

 costatus, cum vagina c. 13 — 17 cm. longus. Inflorescentiae erectae, densius 

 multiflorae, pedunciilo puberulo, c. 62—64 cm. longo, vaginulis c. 3 puberulis 

 ad c. 4 cm. loiigis donato, rachide brevissime puberula, c. 14 cm. longa. 

 Bracteae eiongatae, auguste ovato-lanceolatae ad lanceolato-lineares, apicem 

 versus angustatae brevissime puberulae, ad c. 3.5 — 4.75 cm. longae, basi 

 0.8 cm. latae. Flores médiocres, sepalis dorso brevissime puberulis. Sepalum 

 dorsale oblongo-ellipticum, acuminatum, apice canaliculato recurvulum, basi 

 3- supra basin 5nervium, c. 1.75 cm. longum, 0.75 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia 

 oblique oblongo-elliptica, falcatula, apice canaliculato recurvula, obtusa cum 

 apiculo subulato, basi 3- supra basin Snervia, c. 1.8 cm. longa, 0.8 cm. lata. 

 Petala oblique oblongo-elliptica, breviter obtuse concavo-apiculata et recurvula, 

 3nervia, c."1.6 cm. longa, 0.67 cm. lata. Labellum inferne gynostemio tota 

 longitudine adnatum, calcaratum, ungue pilis raris instructo, lamina alte 

 tripartita, seriebus 3 verrucarum basi connatarum inter lobos latérales, seriebus 

 exterioribus basi quam intermedia altioribus, intermedia plus minusve in lobum 

 intermedium producta, explanata c. 1.7 cm. longa, ad lobos latérales 2.1 cm. 

 lata, lobis lateralibus basilaribus, patentibus, oblique oblongis, acutatis vel 

 subacuminatis, basi satis latis, margine antico rotundatis, c. 0.95 cm. longis, 

 0.5—0.575 cm. latis, lobo intermedio cuneato-spathulato, usque 2/5 partes 

 infra apicem vel minus bilobo, c. 1.15 cm. longo, basi 325 cm., superne 

 bene 1 cm. lato, lobulis divergentibus, oblique ovalibus ad oblongis, rotun- 

 datis vel subtruncatis, antice crenulatis, c. 5— 0.55 cm. longis, 0.5 cm. latis, 

 calcari reverso, recto, clavato, obtuso, parce puberulo, c. 1.4 cm. longo. 

 Gynostemium tota longitudine basi labelli adnatum, basi contractum, oblique 

 obconicum, margine inferiore vix curvulum, dorso sigmoideum, parce pu- 

 berulum, c. 0.6 cm. longum, clinandrio alte excavato, lobulo apicali rotundato, 

 lobulis stigmaticis antheram bene superantibus, oblique subquadrangulis, 

 angulo postico obtusis, extus convexis. Anthera alte cucullata, a dorso 

 compressa, semiorbicularis, antice auguste membranaceo-marginata et in 

 rostrum recurvulum abrupte contracta, bene 0.2 cm. lata. Pollinia 8, inaequaiia, 

 clavata. Ovarium ôsulcatum, c. 1 cm. longum, cum pedicello 2.1 cm. longo 

 brevissime puberulum. 



