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34. CALANTHE furcata. Bateman Mss. 



C furcata ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis profunda plicatis scapo dense capitato sub- 

 aequalibus, labello columnar omnino adnato tripartito basi glanduloso-cristato 

 laciniis lateralibus semiovatis apice rotundatis intermedia cuneata divarica- 

 tim biloba. lobis apiee serratis, calcare incurvo pubescente apice furcato 

 labello breviore. 



A white-flowered species, with a scape about a foot high, 

 received by Mr. Bateman from the Luzon islands, where it 

 was collected by Mr. Cuming. 



35. BLETIA havanensis. 



B. havanensis ; scapo simplici foliorum longitudine, sepalis patulis ovatis acutis 

 elamellatis, petalis supra columnam conniventibus ovatis obtusiusculis uii- 

 dulatis, labello subrotundo-ovato cucullato trilobo : laciniis lateralibus ob- 

 tusis mtermediam retusam crispam longiorem basi imbricantibus,cristis tribus 

 lamellatis versus apicem interruptis basi evanescentibus venis duabus utrinque 

 arcuatis varicosis. 



This species differs from B. verecunda in the colour of its 

 flowers, which are much paler, in its unbranched scape, 

 and in the form of its lip, whose crested plates are inter- 

 rupted about the base of the middle lobe, and bounded on 

 each side by a pair of curved varicose veins. I have the fol- 

 lowing account of it from Mr. Booth. 



" Introduced from the Havannah by Capt. Sutton, in the 

 spring of 1835, and added to Sir Charles Lemon's collection 

 at Carclew, where it flowered in March 1837. 



" Bulb terrestrial, nearly round, about the size of a large 

 marble. Leaves several, 3-5, sheathing, plaited, ensiform, 

 from one and a half to two feet long, and an inch broad ; so 

 thin and slender as to be almost unable to support them- 

 selves upright, of a light green colour, with five or more 

 longitudinal ribs, which are rather prominent on the under 

 side. Scape upwards of two feet and a half high, nearly 

 erect, round and woody, of a glossy, reddish brown colour 

 and spotted ; bearing ten or eleven peach-coloured flowers, 

 in a loose upright panicle. Pedicels an inch long, of a deep 

 brown colour, slightly channelled, with a small cordate, acu- 

 minate bractea at the base of each. Sepals spreading, ob- 

 long-lanceolate, a little recurved at the point and edges ; the 



