CALANTHE. 



ORGIIIDES. 913 



Wil(i in Mexico— Galeolti , Leibold; in Cuba on llie etiges of ihe forests of Mount 

 Liban and tbe Sierra Maestre, at the beight of 3000 feet, August— Linden. 



Obs. Citatum falsum. Etenim {lescri|ita est prinuim in de Schlecbiendalii Liiinaea 

 1B44. 406 : 

 Sc.ipo ereclo, foliis lalis oblongis acuininalis bre.viore seu aeqimli 

 mullifloro, bracfeis lanceolalis ovariis longioribiis, sepalis petalisque ini- 

 noribus oblongis obtiisiusculis, labello ovalo obtuso inle.eerrimo pubt^- 

 rulo calcaralo, calcare tenui ovario breviore. — Mexico Leibold. 

 Ghiesbreghtia Rich. et Gal. Ann. sc. nat. 1845. Jan. p. '28 : 



Periaiithium explanatum, sepala libera. Labellum cuin gynoslemio 

 omnino connatum et quasi vaginam antice basi cakaratarn eflormans, 

 indivisum subcristatum ; vagina i.'ynostemii apice antice biloba, basi cal- 

 carata, gynustemium breve, clinanrlriiim marijinalum, roslellum siib- 

 elongatum, retinaculo oblongo terminatum. Anihera subglobosa. Pol- 

 linia 8 per 4 agglutinata, et cum relinaculo cohaerentia. 



7. CALANTHE ABliREVL\TA Lindl. Orcli. Nr. 15. (Amhlygloltis Bl.) L. F. p. 4: 

 Flowers whiie, in May. '• 



VVild in Java , near the cataracts of ihe river Tjiltundul in the mountains of Gedc 

 — Blume. 



§. 2. Eucalanthe. 



8. CALANTHE ALPINA J. l). Hoolver, Mss. L. F. p. 4 : 



C. spica secunda, labello siibrolundo inciso basi niido, calcare pen- 

 dulo filiformi-conico duplo longiore. 



Flowers greenish yeliow , „sceniless"; lip yellowish, very irregularly striated 

 with red. 



Wih\ in Sikkim, at Lachen, In pinc woods, at 10,000 feet, in July— J. D. Hoolcer. 



9. CAL.AiNTHE CO.NSPICUA Lindl. F. p. 4: 



C. sepalis oblongo-lanceolalis aequalibus, pelalis retusis paulo la- 

 lioribus, labelli lobo niedio obcoidalo basi cuneato versus columnam 

 hispido calcare compresso clavato incurvo labello aequali. 



A noble species wiib the habil of C. Masuca and fulgens, but witb flowers twice 

 as large as in eiiher; their colour is unknown. Leaf bioad, like ihat of C. veratri- 

 folia, slightly pilose beneath. Raceme short, roundish. Flowers nearly smooth , two 

 and-a-half inches lotig, at least , froin the setting on of tho pedicel to ihe end of the 

 lip. Sppals narrowly obloiig, one-and-a-haH inch long, acute, equal-sided, ibree to 

 five-veined ; |)Ctals the same If-ngth, rnlher broader, quite retuse. Side lobes of lip 

 trnncate returved. middle one broadly obcoidate , sligbily denticulate. The surface 

 of ibe base, owing to the neshiness of Ibe parts and ihe pressure into which they 

 have been subjecicd , cannot be exactly ascertained. There is bowever no doubt ih.a 

 ihere is a line of sinall soft leetli, as in C sylvatica, and I bclieve tbe mouih of ibo 

 spur is siopped by some large waris. The spur is remarkably club-sh,i)icd aitd 

 curved like a sabre. 



Among Reinvvarili's lcones ineditne, is a plant witli palc lilac Ilowcrs which iiiay 

 belong 10 ibi.s species. 



WiUl in the Philippines ; Bohol— Cuming. 



10. CALANTHE CURCULIGOIDES Lindl. Orch. Nr. 13. Bot. Keg. t. 8. 1847. L. F. p. 4. 

 Stijloglossum nervosum Kubl and Hasselt. 

 ? Amblyglottis pukra Blume Bijdr. 371. 

 ? Calanthc inilcra L. Nr. 9. 

 VL 115 



