014 ORCniDES 



CALANTHE. 



Spike crect, a foot long in vigorous specimens. Flowcrs bright yeliow. 

 Wild in Malacca— Grifflili; Pcnang and Singa|»ore— VViiilicli; Java , ia ibe woods of 

 Ibe mountains of Seribu— niume. 

 Cf. Walp. Ann. I. p. 792. 



11. C.VLANTHIi ANGLSTIFOLIA Lindl. Orch. Nr. 12. {Amblnglotlis m.) L. F. p. 5: 



I liave wild spe iincns from Mr. Lulib, in one of which ihe Icaves arc ihree times 

 as brond as in ihe olher. The spike is ihin and few-lJowered. wiih deciduous bracis, 

 Two iiillaled sheaths tlothe tlie scnpe. In I^einwardi's unpublished flgures , where it 

 is c.illed Limodorum slriatnni, ihe flowers aie represented as wliite wiih a pale 

 ornnge-coloured lip. I Qnd ihe lalter to be four-lobed , wilh rounded equal lobes 

 and a pair of calli at ihe base. 



Wild in Java— Lobb; in shady places on the mountain?) of ihe province of Buiten- 

 zorg— lUume. 



12. CALANTHE CLAV.VTA Lindl. Orch. Nr. 11. L. F. p. 5: 



A fiiie species wilh primro.^^e llowers in a donsc cylindrical racenie. 

 Wiid in S\lhet— Wallich; Khasia, at 4000 ft— liooker and Thomson; Sikkim at 4 

 -5000 feel— J. D. Ilookcr, Calhcart. 



13. CALANTIiE GaLEATA Liiidi. Fol. p. 5: 



C. (iaceiijo paucitloro secundo), sepalis petalisque caleatis, labello 

 basi bicalloso laciniis laleialil)us jineaiibiis brevibus inl.ennedia obcu'* 

 neata caUaii ac'uto cuivo aeqtiali. 



Dr. Hooker's herbarium contains no specimen of tliis very dislinct species, which 

 is foiuided on a sketch by himself, preserved among his colleclions. It represeuts a 

 plant wiih the following peculiarities. Scape ralher raore than a foot high, with a 

 pair of young. leaves al ihe base, from among which rises a noddini,' raceme of four 

 llowers; ihe fuil-grown leaf is about eighteen inches loiig, broadly oval tapering into 

 a channelled peiiole. The sepuls and jtetals are dull olivc stripcd wiih crimson, and 

 ,,converge over llie anther." The lip is white with a rose-coloured .spur. There is 

 notl.ing in the,genus lo which this can be refened even if ihe few-llowercd racerae 

 and nodding tlowers, which may bo occidental , aie disregarded. The capsules are 

 pynform. iriangular and aboul one-and-a-half iiich long. The drawing is dated iMay 

 9,' 1848. 



Wild in Sikkim, ai 4000 feet, near Uoijeeling— J. U. Hooker. 



14. CALANTHE EMAUGINATA Liiidl. Orch. iNr. 4. {.-Smblijjlottis Dl.) L, F. p. 5: 



Flowers large, violet. witli orange-coloured callosities on tlie lip. 



VVild in Java , in the primaeval woods of M. Gede— Dlume. 



Obs. Omisit cl. Lindley: v^ ight Ic. pl. Ind. or. III. 918. (1844), cf. tamen sub 16. 



15. CALANTIIE SYLVATICA Liiidl. Orch. 6. L. F. p. 5. 



Ccnlrosis sylvulica Tliuuais Orch. afr., l, 35. 3G. 



D. ncttalcnsis Dchb. fil. in Linnaca XIX. 374. 



Flowers white, gradually clianging lo brighl yellow wilhout fading , so that ihe 

 upper part of tlie long s|ukc is pnre while, llio lowest very yellow, tlie middle a de- 

 licate cream colour. Wiihiii ilie hollow of ihc column lower down than the tuberclcs, 

 1 find a pair of llesliv calli. 



Wild in Mauritius and Duurbon— Thouars, T.oulon Scc. ; ficlds in elevaied silualions 

 — D.ojer; La Donce— Gardner ; D. Dort Nalal— lUhb. fil. 



The Natal plant which Mr. Ueichenbach regards asavariely, I have secn no- 

 where. It would seeni lo have a niore slender habit, shorter bracts , and a flner 

 spur. — Cf. I'axt. Fl. G I. p. '25. Nr. 33. 



Obs. Culunthc versicolor b. nutaleiisis Rchb. lil. ainc serius pro specie, Calaniliide 

 naialensi, edita. Cf. Bonpl. IV. p. 322. Rchb. fil. 



