CALANTHE. 



ORCHIDES. 915 



[luc ad C. siilvalicam Lindl. ; C. versicolor Lindl. Sert. Orch. 42. Bot. Rcg. 1844. 

 sub 37 



Wiid in the East Indies, locolity unknown. Fio\vcr.s \vhile. wiih a piirpie !i|), chan- 

 ging to yellow. 



Lindl. Sert. 1. c. : Hnbit of C. veratrifolia. Leavcs vcry broad , laliier concave^ 

 when in great vigour, and as much as a foot and a half long , aniong tii(;m rise liie 

 stout noble scapes , round, here and ihere furnished with a sheaihnig scale, sn.ooth 

 near tlie ground, bul downy over all the upper portion. Flowers quile sinootli, of a 

 deep rich violet, very acute, spreading, and r.uher iarger than the petals, which have 

 the saine fonn, but are a little curved back at the tips. The lip adheres by ihe base 

 10 ihe whole edge of the column, whicl» is unusually short, it is ihreclobed, ihe side 

 lobes are hnlf foveate' obtuse, ancl niuch smallir than the middle lobe, which is ob- 

 ovaie, almost wedgeshaped, deeply split. along its middle runs a lincofwarls, which 

 lerminaie ne.\t ihe column in 3 much larger oblong tubeicles. Spur is curved , liltle 

 thi^kened lowards the end , about the same lengih as the downy ovary. — Fl. at 

 Sion. Sei)t. 1840. 



Lindl. Oot. Heg. I. c. : 



Foliis ol)ioiigo-lanceolatis erectis concavis 7—9 nerviis, utrinque glaberrimis scapo 

 apice jiubescenie brevioribus, racemo denso pyramidato, labelli columnae brevi ac- 

 creti trilobi luhis laieralibus ovatis nanis, inierraedio cuneato bilobo inulto majoie, 

 basi biuibeicuiato secus lineam mediam verrucoso , calcare glabro ovarii pubcscenlis 

 longitudine. 



16. CALANTHE .M.ASUCA Limll. Orch. i\r. 3. D. R. 1844, t. 37. B. M. t. 4541. L. F.p.6: 



C. emaryinata Wighi. Ic. 3. t. 918. 

 Flowers large, purple, wiih tliiee long rugged wbite or orange-coloured callosi 

 lies on the base of the lip. The Ceylon and Java localilies indicated in L. 0. musl 

 now be ex|mnged, as uiicertnin. 



Wild in Nepal— Wall:cb ; Sikkim— Cathcart ; Nilglierries— Lobb. 

 Bot. Reg. XXVIIL 1842, Misc. 52. et 1844. i. 37: 



Sciipo ereclo, foliis latis oblongis peliolatis acuniinatis lon.eiore, fa- 

 cemis n;ulti(loiis , laljello Iripnrtilo l)asi tiil)eiculis seriatis 5-crislalo, 

 seiiebus iiilermediis elevatioiibus ; lacmiis laleralibus linearibus suhfal- 

 catis, inlermedia cimeata emari^inata tn unguem lineaiem laciniis late- 

 lalibus aequalern angusfato, calcare longissiuio falcato clavalo. columna 

 brevi obliqua anlice bifoveata, ovaiio pubescenle. 



Deep violel llowers with a ricli purple lip. Nepal, Beiigal, Ccylon, probably Java. 

 — Cf. Paxt. Fl. G. I. p. 138. Nr. 187. Lem. Jard. Fi. t. 62. 



17. CALANTHE PUBPUr.llA Lindl. Orch. Nr. 2 B. Rcg. 1844. sub t. 37. L. F. p. 6: 



Thc Ihrec precoding species are very difflcult to disiinguish , and possibly C. ver- 

 sicolor, the wiid localiiy of wliicii is uiiknown, may be a mcie variely of C. Masuca, 

 Whal dilTerences I mosi rciy upon will ajipear from ihc following conirast: 



versicolor. Musuca. purpnrca. 



Lravfs .... smooth on bolh sides piiose benealh sofily hairy beneath 



Raccmc . . . close ojicn . . . close. 



Dracts .... l^nfy, largcr Ihan the sl.orU.r thnn thc . ,, „ ,, ,,ediccls. 



ovary pedicels 



Sepals aud Pi-lals whilc pnrplo . . . purple. 



Lip briiad broad . . . iiarr.iw. 



Do. sidclobcs . . obliquc ..... broad . . . ruund. 



nearly slraiglit , not curved, longcr,- ncarly slraight, shorler 



^^^ .... lof.g^,. ihj,„ iiie podiccl ihan thc pediccl thau ihe pcdiccl. 



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