918 ORCHIDES. 



CALANTIIE. 



(C.) auslralis. Flowers white clianging- to bufT. 

 Jmblyglotlis flava Blume Bijdr. 370. t. 64. 

 Flos Iriplicutns Rum|)h. .\mboyii. VI. i. 52. fig. 'i. 

 (D.) comosa. Roceme veiy dense ; bracts broad, very downy. 



C. cumosa Rchb. fll. in Linn. .\IX. 374. 

 This is a very t^xiensively dispersed idant, varying somewhal in appearance ac- 

 cording lo soil. place and climate. The varieties above enumeratcd mifjhi wiihout 

 inconvenience be disregarded, or ihey might be greally muliiplied. The size of ihe 

 brncis, the detisene.ss of ihe inllorescence, and the degree of downiness are very va- 

 riabie circumslances. 



Wild iii m.iny tropical parts of Asia ; A. Ceylon, up to 6000 feet— Mrs. Walker ; 

 Continenl of India; B. Ceylon — Macrae; C. Au.^ilraiia, iti ihe Illawarra ili.^^trici, South 

 of Port Jockson— A. Cuiaiingliam ; Amboyna— Rumpliius; Java— Bliime ; D. Ccylon— J. 

 D. liooker; Nilgherries— Rcbb. iil. 



Bol. Reg. XXV. 1839. Misc. 39: In Aug. 1822. wbilst on excursion to ihe Illawarra. 

 a coast district on the soutli of l'ori Jackson , I met wiili a plnnl in dark sbaded 

 woods, whi( h J iniroduced to Kew, in tbe foll. year considering ii a Bleiia. It soon 

 afterwards llowered in that coll and was then ascertained lo diHer in no one re- 

 spect from the Java plant. They have repeatediy been in (lower logeiher since tbai 

 period. and ou a close criticai e.\amination of the two piants , no diiference could be 

 discoveied, excepiing that ihe Ausiraiiaii plant is noi so purelj white iii tbe ilower, 

 os tlie Java one; their idenliiy is therefore clearly delermined. Illawarra di.strict, 

 near Port Jackson (iai. 34V2 S.) is iherefore another localily. — New Suulh Waless 

 Aii. Cuniigh. 



Lindl. Paxt. Fl. G. II. 132. Culanlhe veralrifoHa vor. nuslralis {CalniUhe auslrali. 

 Horl.). Not pureiy wliile. Ex Moore : „ spur isshorier, llowers rnore coiii|iact. 

 Leaves also shorter aiid the plani is hardier. baving siood in a cool gieenhoose aii 

 thc seasoii aiid floweied iiicely.' 



25. CALAKTIiE GRACILLI.MA Lindl. Fol. p. 8: 



C. ract;iiio gracilliiiio pubescenle, bractcis ovatis aciitissiniis, sepalis 

 lateialiJjiis siibiolnndis leflexis petalis angustionbus, labelli 5-lobi laci- 

 niis liDeaiibus obiu?i.<, \errucis paucis sub cucullo plicato latentibus, 

 talcaie lecto lubello lui).i-'io]e. 



C. veratrifolia llooker in Bechey's Voyage p. 71 : 

 A very slender planl wiih a narrow raceme someiimes as much as eighleen inclies 

 long. wilh siraighl shinp iiarrow by no means uiidulated bracts aiid very litlle down 

 Tiie flower.s are niucb like ihosc of C. veralriloiia , but ibe iaieral sepals are roun- 

 dish , ecpiai-sidtd und llve veined , while ihe peial» are narrower and ihree-veined; 

 and tbe crest al tlie base of ihe lip consists of a flesby houd beiieaili wbich lurk a 

 lew warts , leriiiinaiiiig lurwards iii a iionow elevaied plate, By ihis circuuistance il 

 is abundauiiy distiiiguisbed from C. verairifolia, indepciideiit of its dilfereiii babil. 

 Tbe only leaf in Sir W. Hooker's berbarium is more iban eighieen iiiciies iong , by 

 three-and-a-hulf broad, and seeii:s lo be smootb on bolb sides. 

 Wild in iho Socieiy Islands— Beechey. 



26. CALANTIIE ALISMALFULIA Liiidl. Fol. p. 8: 



t:. fuliis ovalo-subiutuiidia lunj^i.^^sime peliolalis siibtus i^laticescen- 

 libus, iabelli quadiilobi laciniis Jaieiaiibus linearibus inlennedia aile ob- 

 coid;ita callu maxiiiio carnoso luberculalo juxla ba^in, calcaie labello 

 vix aeqii;iii. 



Leaves with much tlie appearance of Alisnia *Planlag6; innorescence nearly 

 Binooth; bratts ovate, squarrosc ; flowers whiic, tinged wiih piiik, exte|tt ihc sepals. 



