CALANTHE. 



ORCHIDES. 919 



wliich are roundish and somewhat green. Tlie very remarkable callosity at the bnse 

 of the lip is bright yellow. 



Wiid in Sikkini in hot vaileys al 2000 feel-J. I). Hooker; in Khasia, at 4000 feet— 

 Hooker aiid Tiiomson. 



27. CALANTHF. DISCOLOR Lindl. in Sert. Orchid. sub t. 9. B. Rpg. 1840. t.55. L. F. p 9: 



Sepals ond petals claret-coloured ; lip wbite tiiiged witli pink. 



Wild in Japan— Zollinger. 



Calanthe discolor Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXIV. 1«38. Misc. 32: 



Racemo laxo pubescente, sepalis pel;i!isque aciitis, Inhelli tiilobi 

 colmnnae oinnino accreli pubescentis bilamellali lobo inl.ermeilio bilobo 

 3-caiinalo, calcare piibescenie acuLo limbo bieviore. Serl. Orcliid. sub t. 9. 



Iniroduced from Belgium. 



They no doubt belong either to Java or Japan. 1' in beight. Iii this the lip is of 

 a delii aie wbite, whit a few spots of pink near the base. Sep. aud pet. are of a deep 

 reddisb brown, a littlc disposed lo be striped. 



Dot. Heg. XXVL 1840. 55: 



Foiia oblonga , venis iribus majoribus, caeteris minoribus inlerjectis, scapo elon- 

 gato racemoso multifloro iireviore. Scapus nalmaris ad sesquipedalem florib 8—20. 

 Sepala et petala vinoso purpurea; labellum album, subroseura. — Comm. Aug. Meche- 

 linck of Ghenl. 



28. CALANTHE STRIATA R. Br. in B. Res. 578. L. F. p. 9 : 



Liinodorum strialum Banks Ic. Kaempf l. 2. 

 C. bicolor Lindl. in Sert. Orch. sub t 9. 

 Flowers yellow , cinnamon-brown al tbe bock. The lip has a bifld linear downy 

 callosity at ihe base, beyoiid wliicb rise thiee lamellae extendiiig almost to ihe point 

 each having- a minute lamelhila at its own base. 

 Wild in Japan— Kaempfer. 

 Cahmlhe bicolor Lindl. I. c. : 



Racemo laxjt) piibescenle, sepalis pelabsque acutis, labelli trilobi co- 

 lumnae omnino accieti lobis subaequalibus, intermedio cunealo apiculato 

 trilauiellulo basi convexo pubescenle bicoini, calcare aculo limbo duplo 

 breviore plabio. 



Flowers larger, than in discolor, bright yellow inside, and rich orangered exter- 

 nally ; wben spread open they are nearly2" diam. Mr. Aug. Mechelinck sent it under 

 the name of Ambhjcjlottis flava Rlume. 



29. CALANTHE GRIFFITHII Lindl. in Paxt. Fl. Gard. siib t. 61. L. F. p. 9 : 



C racemo laxo iriultifloro, labelli lobis laferalibus linearilus ob- 

 tusis intermedio subrolundo Iruncalo denticulato sub apice denle unico 

 magno aucto, calcare recto pendulo. 



A planl witb ibe hnbit of C. puberula. Spur siraigbt. about as long as the lip. A 

 single compressed looili just wilhin ihe apex of the lip. 



VViid in liootan; To Cliuku, on wet banks at 6000 feet, and above Telagong— 

 Grifflih. 



L, c. in Paxt. Fl. G. praeterea : ..ovario tomentoso," ..ralcare pubescente." 



30. CALANTHE SPECTOSA Lindl. Orch. Nr. 8. {AmhhjglotliM Dl ) L. F. p. 9: 



Flowers OMnge-colourcd. 



Wild in Jnv.i ; iii ihe dense woods in tlie moiiniainous parts of Bantam and 

 Buiienzorg— Blume. 



31. CALANTHE DENSIFLORA LindL Orcb. Nr. 10. Bot. Reg. t. 1646. L. F. p. 9: 



When young the racemc forms a glubular mass, completely covered by roundish 



