920 ORCHIDES. 



CALANTHE, 



ovate, thin deciduous bracts. Eacli scape is furnishedWMth three inflated sheatlis. 



The column is remarkable for being exrendf^d inlo a long conslricied neck above its 



junction with ihe iip. Fiowers apricot-ycllow. 



Wild in Sylhet — Wallich; Assam — Griffilb; Khasia, al 4000 feet — Thomson and 



Hooker. 



Lindl. 1. c- : 

 Scapo foliis multo breviore, squainis I.ixis ventricosis, racemis den- 

 sis muliitloris corymbosis, labelli cum columna parum connati lobo 

 medio cuiieato bilobo, disco bilamellato, calcare longo recLo pendulo 

 apice clavato. 



Rhizoma subierraneum , brevissimum , pullulationibus junioribus duris rigidis cor- 

 nulis sanguineo |iallido punciatis. Folia oblongo-lanceoiaia, piicata. Scapus semi- 

 pedalis ei ultra , squainis 2—3 veniricosis sanguineo-punciatis laxe vaginaiis. Flores 

 pallide luiei, in corymbum densum miillillorum congesti. Sepala et petala connivenlia 

 aec|ualia. Labellum cum columua parum connatum, inlobum ; lobis hiteralibus ascen- 

 dentibus roiuudalis, interniedio cuneaio rotundaio bilobo basi lamellis 2 cornutis bre- 

 vibus ornato; calcar curvum pendulum, apice clavalum. 

 32. GALANTHE PLANTAGINEA L. 0. N. 7. L. F. 9. Sert. Orch. t. 24. GrilT. ic. t. 339. 



Flowers pale rose-colour or violet with a darker lip. 



Wild in Nepal and Kamaon— Wallich; Namik, at 9000 feet— Slracbey and Winter- 

 boltom; Bootaa, between Tussulling and Chindrippa, 7—7500 feel— Grifflth ; Sikkim— 

 Calhcart, 



Sert. L c, : Disc. bf Wallich : common about roots of trees in various mount. 

 places in the valley of Nipni and in ihe forest on the suinmil of Mounl Chandaghery, 

 Febr. Roots thick, whiie, clustered , snaoolh when old, orijjinally covered with dense 

 whiie hairs. Stem is a creeping rhizome with round knobs, whence the leavej» are 

 produced. Leaves ovale, acuie, 6— H"^ wavy ; their sialk 6" deeply channelled. an- 

 gular gradually widening upwards. — Scape 1 — 1 '/o' high, oIUmi tinged with purple. 

 Racemes 6—8" in lenglh, paie purple nowers ; pedicels '/2" covered wiih shorl down 

 like all the ext. parts of the llow. Bracis linear lanceolate, 4'" long, downy, nearly 

 whiie. Perianih spread open , pale violet. Sopal lanceolaie, acuie. 3—8"; pelals 

 linear. Lip naked , 3 parled, with cuneaie obovate segnients, of which those of the 

 side are more obtuse, than ihe middle, which is apiculaie. 3 tubercles at tlie bas»»; 

 some rellexed hairs inside , al the base proionged into a slonder spur, which is 

 noicbed at ihe end, pendulous, as long or longer, ihan the pedicel. 

 ,33. CALANTHE HERBACEA Lindl. Fol. p. 10: 



C. foliis lalis subsessilibus, lahelli basi tricostati 4-lobi lobo inter- 

 medio alte obcordato, calcare sigmoideo. 



Sepals and petals lanceolaie, green. Lip pure white. Spur doubly curved yellowish 

 Wild in Sikkim. in hot valieys at 1—4000 feet— J. D. Hooker. 

 Obs. CI. Lindiey haec vult I. c. p. 10. 



Calanthc vcstila Lindl. Orch. Nr. 5. Paxt. Fl. G. 147. c. ic. Bot. Mag. t. 4671. 

 Cijllieris GyiHilltii Wight ic. t. 1751. 

 I^i-eplanlhe veslila Rchl). fil. in Bot. Ztg. 1853. 493. 

 Flowers jpalc crfnm-colnur. !nnore.<cence exlrenuly .«ihngcy. In a variety there is 

 a deep cnmsnn blnich at the base of ilie lip. .Mr Reichenbach having examined this 

 planl before the pollen-mass-^s ridhered to iheir gl.ind. snpposed it to be a dislinct 

 genus, which he called Prepianihc, and placed among Kpidendreae. 

 Wild in Buriiia-Griflilh, W;.llich. 

 Cf. sui.rii p. 46i». — Adde: Paxt. Mag. XVL 128. 

 34. CALANTHE CHLOROLEUCA Lindl. Fol. p. 10: 



C. racemo raro secundo, labelli iiudi 4-!ol)i laciniis acqualibus ro- 

 tundatis. 



