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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Calanthe—continued. 
C. Curtisii (Curtis’). /., sepals and petals rosy outside, white 
inside, the petals and lateral sepals with rosy borders ; lip yellow, 
with a very short, rather triangular, blunt lobe on each side of the 
base, the middle segment cuneate, dilated from the narrow base, 
the callus purple; column white and rosy. J. long-petiolate, 
cuneate-oblong, acute. Sunda Islands, 1884. 
C. dipteryx (two-winged). jl. suffused rich purple ; sepals, 
rachis, bracts, pedicels, and ovaries puberulous outside ; basilar 
partition of the lip triangular, obtuse, short, scarcely reaching 
half the breadth of the anterior lacinia ; callus purple, in three 
rows; isthmus very short. Sunda Islands, 1884. Allied to 
C. pleichroma. 
C. discolor (two-coloured). l., sepals and petals claret-coloured, 
acute ; lip white, tinged wich pink; scape elongated, racemosely 
many-flowered. J. oblong. Japan, 1837. (B. R. 1840, t. 55.) 
C. Foerstermanni (Foerstermann’s). /l., sepals and petals 
yellow, oblong, acute; lip whitish-yellow, reniform, with an 
apiculus ; spur clavate, half the length of the stalked ovary ; 
bracts rather thin, exceeding the flowers; peduncle distantly 
sheathed, densely racemose at apex. J. petiolate, oblong-lanceo- 
late, acute, 3ft. long. Birma, 1883. 
C. gracilis (slender). jl. greenish-yellow ; sepals 4in. to gin. long ; 
lip yellow; column white, short; raceme laxly many-flowered ; 
scape lateral, Sin. to 14in, long. Soptember. J. many, 6in. to 
12in. long, ovate or lanceolate. Stem lft. to 14ft. high. Khasia 
Hills and China, 1851. (B. M. 4714.) 
C. labrosa (large-lipped). jl., sepals and petals yellow outside, 
urple within; lip pale purple, with darker spots at base ; spur 
onger than the sepals. 7. elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate. Pseudo- 
bulbs 4in. to 8in. long, obpyriform or fusiform, leafing after 
flowering. Moulmein, 1879. SyN. Limatodes labrosa. 
C. Langei (Lange's). 1. deep yellow, numerous, crowded ; dorsal 
sepal ovate, acute, the lateral ones lanceolate; petals ovate, 
acute; lip spathulate-obovate, apiculate, with minute deltoid 
side lobes, and two slight elevations at the base ; raceme Sin. to 
4in. long ; scape shorter than the leaves. J. lanceolate, 2ft. long, 
24in, broad. New Caledonia, 1885. 
C. natalensis (Natal). /. lin. to 1sin. in diameter, pale lilac, 
with a darker, redder lip, or with the sepals and petals white and 
suffused with lilac towards the margins only; sepals ovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate ; petals shorter and broader ; lip about as 
long as the sepals ; raceme 6in. to 8in. long ; scape longer than the 
leaves, erect. J. five to seven, all radical, 8in. to 12in. long, Sin. 
to 5in. broad, elliptic-lanceolate. Natal. Evergreen. (B. M. 
6844.) Syn. C. sylvatica. 
C. Petri is a form of C. veratrifolia. 
C. proboscidea (snout-like). jl. white, changing to lightest 
ochre, witha few vermilion markings on the lip, the short nail of 
which descends and the large blade stands at right-angles with 
it, having four laciniz ; anterior part of the column curved down, 
like the snout of some insects. Sunda Islands, 1884. Allied to 
C. furcata. 
C. rosea (rosy). fl. pale rose, shading to white on the lip, which 
is oblong, flat, retuse ; spur straight, obtuse, horizontal ; column 
tomentose ; bracts recurved, shorter than the ovary ; scape many- 
flowered, longer than the leaves. J. oblong-lanceolate, plicate, 
glabrous. Pseudo-bulbs fusiform. Moulmein, about 1850. SYN. 
Limatodes rosea (B. M. 5312; F. d. S, xxii., t. 2294; P. F. G. iii. 81). 
C. rubens (reddish). fl. pink, smaller than in C. vestita ; dorsal 
sepal in. long, mucronate ; lip rose-pink, darker at base ; raceme 
about fourteen-flowered ; scape 2ft. long, woolly. Pseudo-bulbs 
6in. long, 14in. broad, conical, silvery. Langkawi Island, north 
of Penang, 1890. (G. C. 1890, vii., p. 576.) 
C. Sanderiana (Sander’s). ., sepals and petals pale lilac, 
shading to lilac-purple at the margin, less than lin. long; lip 
rich deep purple with some brown on the erest, three-lobed ; 
racemes many-flowered. J. tufted, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, 
lft. to 14ft. long. Eastern tropical Africa, 1892. 
C. Sandhurstiana (Sandhurst’s). /. deep rose-carmine. A 
ceaTUne hybrid between C. rosea and C. vestita rubro-oculata, 
C. sanguinaria (bloody). »/. dazzling blood-red, the acuminate 
sepals and the lip being lighter, with blood-red markings, outside 
pale purple ; petals broader than the sepals; middle lobe of lip 
cuneate, dilated, bilobed ; raceme hairy. Pseudo-bulbs hexa- 
gonal. 1886. A handsome, seedling form. 
C. sanguinea (blood-coloured). jl. crimson, the base or ‘‘eye” 
of the lip of an intense crimson outlined with deep rose. 1898. 
Described as a “grand Calanthe.” 
C. Sedenii (Seden’s). fl. large ; sepals and eas bright rose ; lip 
the same colour, with a very dark purplish blotch, surrounded by 
a zone of white, at the base. A hybrid between C. Veitchii and 
C. vestita rubro-oculata. Z 
C. Sieboldii. The correct name is C. striata. 
C. splendens (splendid). l., sepals and petals rich rosy-red ; lip 
having a distinct crimson or cherry-red shade down the centre. 
1898. A hybrid; the parentage of which is not stated. 
C. Stevensiana (Stevens’). ji. white (changing to buff as they 
become older), with a rosy-purple spot on the lip; scape erect, 
Calanthe—continued. 
hairy, eight- to ten-flowered. Bulbs greyish, stout-jointed. Cochin 
China, 1 A pretty species. 
C. striata (striated). The correct name of C. Sieboldii. (B. M. 
7026; L. S. O., t. 9.) Sy¥n. C. bicolor. 
C. sylvatica (sylvan). A synonym of (@. natalensis. 
C. tricarinata (three keeled). . lin. across; sepals whitish, 
tinged with pale green and rose-pink ; petals narrower, the basal 
half whitish, the apical half stained with rose-pink ; lip rose- 
purple bordered with white, the disk having three white keels; 
spur obsolete ; scape erect, loosely racemose. J. broadly oval or 
oval-oblong, Sin. to 6in. long. Nepal, 1879. 
C. Turneri (Turner's). fl. pure white, with a deep rose eye, 
resembling those of C. vestita, but more compact, and produced 
fate er pus longer spikes than in that species. Pseudo-bulbs 
. ed. Java. 
C. T. nivalis (snowy). 4. wholly white. Birma. 
Fic. 195. CALANTHE VERATRIFOLIA. 
C. veratrifolia. This time-honoured species, with its bold 
foliage and erect flower-spikes, is shown at Fig. 195. 
Cc. v. colorans (coloured). jl. white; lip changing to ochre, 
with calli of samboge-yellow ; spur generally bidentate at apex ; 
raceme rather dense, elongated, the rachis,” bracts, ovaries, 
and sepals velvety. India, 1885. (W. O. A. 218.) 
C. versicolor (various-coloured). A synonym of C. Masuea. 
C. vestita Fournieri (Fournier's). /l. of a rosy tint, 
smaller than in the type. 1892. A pretty variety. 
C. v. gigantea (gigantic). #. white, large, with a blood-red eye ; 
spike very stout. November to March. Plant larger in all 
its parts than in the type, retaining its foliage until new growth 
begins. See Fig. 196. 
C. v. luteo-oculata (yellow-eyed). /. white, with a blotch of 
yellow in the middle of the lip. October to February. (F. da. 8. 
816; L. J. F. 333; P. M. B. xvi., p. 129; W. S. O. i. 29, upper fig.) 
Cc. v. macroloba (large-lobed). 7. pure white, larger and of 
reater substance than in the type; basilar lobe very broad; 
ateral calli much developed. May and June. Pacific Islands. 
C. v. oculata-gigantea (giant-eyed). A synonym of C. v. 
gigantea. 
Cc. v. porp ea (porphyry-like). ji. wholly blood-crimson, with 
a deeper-coloured eye. 
