ORCHIDACE^E 



to this species. The labellum is entire, three-lobed. The bracts are 

 deciduous. 

 Luzon. 

 8. Phajus Ramosii comb. nov. Calanthe Ramosii Ames in Phil. 

 Journ. Sci. 7 : 12. 1 originally described this species under Calan- 

 the, but the labellum is not joined to the column. It is a member 

 of § Limatodes. It is closely related to Calanthe gracilis Lindl., 

 but distinct in the construction of the labellum. 

 Luzon. 



56. CALANTHE R. Br. 



Probably between one hundred and fifty and one hundred and 

 eighty species are recognized. The geographical range of the 

 genus is similar to that of Phajus. Calanthe mexicana Reichb. f. 

 is a native of the American tropics. 



1. Calanthe angustifolia (Bl.) Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 251. 



MlNDORO. 



Also Java, Sumatra, and Malay Peninsula. 



2. Calanthe conspicua Lindl. Fol. Orch. Calanthe, no. 9. C.lila- 

 cina Loher in Gard. Chron. (1910) 47 : 66. This is a gigantic Calan- 

 the, which in the flower before me measures exactly two and one- 

 half inches from the base of the pedicel to the apex of the large 

 obcordate labellum. The labellum is 4 cm. long, and across the 

 widest part of the middle lobe it measures 2.8 cm. The spur, 3 cm. 

 long, slender at its origin, and clavate below the middle, resem- 

 bling the abdomen of an ichneumon-fly, suggests a sabre as de- 

 scribed by Lindley. In dried specimens not unlike Phajus flavus 

 in aspect. 



Calanthe lilacina Loher appears to be conspecific. I have not 



seen the type of Loner's species, but the figure and description 



in the Gardeners' Chronicle are sufficiently clear to warrant the 



conclusion at which I have arrived. 



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