CALANTHE. 85 
with a yellow blotch in the throat. Flowering time, early 
winter. Native of Moulmein. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 4671. 
There are numerous named varieties of C. vestita, the 
best of which are: 
Var. gigantea.—Larger in all its parts; spike very stout ; 
flowers large, white, with a blood-red eye. This retains its 
foliage till new growth begins, and flowers from November 
to March. 
Fig: 21. 
f 
\Wi LGW / 
Villa 
W444 
~\ A ‘ 
Fig. 21. Flowers of Calanthe vestita gigantea 
nat. size). 
Var. nivalis.—Flowers pure white. 
Var. porphyrea.—Flowers wholly blood-crimson, with a 
deeper-coloured eye. 
Var. Regniert.—Spike compact; flowers tinged all over 
with rose, differing slightly in form from the type. 
Var. rubro-oculata.—F lowers large, with a crimson blotch, 
instead of yellow, in the throat. 
Var. ZYurnert.—Flowers more compact on the spike, 
smaller than in the type; throat blotched with rose-red. 
