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Plate 2111. 



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CALANTHE DIPLOXIPHIOW, Hook. /. 



OucHiDE^. Subtribe Ccelogyne j;. 

 C. diploxipMon, Hook. /. FL Brit, Lid. v. 849; caule brcvJ, foHIs 



■ paucis amplis elongato-laneeolatis in petiolum latum angusiatis, scapo 



olato remote vaginato, floribus iu racetnum breveiu congesfcis pabescenti- 



bus, bracteis magnis late ovatis acuniinatis pedicellis gracilibus multo 



brevioribus, sepalis lateralibus ovatis acutis v, acuminatis, petalis 



\ obovato-spathulatis v. oblanceolatis, labello subaequaliter 4-lobo, lobis 



augustis falcato-recurvis, disco basi minute carunculato, calcare gracili 

 incurvo pedicello breviore. 



Hab. Malayan Peninsula ; Perak, at Goping, King^s Collector. 



Caule brevi, rhizomate lignoso. Folia 2, 12-20 poll, longa, 3-4 poll, 

 lata, 5-7-costata, multinervia, petiole valide costato. Scapiis 1^-2- 

 pedalis ; vaginee basi tubulosae, inferioros pollicares, ovato-lanceolataa, 

 acuminatse ; racemus 2-pollicaris ; bracte?e ^ poll- longce, sabimbricatae 

 virides, pedicello cum ovariis l-l|^-pollicari. Flores ^— § polL diam,, 

 albi ; labellum sepalis longius. Colnmna brevis; anthera dej^ressa, 

 rostrata. 



I Lave seen only the one specimen bere figured; it is most nearly 

 allied to the Himalayan 0. alismcejolia^ the lip of which has an 

 obcordate midlobe and a large yellow callus at the base. Except in 

 the much smaller flowers, and very short raceme and larger bracts, it 

 resembles C. veratrifolia. — J. D. H. 



Fig. 1, Flower (the lateral sepils? much too feiuall and narro-^^). 2, Column, with 

 base of lip and spur. Both enlarged. 



