Rate 2162. 



ODONTOCHILUS CALCARATUS, Ifuol: f. 



OuCHIDEiE. Subtribe SPJKAXTHEiE. 



0. (Myrmechis) calcaratus, Hoolc, /. FL Brit, Lid. vi. 09 ; caule 



robusto folioso pnucitiorOj foliis parvis subsessilibus ovalis acutis v. 

 anuminatis, labelli ungue basi calcarato dein elongate dilatato creuato, 

 alis qaadratis rectaugulatira divarieatis. 



Hak, Malayan Peninsula; Perak, Fdher Scortechini ; alt. 3,900 



feet, Wraij. 



Gaulis 3-5-polIicaris, flexuosu?, crassitie pennoe passeriniE. Ftjh'a ^-^ 

 poll, longa, sessilia v. breviter petiolatfi, acuta v. apice aristata. Ft^dun- 

 cuius brevis, 2-3-florus ; bracteee laiiceolata?, OTaria ffiquantes. Fhtres 

 albi, -^ poll. lati, Sepala lafceralia ovaro-lanceolara, acuminata, ba«i in 

 irieiitum calcariforme couieum obtusum conimfa. Pt-tnla lineari- 

 lanceolata. Lahellitm ^ poll, loiigum, uitgiie isthmo aequilongo sed 

 angustiore^ basi cymbi^ornii et in calcar coincum rectum v. apice 

 inHexnm prodactam. Golumna brevis, basi processa elongate bifida 

 in calcar descendente instructa ; rostellura elongatum, erectum, biri- 

 dum, segmentis angustis acutis ; anthera ovato-lauceolata ; pollinia 

 pyrlforruia, caudiculis liberis erassis striatis; glandula oblonga. 



Wray describes tbe leaves as green dashed with crimson, veined 

 "With gold, and bordered with red, the flowers wliite. Scortechini says, 

 leaves dark purple, sepals pale carnation, lip white. 



This species invalidates Blame's g-enus Mtirmecliis^ of which it has 

 the habit, but the crenate lip-c!aw of Odontochilus. — X D. H. 



Fig. 1, Lateral, and 2. front, view of flowor. 3. Lip with the spur rpmovt-d. 

 4, Column showing tlie descending hifid appeiidagc. 5, PoIIiira. ii. Column unA base 

 of lip with spur. AU oHlar^/cd, 



