DESCRIPTIVE LIST. l8l 



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Calanthe. Brown. Terrestrial. 



Name from Ka\6s, beautiful, and &v8os, a flower. 

 B. Calanthe bicolor. Java. 



Flowers brilliant yellow inside, orange red outside. 



B. Calanthe curculigoides. Malacca ; Singapore. 



B. R., 1847-8. 

 B. M., 6104. 



A rare and beautiful species. Flowers on a large, long 

 spike, bright orange. Foliage dark green, plaited. Grow 

 in constant heat of East Indian house. 



B. Calanthe discolor. Java M. O. P., 3. 



B. R., 1840, 55- 



Flowers violet red, lip white with lilac markings round 

 the base. A very floriferous species. 



A. Calanthe Dominiana ....... B. M., 5042. 



A garden hybrid between Calanthe furcata and Calanthe 

 Masuca. Sepals and petals lilac ; lip deep purple. 



C. Calanthe flavicans. Mauritius. 



Sepals white and twice the size of the pale rose petals ; 

 lip bluish with a dark line down the centre. 



Calanthe furcata. East Indies. 



A well known free-flowering species, blooming on tall 

 spikes, and producing an abundance of creamy white 

 flowers in summer. 



