PHAIUS 109 



or somewhat erect. Petals similar to the sepals, but narrower. 

 Lip erect, concave, produced at the base into a short spur, 

 continuous with the base of the column ; lateral lobes ample, 

 erect, enclosing the column ; median lobe expanded, generally 

 short and broad, spreading or recurved. Column somewhat 

 long, subterete, 2-angled or 2-winged, thicker upwards, without 

 a foot ; clinandrium short, oblique, sinuate on the margin. 

 Anther attached near the margin of the clinandrium, opercular, 

 incumbent, convex, distinctly 2-celled, cells divided imperfectly 

 into four smaller cells ; pollinia 8, obovate or oblong, compressed 

 from the side, applied by the faces in pairs, the lower pair of 

 each cell generally longer than the upper, connected at the apex 

 by a granular appendage almost filling the cells in the younger 

 anther. Capsule oblong, without a beak, ribs very prominent. 



Species 50, natives of tropical Asia, but spreading to tropical 

 Africa, the Mascarene Islands, Australia, the islands of the 

 Pacific Ocean, China and Japan. 



P. Taneapvilleae Blume {TankervilUi) Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. 

 177 (1856). P. grandifolius Lour. Fl. Cochinck 529 (1790); 

 Lindl. Gen. d Sp, Orch. 126; Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 622; 

 Salisb. Ic. ined. vi. fol. 573 Limodorum Tancarvilleae Banks ex 

 VHerit.Sert. Angl. 28 (1788). L. Tankervillise Dryand. in Ait. 

 Hort. Kew. Hi. 302, <. 12 (1789). Bletia Tankervilliae B. Br. in 

 Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, v. 205 (1813) ; Bot. Mag. t. 1924. (PI. 20, 

 f. 13-17.) 



In damp shady places ; in fl. throughout year ; Bethany, Wullschlaegel, 

 1061 ! Prior 1 Blue Mts., J.P. 7, Morris ! Vinegar HiU, Moore ! Clydesdale, 

 near Cinchona, Fawcett ! Farm Hill, Miss B. Gosset ! near Catadupa, 

 1800 ft. ; Wallenford, 3000 ft. ; Harris 1 Fl. Jam. 7637, 9183.— China, 

 Australia, N. Caledonia, Rarotonga. 



Plant 1^-3 ft. high. Stem tuberous. Leaves, blade oblong-lanceolate 

 to lanceolate, acute, 3-5 dm. 1., 7-10 cm. br, ; stalks 5-15 cm. 1, Seape 

 5-9 dm. Flowers chocolate-brown and white, 1^ in. 1. Bracts large, 

 spathe-like, obtuse, about 3*5 cm. 1. Sepals 7-nerved, oblong-lanceolate, 

 4-5 '5 cm. 1., 11-14 mm. br. Lip embracing the column, indistinctly 

 3-lobed above, median lobe slightly reflexed with margin curled ; disk 

 with two parallel keels, 3-5-4 cm. 1. Spur slightly curved, 5 mm. 1. 

 Column 1*5-2 cm. 1. 



This species cannot be considered indigenous, but it is so completely 

 naturalised and so common in some parts of Jamaica, that a full descrip- 

 tion has been included. It is also recorded from Cuba.} 



40. CALANTHE R. Br. 



Terrestrial herbs ; stem very short, rhizomatous. Leaves 

 few, large, broad, veins prominent, contracted into a sheathing 

 petiole. Scape tall. Raceme simple, lax-flowered. Bracts 

 very long, narrow. Sepals nearly equal, free, spreading. Petals 

 somewhat similar, smaller. Lip clawed, claw connate with the 

 column forming a tube, produced at the base into a short spur ; 



