Ph<>li<J<>ta.~] CXLVIIT. ORCHIDE^-. (J. D. Hooker.) 847 



Rhizome very stout ; pseudobulbs 1-2 in., sessile by a broad base, subcylindric. 

 Leaves 1-2, 5-7 in., coriaceous, obtuse. cape 1-2 in. long ; rachis stout ; bracts 

 in., caducous ; sepals in. long ; lip obscurely 3-lobed, warted within (normally ?) ; 

 column broadly obovate, tip contracted obtuse. 



10. P. rubra, Lindl. Gen. 8f Sp. Orchid. 37; leaves elliptic-lan- 

 ceolate, raceme decurved, bracts acute, sepals ovate acute 3-5-nerved, 

 petals narrowly linear 1-nerved, lip slightly 3-lobed, side lobes broad 

 rounded, midlobe broadly ovate acute, nerves 5 thickened at the base. 

 Wall PL As. Ear. iii. 21, t. 239 ; Hook.f. Ic. Plant. 1. 1879. P. undulata, 

 Lindl in Hot. Reg. sub. t. 1213, and xxvii. Misc. 6. Coelogyne rubra & 

 undulata, Walp. Ann,, vi. 238* 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA ; Sikkim,alt. 4-6000 ft. KHASIA HILLS, alt. 4-5000 ft., 

 Wallich, &c. UPPER BURMA, Griffith (Keiv Disfrib. 5387). 



Pseudobulbs 2-3 in., on a stout ibizome, narrowed below. Leaves 1-2, 4-10 in., 

 5-nerved. Scape when flowering short and shcatbed to the top, at length 6-10 in. 

 and naked ; raceme 4-8 in., flexuous, drooping, lax-fld. ; bracts ^ |- in., spreading 

 and deflexed ; sepals in. long, midrib thick ; column with narrower wings than in 

 its allies, clinandrium transversely oblong. Capsule in. 



11. P. micrantha, Hoolc.f. Ic. Plant. 1891 ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 

 raceme decurved, bracts lanceolate, sepals broadly ovate and ovate-oblong 

 acute petals 1-nerved, lip boat-shaped subtrapezoidly ovate when spread 

 out, gradually narrowed from the rounded side lobes into the concave 

 3-nerved base and ovate fleshy obtuse midlobe. 



PERAK ; summit of Gunong Batu Pateh, alt. 6000 ft., Wray. 



Rhizome flexuous, scandent ?, as thick as a goose-quill, sheathed ; pseudobulbs 

 1^-2 in., narrow, erect, parallel to the stem. Leaves 1-2, 1^-3 in. Scape with 

 raceme 3-4 in., rachis flexuous ; flowers pale pink, | in. long, trigonous. Capsules 

 5 in. Flower a good deal like the Javan P. carnea, but pseudobulb and lip very 

 different. 



37. CALANTHE, Br. 



Terrestrial, often pseudobulbous. Stem short or tall, leafy. Leaves 

 plaited. Scape axillary, terminal or from the side of the leafing pseudo- 

 bulb; flowers small or medium-sized, racemed. Sepals subequal, spreading, 

 rarely connivent. Petals broad or narrow. Lip adnate to the top or base 

 of the column, 3-lobed, midlobe often deeply 2-tid, disk lamellate. Column 

 long or short, obliquely truncate ; anther conical or convex, 2-celled ; 

 pollinia 8, waxy, cohering in pairs by a granular viscus. Capsules drooping. 

 Species about 40, tropical or subtropical. 



Sect. I. Lip at the top of the short stout column opposite to the 

 stigmatic cavity. 



* Bracts persistent. Scape usually from amongst the leaves. 



f Spur or minute. (See C. aigantea at end of genus, and C. 'Mannii 

 in ft-) 



1. C. tricar inata, Lindl in Wall Cat. 7339; Gen. <Sf Sp.'OrrJnd. 



18; Fol Orchid. 2 ; sepals lanceolate acuminate 7-nerved, petals nearly as 



broad acuminate 3-uerved, side lobes of sessile lip broadly oblong falcate, 



midlobe rounded or flabellate retuse or 2-tid crisped, disk with 3 large 



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