848 OXLVIII. OROHII>E;K. (J. I). Hooker.) [Calanthe. 



crenulate fleshy ridges. Walp. Ann vi. 912. C. occidentals, Lindl. Fol. 

 Orchid, 3; Walp. I. c. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 5-9000 ft. ; from Kashmir, alt. 7000ft., Clarice, 

 Ic Nepal, Wall ich. 



Stem 4-8 in. Leaves 2-3, sessile, 6-10 in., oblong, acuminate. Scape stout 

 and lax-fld. raceme 12-18 in., puberulous ; bracts -f in., shorter than the ovary ; 

 flowers 1-1 in. across ; sepals and petals greenish, sepals not arista to; lip brown- 

 purple. I can find no characters for C. occidentalis. 



2. C. puberula, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7342; Gen. $ Sp. Orchid. 352; 

 Fol. Orchid. 2 ; lateral sepals f alcately oblong aristate 5-nerved, petals very 

 narrow 3-nerved, side lobes of sessile lip broadly oblong falcate together 

 broader than the rhombic crenate dagger-pointed midlobe. Walp. Ann. 

 vi. 912. Bletia sp., Griff. Ic. PL Asiat. t. 313 A. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, alt. 4-6000 ft.; from Simla, Thomson, eastwards. 

 KHASIA MTS., alt. 4-6000 ft., Griffith, &c. (Kew Distrib. 5274). NAGA HILLS, alt. 

 6500 ft., Prain. 



Stem short or 8-10 in. Leaves 2-7, petioled, 6-18 in., narrow or broad, 

 caudate. Scape slender and lax-fld. raceme 8-14 in., puberulous; bracts 1-1^ in., 

 usually exceeding the ovary ; flowers 1-1^ in. broad. Capsule % in. long. 



3. C. brevicornu, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7338 ; Gen. fy Sp. Orchid. 

 251 ; Sert. Orchid, t. 9 ; Fol. Orchid. 3 ; lateral sepals ovate-oblong 

 acute 5-nerved, petals oblong-lanceolate 3-nerved, side lobes of sessile lip 

 falcate obtuse, midlobe clawed transversely oblong retuse crisped, disk with 

 3 fleshy tubercled lamellse, spur very short conical. Walp. Ann. vi. 912. 



TEMPEBATE HIMALAYA ; Nepal, Wallich ; Sikkim, alt. 6-8000 ft., J.D. H. 



Stem 4-8 in., stout. Leaves 2-3, sessile or petioled, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate. 

 Scape and few-fid, raceme nearly glabrous; bracts ^ in., as long as the puberulous 

 pedicel and ovary ; flowers f in. broad; sepals not aristate and petals red-purple striped 

 with gold j lip white and red. Lindley's Kumaon habitat refers to C. tricarinata. 



VAK, Wattii j lip with 3 small conical lamellae on the disk of the midlobe. 

 Munnipore, Watt. 



4. C. biloba, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 3; lateral sepals broadly ovate 

 falcate aristate o-7-nerved, petals oblong acuminate 3-nerved, lip with a 

 narrowly winged claw, blade very large broad deeply 2-lobed, lobes broadly 

 hatchet-shaped or orbicular, sinus very acute with a basal apiculus, spur 

 very short. Walp. Ann. vi. 912. 



TEMPEEATE HIMALAYA; E. Nepal and Sikkim, alt. 5-7000 ft., J.D. If. 



Stem short. Leaves 8-11 in., loug-petioled, broadly elliptic or oblanceolate, 

 caudate-acuminate. Scape 1^-2^ ft. with the long lax-fld. raceme, puberulous; 

 bracts 1-1-1 in,, very slender, equalling the ovary ; flowers 1 in. diaiu.; sepals and 

 petals pale purplish ; lip as broad as the rest of the flower, pale pink, blade naked, 

 inner angles of lobes subacute. 



VAE, obtusata, Par. & Lvcichb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 144; flowers larger, 

 blade of lip with a rounded apex and 3 obscurely caruncled nerves at the base, 

 disk yellowish, Tonasserim, Parish. 



VAE. diptcra ; lobes of lip divergent, axis and sides towards the base granulate. 

 Naga Hills, Prain. 



VAE. Treutleri; quite glabrous, blade of lip Innately 2-lobed, base with a 

 thickened transverse ridge at the claw, incurved lobes, and a deep rounded sinus. 

 Sikkim, alt. 6000 ft,, Treull-r. 



