Calanthc.'] OXLYIII. ORCHIDE^I. (J. D. Hooker.) 849 



tf Spur half as long as the sepals or longer (except G. Mannii). 



Flowers small ; sepals -| in. long. (See also C. veratrifolia & pur- 

 purea in . 



5. C. alismaefolia, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 8; raceme short pubescent, 

 bracts large ovate, sepals elliptic obtuse 5-nerved, petals as broad 5-nerved, 

 lip longer than the sepals, side lobes linear, midlobe clawed obcordate 

 naked, base with a large yellow callus, spur slender longer than the sepals. 

 Walp. Ann. vi. 918. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA; Garwhal, at Mussoori, Falconer (Few Distrib. 1055, 

 1056) ; Sikkim Terai and low valleys, Griffith, &c. (K. D. 5276), KHASIA HILLS, 

 J. D. If. T. T. 



Sterns very short, from a very stout woody rhizome. Leaves 2-3. 4-6 in., elliptic- 

 ovate, acuminate; petiole as long or longer, sleuder. Scape from between the 

 leaves, 4-16 in., slender, 1 -sheathed ; raceme 1-4 in. ; bracts |-| in., green, re- 

 curved ; buds globose ; pedicels short ; sepals in. long, concave, and petals white, 

 greenish or pinkish ; lip whitish or yellowish. 



6. C. diploxiphion, Hoofc.f. Ic. Plant, inecl. ; raceme short pubescent, 

 bracts large broadly ovate acuminate, sepals broadly ovate subacute 5- 

 nerved, petals ovate obtuse, lip of two pairs of similar narrowly reniform or 

 hatchet-shaped falcately recurved obtuse lobes, the terminal pair longest, 

 spur very slender longer than the sepals. 



PEEAK j at Goping, in shady places, King's Collector. 



Stem very short, on a stout woody rhizome. Leaves 2, often 18 in., long lanceo- 

 late, narrowed into a very stout ribbed petiole. Scape from the side of the leaves, 

 20 in., 5-sheathed, slender above; raceme conical; bracts ^ f in., imbricate, acu- 

 minate, green ; pedicel and ovary 1-1^ in., slender ; flowers white ; lip ^ in. long, 

 longer than the sepals. I have seen only one specimen ; it is allied to alismcefolia. 

 An unnumbered drawing of this is amongst Scortechini's Perak oi.es. 



7. C. ang-usta, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 7 ; scape tall many-sheathed, 

 bracts ovate, sepals broadly ovate obtuse 5-nerved, petals broad oblong 

 3-nerved, side lobes of lip falcately oblong obtuse caruncled at the suture, 

 midlobe flabellately cordate naked much longer than the sepals, lobes 

 rounded, sinus acute, spur very slender longer than the sepals. Walp. 

 Ann. vi. 916. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 3000 ft., Loll, Clarke. MUNNIPORE, alt. 3500 ft., Watt. 



Stem very short, thickened. Leaves sessile, lanceolate. Scape 6-18 in., from 

 the side of the leafing shoot which it precedes; sheaths |-1 in.; raceme 1-2 hi., 

 dense-fld., pubcrulous; bracts -J-f in., acuminate; pedicels short ; flowers white; 

 caruncles of lip yellow. 



8. C. vaginata, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 7; scape tall very stout many- 

 sheathed, bracts lanceolate, sepals broadly oblong tomentose 5-nerved, 

 petals similar 3-5-nerved, side lobes of lip caruncled at the suture broadly 

 hatchet-shaped as long and nearly as broad as the similar spreading 

 segments of the naked midlobe, spur longer than the sepals slender and 

 column pubescent. 



ASSAM, Jenkins. 



Scape 18 in., swollen at base and surrounded by fibrous remains of old 

 leaves: sheaths 1-l.j in., obtuse or acute; raceme 2 in., deuse-fld., pubescent; 

 brncts *-l in. ; sepals in.; lip much longer. Only one specimen hitherto known, 

 without leaves. 



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