Oalanthe.] CXLVIII. ORCHIDE^G. (J. D. Hooker.) 853 



Walp. Ann. vi. 919. C. plantaginea, Griff. Notul. iii. 368 ; Ic. Plant. 

 Asiat. t. 339 A. Calanthea, Griff, It. Notes, 174, No. 174. 



BHOTAN HIMALAYA ; at Panukka, Telagong and Chuka, alt. 6000 ft., Griffith. 



Stem 4-6 in., sheathed. Leaves small duriug flowering, oblong, acute. Scape 

 with the raceme 8-14 in., glabrous or puberulous ; bracts - i in. ; pedicels with 

 ovary 1 in., puberulous ; sepals f in. long ; spur straight or coiled, The solitary large 

 callus on the lip is characteristic, and identifies this with Griffith's C. plantaginea, 

 Perianth according to Griffith greenish brown, lip ochroleucous or straw-cold. 



20. C. uncata, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 6 ; bracts as long as the pubescent 

 flowers, sepals lanceolate acuminate, nerves obscure, petals oblanceolate 

 acuminate, lip longer than the sepals, base caruncled, side lobes falcately 

 oblong obtuse, midlobe clawed 2-tid, segments spreading, disk naked, spur 

 uucinately incurved. Walp. Ann. vi. 916. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, Griffith's Collectors. 



Stem short, sheathed. Leaves broadly elliptic, petioled. Scape longer than the 

 leaves; bracts i-f in., ovate-lanceolate, lower foliaceous; sepals -| in. long. Very 

 near C. Griffithii, but I find no callus on the lip. I have seen only one specimen j 

 colour of flowers unknown. 



21. C. plantag-inea, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7346 ; Gen. ft Sp. Orchid. 

 250 ; Serf. Orchid, tr 24 ; Fol. Orchid. 9 ; bracts small lanceolate, sepals 

 ovate-lanceolate 3-5-nerved, petals oblanceolate acuminate 3-nerved, side 

 lobes of lip cuneate-obovate, midlobe cuneately obovate subtruncate apiculate, 

 spur very slender longer than the sepals. Walp. Ann. vi. 920. 



TEMPERATE WESTERN HIMALAYA, from Garwhal, alt. 9000 ft., Royle, &c., to 

 Nepal. BHOTAN, alt. 7-7500 ft., Griffith. 



Stem 3-10 in. ; sheaths long, tubular. Leaves 8-12 in., petioled, elliptic-lanceolate. 

 Scape with raceme 6-16 in., puberulous; bracts ^-i in.; pedicels with ovary 1-1^ in., 

 slender, puberulous ; flowers white or uale lilac ; sepals |- in., glabrous; lip longer 

 than the sepals, with 3 small basal lamella). 



22. C. odora, Griff'. Notul. iii. 365; raceme dense-fld. radical, bracts 

 foliaceous equalling the pubescent ovaries, flowers (before the leaves) large 

 white smelling strongly of hyacinths, sepals ovate or oblong-ovate mucro- 

 nate, petals much narrower spathulate-lauceolate mucrouate, lip adnate 

 to the column, side lobes obliquely oblong, midlobe broadly deeply 

 obcordate white or cream-coloured, base with erect yellow lobed calli, spur 

 one-third longer than the ovary filiform, lip unequally 2-lobed pubescent 

 without and within. Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 11. 



UPPER ASSAM ; at Suddya, Griffith. 



1 have seen no specimens; it is, no doubt, near C. plantayinea. 



23. . C. elytroglossa, Reichb. f. mss. ; scape and raceme pubescent, 

 bracts large green, pedicels very long, sepals oblanceolate acute green, 

 nerves obscure, petals narrowly oblanceolate 1-nerved, side lobes of lip 

 ovate obtuse caruncled at the suture, midlobe broadly cuneately cordate 

 from a narrow base, lobes subfalcate, spur much longer than the sepals. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 6-8000 ft., Tr cutler, Clarke. 



Stem very short. Leaves 6-10 in., petioled, elliptic ovate or lanceolate. Scape 

 from amongst the leaves with the raceme 2-3 ft. ; bracts ; |-1 in., acute ; pedicels 

 with ovary 1-1.^ in. ; flower li in. diaru., fleshy ; sepals and petals green or yellow ; 

 lip white ; spur 1 in., slender. The long pedicels are characteristic. 



