854 CXLVIII. ORCHIDE/E. (J. D..Hooker.) [Calantlw. 



** Bracts caducous as the raceme elongates, equalling or exceeding the 

 Scape shorter than the leaves. Flowers black when dried. 



24. C. curculig-oides, Wall. Cat. 7340 ; scape and dense-fld. cylin- 

 dric raceme glabrous, sheaths inflated, bracts equalling the ochreous or 

 orange flowers, lip subhastate, side lobes small obtuse, midlobe subpanduri- 

 form, tip dilated acute, spur short stout, tip hooked. Lindl. Gen. ft Sp. 

 Orchid. 251; hi Sot. Reg. 1847, t. 8; Fol. Orchid. 4; Hot. M<j. t. 01U4; 

 Walp. Ann. i. 79:2, vi. 913. Styloglossum nervosum, Kuld Ha ask. in 

 Herb. Limit. ; Breda Orch. Jan. t. 10. ? 0. pulchra, Lindl. Gen. fy Sp. 

 Orchid. 2-50. Amblyglottis pulchra, Blume Bijd. 371. 



MALAY PENINSULA; Malacca, Perak, Penang and Singapore, Wallicli, Griffith, 

 Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1659), &c. DISTRIB. Java. 



Stem 0. Leaves 1-2 ft., linear-lanceolate, petioled. Scape from the side of the 

 leafing stem, 0-18 in., stout or slender; raceme 2-10 in. ; pedicel and ovary J- in.; 

 flower rather longer, perianth conuivent ; sepals oblong, subaoute. 



25. C. Foerstermanni, BeicJib. f. in Gard. Citron. 1883, i. 814; 

 tl raceme cylindric dense-fld., bracts about equalling the yellow flowers, 

 midlobe of whitish-yellow lip obreniform apiculate, spur clavate half the 

 length of the pedicelled ovary." 



EASTERN BURMA, Foerstermann. 



I have seen no specimens of this species, which is evidently very near C. 

 curculigoides. 



26. C. clavata, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7343 ; Gen. $ Sp. Orchid. 251 ; 

 Fol. Orchid, 5 ; scape loosely sheathed, bracts much longer than the yellow 

 flowers, sepals oblong acuminate, petals broad, lip short broad, base rounded, 

 side lobes small, midlobe suborbicular emarginate, base with 2 triangular 

 lamellae, spur clavate as long as the ovary. Walp. Ann. vi. 914. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 4000 ft., J. D. H. KIIASIA HILLS, Wallich, Griffith 

 (Kew -Distrib. 5272, 5391, 5392). ASSAM and UPPER BURMA, Griffith. 



Rhizome creeping ; stem i-S in.; sheaths long. Leaves 1-2 ft., long-petioled, 

 narrowly lanceolate ; nerves strong. Scape lateral, 1020 in., stout or slender ; 

 young raceme criuite with bracts which are 1-i in. long; pedicels ^ in., very slender; 

 sepals j in. ; lip very variable. Capsule i in., pendulous. 



27. C.angrustifolia, Lindl. Gen. 8f Sp. Orchid. 251 ; Fol. Orchid. 5 - t 

 scape slender, sheaths appressed, raceme short many-fid., flowers white 

 with a yellow centre, sepals oblong acute, petals very broad, lip as broad 



folia, Blume Bijd. 369. Limodorum striatum, Reinwardt mss. 



PERAK, alt. 5-7000 ft., Scortechini, &c. DISTRIB. Java. 



Stem very short or 0. Leaves 1-2 ft., petioled, narrowly lanceolate. Scape 

 basal, G-10 in.; bracts not seen ; pedicels very slender, with ovary ^ in. ; sepals i in. 

 Ion::, 3--5-ncrved; petals broader, 5-nerved, outer nerves branched. Capsule | in., 

 pendulous. Near C. clavata, but stemless, with differently coloured flowers and 

 different lip. 



28. C. Scortechinii, Hook. /.; scape with large loose sheaths, 

 raceme short, sepals broadly obovate-oblong aristate, petals as broad 

 arist;vte 3-nerved, lip small short, side lobes very small obtuse, midlobe 



