166 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA. 
anther. Lip of anther emarginate; pollinia 8, unequal, narrowly clavate, curved, attached 
to a small shield-shaped gland. Bot. Mag., t. 4714; Griff. Notul III, 367; Walp. Ann. 
ҮІ, 922; Hook. fil Fl. Вг. Ind. V, 855. б. longipes, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind, VI, 195. 
Limatodes gracilis, Lindl. Fol Orch:, 1. ° ' 
Sikkim; at Rungbee, elevation 6,000 feet; King, Pantling No. 2; in flower during 
October. 
The flowers are pure white, the lip having a yellow band along the centre, with a 
transverse band of a darker shade at the base of the apical lobe. 
Prare 222.—Calanthe gracilis, Lindl. Part of a plant; of natural sise; an entire plant, much 
reduced in size, Fig. 1 a flower, 2 stalked ovary, column and lip, in profile, 8 lip, 4 column with 
anther in situ, 5 anther, 6 pollinia; all enlarged. 
2. CALANTHE TRICARINATA, Lindl. in Wall. Cat., 7339; Gen. and 
Spec. Orch., 18. 
Pseudo-bulb ма, broadly ovoid, “75 to 1 in. long. Pseudo-stem З to 8 in. long. 
Leaves 2 or 3, oblanceolate, acute, much narrowed in the lower half, petiolate or sessile; 
length 8 to 15 in., breadth 2 to 3 in. Inflorescence from the developing pseudo-bulb, 
sheathed by the кые leaves and rising from the axil of one of them, longer than the 
adult leaves, 12 to 20 іп, long, the peduncle longer than the laxly-flowered raceme, the 
rachis and stalked ovaries pubescent. Flowers "75 in. across; bract lanceolate, shorter 
than the slender pedicel of the ovary. Sepals and petals sub-equal, broadly lanceolate, 
spreading. Lip adnate to the whole length of the. column, broadly .oblong, decurved, 
3-lobed, the base with a didymous puberulous callus; the basal lobes short, erect, broad 
and rounded; the anterior lobe oblong, obtuse, the edges much undulate and the upper 
surface with a large fleshy callus divided into three ridges. Column short, thick, its 
anterior surface hispid. Lindl. Fol. Orch. 2; Walp. Ann. VI, 912; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. 
Ind. V, 848. C. occidentalis, Lindl, Fol. Orch. 9; Walp. Ann. 1. c., 848. 
Sikkim, in the Lachen Valley, at an до of 6,000- feet; Pantling No. 389. 
Westward along the Himalaya as far as Kashmir. 
The petals and sepals externally are green, edged with white; internally they are 
of a pale yellowish-green. The lip is of the same colour, but the fleshy ridged callus 
on its upper surface is purple, as is also the anther. The plant described by Lindley 
as C. occidentalis agrees with this, except in having five ridges on the callus of the 
lp, instead of three. 
. Prate 223.—Culanthe tricarinata, Lindl. Pseudo-bulbs, leaf and raceme; ‘of natural size. Sketch 
of an entire plant; much reduced. Fig. 1 front view of a flower, 2 profile view of bract, stalked ovary, 
column and lip, 3 lip, 4 column and saccate base of lip, the anther having been removed, 5 inner 
view of anther; all enlarged. : 
9. CALANTHE PUBERULA, Lindl. in Wall. Cat., 7342; Gen. and Spec. 
: Orch., 352. 
Pseudo-bulb small, broadly ovoid with conical apex, about 1 in. in length. 
Pseudo-stem 2 to 4 in. long, sometimes shorter. Leaves 5 to 7, very unequal, the 
lower little more than a sheath; the upper elliptic or elliptic- oblong, acuminate, 
E. narrowed to the broad DUE mee base, 4 to 6 in. long and 1765 
