168 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA. 
Pirate 225.— Calanthe Mannii, Hook. fil. А plant; of natural sise. Fig. 1 a flower, side view, 
2 lip, 3 bract, stalked ovary, column and lip, side view, 4 section through column and spur, 5 column 
and spur, 6 anther; all enlarged, 
5, CALANTHE TRULLIFORMIS, King and Pantling in Journ. As, Soc. Beng. 
LAIV,. Pt. 9; р. 397, 
Pseudo-stem short; pseudo-bulbs oblong, only *5 in. long. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 
acute, sessile, 9 to 12 in. long.  Zaceme about 9 in. long; its peduncle about the same 
length, puberulous. Flowers 12 to 18, scattered, about 1 in. in diam; floral brací linear- 
lanceolate, equal to or exceeding the stalked puberulous ovary. Dorsal sepal ovate-lanceo- 
late, acuminate, '75 in. long; the lateral pair lanceolate, faleate, longer than the dorsal. 
Petals \inear-lanceolate, acute, shorter than the lateral sepals. Zip adnate to the whole 
length of the column, with a short thick claw and a short cylindric spur, trowel-shaped, 
the base entire, the sides irregularly crenate-dentate, the apex acuminate, entire; the 
upper surface with two converging lamellze extending from its base midway to the 
apex. Spur short, stout, its mouth triangular, its interior bristly. Pollinia 8, unequal, 
clavate, in four unequal pairs. 
Sikkim, on Mahaldaram Peak, elevation 6,000 feet; flowering in July; Pantling, 
No. 168. 
A species allied to С. puberula, Lindl, but differing from that plant in having 
sessile leaves and a lip without side lobes. The colour of the sepals and petals is brown, 
with mesial and marginal green lines. The lip is white, with a triangular pink mark 
at the base. 
Prate 226 —Calanthe trulliformis, King and Pantling. А plant; of natural size. Fig. 1 a flower, 
2 bract, stalked ovary, column and lip, 3 lip 4 column with anther in situ and the entrance to the 
spur, 5 anther, 6 pollinia; ай enlarged. 
6. CALANTHE BREVICORNU, Lindl. in Wall. Cat., 7338; Gen. and Spec. 
Orch., 251. 
Pseudo-bulbs small, ovoid, pointed, 1 in. long. Pseudo-stem 2 to 4 in. stout, with 
wide sheaths. Leaves usually 3, sub-equal, oblong-elliptic, shortly acuminate, slightly 
tapered to the wide sheathing base, when adult petiolate; length of blade 9 to 12 in., 
breadth 2:5 to 3°5 in., petiole 4 to 8 in. Peduncle and raceme longer than the leaves; 
the peduncle with a few scattered short bracts; the raceme 12 in. long, laxly flowered, 
the rachis, ovaries and outside of the sepals puberulous. Flowers 1:5 to 1°75 in. across; 
floral bract narrowly lanceolate, half as long as the stalked ovary, Sepals sub-equal, 
oblong-lanceolate, all acute and spreading. Petals shorter than the sepals, lanceolate. 
Lip attached to the lower half of the column, with a short, broad, blunt, straight spur, 
3-lobed; the basal lobes oblong, blunt, diverging; the apical lobe sub-obovate with a 
broad emarginate apiculate apex and irregularly toothed edges, contracted at its junction 
with the basal lobes; the upper surface with three tuberclel fleshy lamelle running 
from the base and increasing in height to near the apex. Column short. Anther 
beaked. Pollinia 8, clavate, attached to a common pedicel and gland. Capsule ellipsoid, 
about 1 in. long. Lindl. Sert. Orch., t. 9; Fol. Orch., 3; Walp. Ann. VI, 912; Hook. 
fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 848. 
