CALANTHE. 
R. Brown in Bot, Reg. 578, absq. charact. (Oct. 1821.) LO., 249. 
This well-marked genus approaches Phaius very nearly, as Griffith has 
pointed out, but the adhesion of the pollen-masses to a separable gland is 
ma 
on the lip afford pestle specific marks, but cannot be employed in the 
as will be evident from the following enumeration, 
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SPECIERUM ANALYSIS, 
§ - Guisseprecuiia. Calcar 0, v. brevissimum. 
A. Calear 
a. Tabell lobus medius — —— : . IL. tricarinata. 
: : . 2, puberula. 
B. Calear brevissimum. 
. Labellum lamellatum. 
lamellis 5 t 
3 4. brevicorny 
b. er secus axin callosum, lobo medio maximo . 
obo i 5. biloba. 
e, laneien: nudam et ot petala tomentosa nana. ._—«&6._ mexicana. 
d, —__—— * basi tuberculo hirsutum” . . 7. abbreviata. 
§ II. Evcatantue, Calcar elongatum. 
lium indivisum . “ ee: . : - 8. alpina. 
B. Labelli lobus medius maximus. 
Petala retusa, a aged diversa Soars ‘ - 9. conspicua. 
—— acutiuse similia. 
Lab. re he acutus, caleare uncinato . 10. cureuligoides. 
subrotundus emarginatus. 
basi bicallosus. 
po bivaginato, "spied ha. angustifolia, 
se oa multivaginato, sich io a euada. 
ee 
labelli lac. lat. linearibus . 13. galeata. 
minutis . 14. emarginata. 
Nov. 1, 1854. 
