ORCHIDS. 53 
CALANTHE. — Beautiful Flower. 
THIS genus is a terrestrial, belonging to the third general 
tribe, and a native of the East Indies. The name comes from two 
Greek words, xai6¢— beautiful or elegant —and avéog—a flower. 
It does not number many varieties when compared with the Odon- 
toglossums, but all of them are commended to us as rich in color 
and form. 
This genus of stemless terrestrials has broad, many-ribbed 
leaves, and long spikes of flowers of various colors, most com- 
monly white and pink. Most of the species are evergreen, though 
the variety represented in these pages is not. They require a very 
light house for their best development of blossoms, and to give 
them good color. They are propagated by division of the roots. 
