CALANTHE. 143 



had plants of this species with thirty spikes, and frequently the spikes have 

 borne from twenty to thirty flowers on each, continuing in perfection for throe 

 months. The varieties mentioned below 

 are all of a highly ornamental character. — 

 India; Moulmein. 



FlQ.— WigJd Icon.., v. tt. 1751, 1752 ; P,i.ft. 

 Fl. Oai-d., i. 106, fig. 72 ; iii. 38, woodcut of plant. 



Syn. — Pn-])tanthe testita ; CjitUeria Gr'if- 

 Jitliil. 



C. VESTITA FOURNIERII, Bo«/e.— This 

 variety is described by Mr. Rolfe in the 

 Gardeners' Chronicle, 1892, xi. p. 488, as 

 follows : — " The flowers range from one 

 and a quarter to one and a half inches calantub vestita.' 



across their broadest diameter ; they also 



vary in colour from pure white to blush and pink to a deep rose pink, with 

 a ookimn and lip of a deeper shade, the latter forms recalling 0. Veitcliii 

 rather than G. veatita, with its white sepals and petals." — Borneo. 



C. VESTITA GRANDIFLORA.— See C. vestita ocul.4.ta gigantea. 



C. VESTITA IGNEO-OCULATA, Rclib. /.—This variety has been exhibited 

 by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P., and is said to be quite distinct, the base 

 of the column being purplish, over which is a dazzling flame colour, the blotch 

 at the base of the lip being of the same colour ; it is a much stronger grower 

 than C. vestita rubro-oculata, and retains its foliage until it flowers. — Borneo. 



C. VESTITA LUTEO-OCULATA, Veitch.—A charming variety, in which the 

 sepals and petals are white, and the lip is of the same colour, with a blotch of 

 yellow in the centre. The flower spikes are produced from October to February, 

 and are verj- durable; it is nearly equal to 0. r. rubro-oculata in point of 

 beauty, and very useful for winter decoration. — Burniah. 



Fig.— Bot. Jtlag., t. 4671 ; Pa.rton, Mag. Bot., xvi. 129, with tab. ; Ta-iu. Jard. FL. 

 t. 333 ; Fl. des Sci-rcs, t. 816 ; Id. tt. 1308—9, fig. 1 ; ir«r«fr, Sd. Orch. PL, i. t. 29, 

 upper fig. 



C. VESTITA OCULATA GIGANTEA, JBc7i6. /.— This is a very showy Calantlie, 

 and, like C. Turneri and C. Williamsii, blooms after the other varieties are 

 over. It is a strong grower, and the foliage remains green during the time of 

 flowering. It yields gracefully arching spikes from three to four feet long, 

 which produce an abundance of large flowers of a soft creamy white colour 

 with a white lip, the base of the column blotched with dazzling fiery red. It 

 blooms in March and April, and lasts in perfection for a long period. This fine 

 variety was exhibited by the late Mr. Spiers, when gardener to Sir Trevcr 

 Lawrence, Bart., and received a 1st Class Certificate. We learnt from Mr. Spiers 

 that 6'. i-estita oculata gigantea, when in full beauty, bore on one spike as many 

 as thirty expanded flowers, with more to open, whilst the leaves were still 

 green. " The bulb carrying the spike," he wrote, " is now breaking freely, 

 so that it would appear that it will require no rest. I shall simply re-pot it 



