Chap. VI. 



CALANTHE MASUCA. 



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In Calanihe masuca and the hybrid C. dominii the 

 structure is yery different to what it is in most other 

 VandesR. We here have two oval, pit-like stigmas 

 on each side of the rostellum (fig. 26). The viscid 

 disc is oval (fig, B), and has no pedicel, but eight 

 masses of pollen are attached to it by very short and 



Fig. 26. 



Calanthe masuca. 



p. pollen-masses. 



5 s. the two stigmas. 



iR. mouth of nectary, 

 labellum. 



d. viscid disc. 



cl. in fig. C, clinandrum the pol- 

 len-masses being removed. 



A. Flower viewed from above, with 

 the anther - case removed, 

 showing the eight pollen- 

 masses in their proper position 

 within the clinandrum. All 

 the sepals and petals have been 

 cut away except the labellum. 



B. Pollen-masses attached to' the 



viscid disc, seen from the 

 " under side. 



C. Flower in same position as in A, 



but with the disc and pollen- 

 masses removed, and now 

 showing the deeply notched 

 rostellumand the empty clin- 

 andrum in which the pollen 

 masses lay. Within the left- 

 hand stigma two pollen- 

 masses may be seen adhering 

 to its viscid surface. 



easily ruptured caudicles. These pollen-masses radiate 

 from the disc like the leaves of a fan. The rostellum 

 is broad, and its sides slope on each side towards the 

 lateral pit-like stigmas. When the disc is removed 

 the rostellum is seen (fig. C) to be deeply notched 

 in the middle. The labellum is united to the column 

 almost up to its summit, leaving a passage (n, A) to 



