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CALANTHE DENSIFLORA. 



3-lobed ; lateral lobes erect, reflexed at the apex, the middle lobe cuneate, rounded, 

 2-lobed, with two horned lamellae at the base ; spur much longer than the 

 ovarium. 



This is an elegant species, and well worthy of a place in the stove, where its 

 dense mass of pale yellow flowers will render it a very conspicuous ornament. 

 Our drawing was made from a remarkably fine plant, which flowered last summer 

 in the store of the Birmingham Bot. and Hort. Soc. 



The genus Calanthe contains about twenty species, few of which have, as yet, 

 been cultivated in this country. They are natives almost exclusively of the East 

 Indies. The present species is a native of the mountains of Sylhet, in Bengal, 

 where it was found by Dr. Wallich, the distinguished author of " Plantse rariores 

 Asiatics©." 



It requires a damp stove, and should be planted in rough pieces of peat, mixed 

 with broken pots, with plenty of drainers at the bottom. It may be increased by 

 dividing. 



In dividing orchideous plants, the safest way is to cut asunder the part 

 intended for the future plant about a month or more before removing it, which 

 will insure success. 



The generic name, Calanthe, is derived from koAos, beautiful, and avOos, a 

 flower. 



Fig. 1, column; 2, spur; S, germ and pedicel; 4, pollen-masses and gland. 



