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XCVIII. OBCHIDACE^E 
Anther conical, sessile on the top of the column ; pollinia 8, 
cohering in 4 pairs by their viscid tips. 
Spur none. 
Mid-lobe of lip rounded at the end . . . . 1. C. tricarinata. 
Mid-lobe of lip narrowly pointed at the end . . . 2. C. puberula. 
Spur long. Mid-lobe of lip truncate at the end . . 3. C. plantaginea. 
1. Calanthe tricarinata, Lindl. ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 847. Flowering- 
stem 1-2 ft. Leaves 2 or 3, ovate, narrowed downwards, 8-15 x 
2-3 in. Flowers | in. across ; bracts shorter than the flower-stalk. 
Sepals and petals green outside, edged with white, pale yellow- 
green inside. Lip of the same colour : side-lobes erect ; mid-lobe 
with 3 large, purple, fleshy ridges along the middle, margin 
crumpled, tip rounded ; spur none. Anther purple. 
Mahasu, Narkunda, in forest ; July. — Sikkim to Kashmir. 
2. Calanthe puberula, Lindl. ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 848. Flowering- 
stem 1-2 ft. Leaves 5-7, very unequal, the lower hardly more 
than a sheath, ovate-lanceolate, 4-6 Xlf-2 in., narrowly pointed. 
Flowers about 1 in. across, pale lavender ; bracts J-l in. Mid- 
lobe of lip with 2 ridges at the base between the flat side -lobes, 
margin irregularly toothed, tip pointed ; spur none. Anther 
lavender. 
Below Narkunda, 5000 ft. ; August. — Himalaya, eastward to Khasia and 
Naga hills. 
3. Calanthe plantaginea, Lindl. ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 853. Flower- 
ing-stem 1-2 ft. Leaves several, narrowly lanceolate, 10x2 in. 
Flowers 1 J in. across, pale pink ; bracts J-J in. Mid-lobe of lip 
with three small ridges near the base, tip broadly wedge-shaped, 
truncate ; spur long, slender. 
Simla, the waterfall below Elysium House, 6000 ft.!; April. — Himalaya, 
eastward to Bhotan. 
5. ANCECTOCHILUS. Derived from the Greek anoiktos, open, 
and cheilos, a lip ; referring to the spreading lip. — India, Malaya. 
Ancectochilus Roxburghii, Lindl. ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 95. Root a 
few fleshy fibres. Flowering-stem decumbent at the base, 6-10 in., 
glandular-pubescent, bracteate. Leaves several, near the base of 
the stem, spreading, ovate, lJ-2Jxf-l in., short-stalked, acute, 
velvety purple-red, with yellow and pink centre and netted with 
yellow veins. Flowers 2, glandtilar-hairy, about 1 \ in. long, includ- 
ing the ovary. Sepals pale pink, ovate-lanceolate, the 2 side ones 
spreading, the upper one erect, and with the pale pink or nearly 
white, glabrous petals forming a hood arching over the column. 
Lip about § in. long, adnate to the bottom of the column, base 
furnished with 2 fleshy protuberances and lateral fringes, tip 
broadly 2-lobed ; spur nearly half as long as the ovary, conical, 
