n8 cxxxvi. orchideje. \Spatho glottis. 
(3) S. affinis De Vriese, III. Orch. 2, pi. 15; /. /. Smith, Orch. 
van Java, pi. cix. 
Rhizome 2 in. long. Leaves 5 in a tuft, very narrow linear 
acuminate, the longest 6 in. long, *i in. wide. Scape lateral, 
appearing with the young leaves, 16 in. tall, pubescent, with a few 
sheathing leaves, uppermost one bract-like. Bracts lanceolate 
acuminate pubescent, -5 in. long, upper ones shorter. Flowers 7 
or 8, yellow. Ovary and pedicel very slender, -75 in. long, pubes¬ 
cent. Sepals pubescent lanceolate acuminate, *5 in. long. Petals 
lanceolate acute, broader glabrous. Lip -6 in. long, side-lobes erect 
oblong rounded truncate broad, -25 in. long, claw of midlobe narrow 
pubescent, dilated at end into a triangular rounded retuse portion 
and with 2 short pubescent lateral lobes at base. Column slender, 
arched, *5 in. long. Hab. Mountains, Kedah Peak, at 2000 ft. 
altitude (Haniff). Distrib. Java. 
(4) S. Handingiana Par. and Rchb. fil. Otia. Hamb. i. 45; 
Ridl. Mat. i. no. 
Pseudobulbs small globose. Leaves 2 or 3, lanceolate acumi¬ 
nate, 4-5 to 5 in. long, -75 to *1 in. wide or less. Scape slender, 
8 in. long, purple. Flowers few, scattered, 1 in. wide, crimson or 
pale rose; pedicels 1-5 in. long. Bracts lanceolate acuminate, 
•25 in. long, red. Upper sepal lorate-lanceolate, laterals larger. 
Petals lanceolate acute oblique. Lip side-lobes triangular blunt, 
midlobe linear acuminate, calli 2, club-shaped truncate yellow. 
Column arched dilate above. Capsule cylindric. Hab. Rare. Lan- 
kawi isles (Curtis). Distrib. Burma, Siam. 
30. CALANTHE, R. Br. 
Terrestrial herbs with a short or rarely long rhizome. Leaves 
broad herbaceous plicate in a large tuft. Scapes from the tuft of 
leaves tall, many-flowered. Flowers medium-sized to rather small, 
white, violet or yellow. Sepals and petals all similar lanceolate. 
Lip adnate to base of column, flat, 3- or 4-lobed, disc with lamellae 
or calli arranged in rows, at the base, spur usually long (absent in 
C. gracilis). Column short horizontal adnate to lip base (except 
C. gracilis). Anther conic; pollinia 8 waxy, adhering in pairs to 
a disc. 
Bracts ovate persistent short; flowers white or tinted 
violet. Plant nearly glabrous. 
Lip with 4 linear lobes ..... 
Lip, midlobe deeply bifid, lobes oblong spathulate 
Lip midlobe obovate, lobes round fimbriate 
Plant pubescent; midlobe deep bifid, lobes spathu¬ 
late ....... 
Bracts lanceolate caducous. 
Leaves narrow; flowers few lax. 
Flowers white ...... 
Flowers orange ...... 
Leaves broad; raceme dense. 
(1) C. veratrifolia 
(2) C. Cecilise 
(3) C. ovata 
{4) C. pubescens 
(5) C. angustifolia 
( 6 ) C. aurantiaca 
