Calanthe .] 
CXXXVI. ORCHIDEJS. 
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Flowers white; midlobe broad reniform . 
Flowers yellow or orange. 
Bracts 2 in. long, comose in bud; flowers 
small; mid lobe ovate retuse . 
Bracts 1 in. long; flowers medium orange; 
midlobe obovate, spur clubbed 
Bracts 1 in. long ; flowers medium orange; 
midlobe oblong acute, spur hooked . 
Scapes lateral. 
Leaf one only; flowers pink few; midlobe spatnu- 
late, spur short ..... 
Leaves several on a leafy stem; midlobe sub- 
orbicular, no spur 
(7) C. albolutea 
( 8 ) C. Forstermanni 
(9) C. speciosa 
(10) C. curculigoides 
(11) C. monophylla 
(12) C. gracilis 
( 1 ) C. veratrifolia R. Br. Bot. Reg. sub. t. 573; Lindl. Bot. 
Reg t. 720; Bot. Mag. 2615; Ridl. Mat. i. 120. C. diploxiphion 
Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 849; Ic. PL 2111. 
Stems short, x in. long. Leaves several lanceolate ovate- 
lanceolate acuminate, 12 to 18 in. long, 3 to 6 in. wide; petiole 
2 to 6 in. long. Scape 1 to 2 ft. long, pubescent, nude below, 
raceme dense or lax, many-flowered. Bracts 75 in. long. Flowers 
white, 75 in. wide; ovary and pedicel 2 in. long or less. Sepals 
ovate’acute or elliptic-obovate. Petals oblong or lanceolate. Lip 
1 in long, side-lobes linear, midlobe longer with 2 linear oblong 
lobes callus or disc of connate tubercles in 3 rows, yellow or red. 
Spur slender clubbed, 75 in. long. Hab. Low wet woods, often 
abundant, Johor, Sedili River; Kukub woods. Pahang, Telom; 
Gunong Senyum (Evans, Robinson), Selangor Menuang 
(Kloss). Negri Sembilan, Tampin Hill. Perak, Thaipmg Hills 
(Hervey, Curtis); Goping (Kunstler). Distnb. Indo-Malaya, Aus¬ 
tralia. 
The whole plant is somewhat variable; one form has silvery grey leaves, 
the others dark green. The raceme is densely conic or drawn out and elongate, 
and the flowers vary in size, and the lip in width of its lobes; the callus 
yellow or red. This is a popular pot plant. 
(2) C. Cecilia* Rchb. fil. Gard. Chron. 1883, i. 432; Ridl. Mat. 
i 126. C. Wrayi Hook . fit. F.B.I. v. 850. 
Stem short.' Leaves elliptic-lanceolate blunt, I ft. long, 4 in. 
wide • petioles 3 to 6 in. long. Scape 12 to 18 in long, pubescent; 
raceme short dense. Flowers 1 in. across, white tinted violet 
rarely all over violet. Bracts persistent ovate, *25 m long. Ovary 
and pedicel 1 in. long. Sepals broad elliptic-ovate. Petals°bovate. 
Lip side-lobes oblong blunt, midlobe deeply bifid, lobes spathulate 
round callus horseshoe-shaped, yellow, 3 papillose ridges on disc, 
spur 2 in. long, slender, curved upwards. Hab. Local, sometimes 
abundant in damp forest, Pahang, Kota Glanggi (flowers all over 
violet) * Gunong Tahan, Ulu Telai (Robinson) Selangor, Batu 
Caves; Bukit Hitam (Kelsall). Sungei Ujong Pantai R ^ se ™r, 
Seremban (Williams). Perak, Hermitage Hill; Sungei Siput, Kinta 
(Curtis). Native name : Suboi. 
