1 30 TAKDE^.
Dutkie's collector No. 24150; mostly in damp shady forests at elevations between 4,000
and 6,000 feet. Flowers diu-ing July and August. I have seen no specimens from
Kumaon or Nepal, but it is found in Sikkim, Bhutan, on the Khasia and Naga Hills, in
Assam and eastwards to China.
3. CALASTHE MANNII Hook. f. Fl. Br. I n d . v, 850.
Pmdo-luîb small; pseudo-sism about 7-5 cm. long. Leaves two or tln-ee, oblanceolateoblong,
acute, tapering i^radually into the long potiole, the lowermost one sheathed at
the base; length of adult blade up to 2-5Ô dm., its breadth 3*5 to 5 cm. Peduncle from
the axil of a young leaf, pubescent, about 2-3 dm. long; raceme half as long ns the
peduncle, few-flowered, lax. Flowers only about l.'i mm. long, deflexed after expansion;
ßoral bract minute, lanceolate, shorter than the pedicel of the stalked ovary. Sepals
and petals chocolate-brown. Sepals sub-equal, connivent, ovate-lanceolate, sub-acute,
concave, piibescent externally. Petals linear-spathulate, not spreading, glabrous. Lip
yellow with a blotch of red at the apex of the terminal lobe, a little shorter than the
sepals, adhering to the column almost to its apex and forming with it a long sac,
3-lobed; basal lobes erect, large, broad, truncate ; terminal lobe sub-reniform, entire;
«pper surface with three or four continuous tubercled ridges extending from the base
lo the middle of the terminal lobe; spur very short. Column short, dilated towards the
apex. Anther pointed; pollinia clflvate, attached in four.s to tv?o caudicles and these
to a tiiangular gland. King & Paatl. in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Cale, viii, 167,
t. 225.
In the neighbourhood of Tehri in G-arhwal at 6,000 feet, Maeh'nnon^e collector;
below Kanikhet in Kumaun, 5-6,000 feet, Duthie No. 5996. Flowers in May. It is
foH.id also in Sikkim and on the Khasia Hills between 4,000 and 7,000 feHt.
The pollinia, described aboTe, TV
George King suggests, be self-furtile.
»"btained Irom young floweis. This specieB I Sir
4. CALANTHE BEEVICORNU Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7338.
Pseudolulbs small, ovoid, pointed, about 2-5 cm. long. Pseudo-stem 5 to 10 cm. stout,
with wide sheaths. Leaves usually three, sub-equal, oblong-elliptic, shortly acuminate,
slightly tapering to the wide sheathing base, stalked when adult; length of blade
2-3 to 3 dm., breadth 6'5 to 9 cm. Inflorescence longer than the leaves, the peduncle
with a few short scattered bracts; raceme 3 dm. long, laxly fiowered; rachis, ovaries
and outside of sepals puberulous. Flowers ^ji'ó to 4 cm. across; floral hract narrowly
lanceolate, half as long ss the stalked ovary. Sepals sub-equal, oblong lanceolate, acute,
spreading. Petals shorter than the sepalf, lanceolate. lAp 3-lobed, attached to the
lower half of the column; basal lobes oblong, blunt, diverging; terminal lobe
sub-obovate with a broad emarginate apiculate apex and irregularly toothed edges,
contracted at its junction with tho basal lobes; upper surface with three tubercled
fleshy lamella; running from the base and increasing in height to near the apex ;
3}w short, broad, blunt, straight, its mouth lined with retroflexed hairs. Column
short. Anther beaked; pollinia clavate, attached to a common pedicel and gland. Lindl.
Gen. and Sp. Orch. 251; Sert. Orch. t. 9; Fol. Orch. 3: Walp. Ann. vi, 913;
CALANTHE. 121
Hook. i. Fl. Br. Ind. v, 848; King & Pautl. in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc. viii,
168, t. 237.
Garhwal at 5,000 to 6,000 feet, Duthie No. 1265 (1870); Mackinnon's collector
IDuthie's No. 24150 (a)]; Bok Hill, Dutkie's collector No. 24150; Kumaon, T. Anderson.
Flowers during May and June. Extends eastwai'ds to Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and the
Naga Hills.
The colour of the flowers is dull purple or brick red, relieTed by lines of while on t i e ' m i d r i bs
of the sepals and petals and on the edges of the lip, t i e lamell® of the lip are streaked willi
yellow. The outer surfaces of the parta of the perianth are all strongly flushed with white.
5. CALANTHE ALISMAEFOLIA Lindl. Fol. Orch. 8.
Pseudo-hulhs thin, cylindric, tapering to the apex, marked with several concentric
rings, somewhat curved, 2-Ô to 6 cm. long. Zeapes 1-2 to 1-8 dm. long, broadly
elliptic, acuminate, rather abruptly narrowed into the long channelled petiole, edges
undulate. Scaj^e about as long as the leaves, clothed with a few distant sheathing
bracts. Inflorescence corymbose in flower and becoming racemose as the fruit ripens,
puberulous. Flowers 2 cm. long, floral hract large, ovate, acuminate, shorter than the
shortly stalked ovary. Sepals sub-equal, siiborbicular erecto-patent, clothed outside
with short coarse purple hairs. Petals about as large as the sepals, subrhomboidal,
subacute. Lip obovate, aduace by its base to the whole length of the column, 3-lobed;
basal lobes narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse, somewhat falcate, resting on the
terminal lobe and pointing forwards ; terminal lobe broad and with a large yellow
callus at its base ; its apex bilobulate, the lobules broad, rounded, and with, crenulate
edges, the sinus deep and apiculate at its base ; spur nearly as loug as the ovary and
lying parallel to it, cylindric. Column very short, with the callosities of the lip closely
applied to it. Anther acuminate; pollinia clavate, attached directly to an ovate acuie
glfind. Stigma divided into two halves by the entrance to the spur. Capsule with
pedicel 4 cm. long, clavate, prominently ridged. Walp. Ann. vi, 918; Hook. f. Fl.
Br. Ind. V, 849 ; King & Pautl. in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc. viii, 170, t, 230.
Below Mussoorie in hot valleys, Falconer Nos. 1055, 1056 (Kcw Distrib.), Duthie
No. 24148. Flowers during July and August. Found eastwards in the Sikkim Terai
and on the Khasia Hills.
The colour of the periauth is white, except for a tinge of gieen on the tips of the sepals
outside and a patch of pale violet at the base of the lip.
6. CALANTHE PACHYSTALIX Reichb. f. in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. v, 850,
Stem short, swollen at the base, giving off many stout fibrous roots. Leaves many,
3—6 dm. long, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, tapering gradually into the sheath, plicate,
nerves prominent. Inflorescence from the axil of a sheath, usually overtopping the
leaves, the flowering portion 2—3 dm. long, rachis and pedicels puberulous ; brads
lanceolate, deflexed, about 8 mm. long, the upper ones smaller. Flowers in rather
dense racemes, 2 cm. across, greenish yellow, subsccund, deflexed after expansion.
Oalux lobes reflexed; dorsal 5-nerved, broader than the lateral ones and the petals.
Pdals spathulate, obtuse, 3-neryed, 9 mm. long. Lip adnate to the whole length of
ANN. fioY. BOT. GAKD., CALC., TOL. IX.