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nB CXXXVI. ORCHIDEA>. [Spathoglottis.<br />
(3) S. affinis De Vriese, Ill. Orch. 2, pl. 15; ]. J. Smith, Orch.<br />
van] ava, pl. cix.<br />
Rhizome 2 in. long. Leaves 5 in a tuft, very narrow linear<br />
acuminate, the longest 6 in. long, '1 in. wide. Scape lateral,<br />
appearing with the young leaves, 16 in. tall, pubescent, with a few<br />
sheathing leaves, uppermost one bract-like. Bracts lanceolate<br />
acuminate pubescent, '5 in. long, upper ones shorter. Flowers 7<br />
or 8, yellow. Ovary and pedicel very slender, '75 in. long, pubescent.<br />
Sepals pubescent lanceolate acuminate, '5 in. long. Petals<br />
lanceolate acute, broader glabrous. Lip'6 in. long, side-lobes erect<br />
oblong rounded truncate broad, '25 in. long, claw of midlobe narrow<br />
pubescent, dilated at end into a triangular rounded retuse portion<br />
and with 2 short pubescent lateral lobes at base. Column slender,<br />
arched, '5 in. long. Hab. Mountains, Kedah Peak. at 2000 ft.<br />
altitude (Haniff). Distrib. Java.<br />
(4) S. Handingiana Par. and RcM. fit. Otia. Ramb. i. 45;<br />
Ridl. Mat. i. no.<br />
Pseudobulbs small globose. Leaves 2 or 3, lanceolate acuminate,<br />
4'5 to 5 in. long, '75 to '1 in. wide or less. Scape slender,<br />
8 in. long, purple. Flowers few, scattered, I in. wide, crimson or<br />
pale rose; pedicels 1'5 in. long. Bracts lanceolate acuminate,<br />
'25 in. long, red. Upper sepal lorate-Ianceolate, laterals larger.<br />
Petals lanceolate acute oblique. Lip side-lobes triangular blunt,<br />
midlobe linear acuminate, calli 2, club-shaped truncate yellow.<br />
Column arched dilate above. Capsule cylindric. Hab. Rare. Lankawi<br />
isles (Curtis). Distrtb. Burma, Siam.<br />
30. CALAN<strong>THE</strong>, R. Br.<br />
Terrestrial herbs with a short or rarely long rhizome. Leaves<br />
broad herbaceous plicate in a large tuft. Scapes from the tuft of<br />
leaves tall, many-flowered. Flowers medium-sized to rather small,<br />
white, violet or yellow. Sepals and petals all similar lanceolate.<br />
Lip adnate to base of column, fiat, 3- or 4-lobed, disc with lamellre<br />
or calli arranged in rows, at the base, spur usually long (absent in<br />
C. gracilis). Column short horizontal adnate to lip base (except<br />
C. gracilis). Anther conic; pollinia 8 waxy, adhering in pairs to<br />
a disc.<br />
Bracts ovate persistent short; flowers white or tmted<br />
vIOlet. Plant nearly glabrous<br />
LIp with 4 lmear lobes . . . . .<br />
LIp, mldlobe deeply bIfid, lobes oblong spathulate<br />
Lip mid lobe obovate, lobes round fimbriate .<br />
Plant pubescent; mldlobe deep bIfid, lobes spathulate<br />
. .<br />
Bracts lanceolate caducous.<br />
Leaves narrow; flowers few lax.<br />
Flowers white<br />
Flowers orange. .<br />
Leaves broad; raceme dense.<br />
(I) C. veratrifolia<br />
(2) C. Cecilia!<br />
(3) C.ovata<br />
(4) C. pubescens<br />
(5) C. angustifolia<br />
(6) C. aurantiaca
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