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intus hirto lamina carnosa concava unguiculata subtriloba, fructu 
ovali brevi trialato ligneo. - 
Gurwhal, N.W. Himalaya, at 3000 feet of elevation, T. Thomson (181) ; 
Gunai valley, Kamaon, Id. (185). 
A very distinct plant, nearly allied to S. guttatum. The raceme 
in my specimen is not more than 8 inches long, and very dense ; 
the lateral sepals are considerably larger than the petals and 
dorsal sepal. The ripe fruit is not above a quarter the size of that 
of S. guttatum, almost exactly oval, and much harder. 
200. S. calceolare, Lindl. 1. c. ; Griff. Notul. iii. 356. t. 334. (Vanda 
pulchella, Wight, Ic. t. 1671.) 
Base of Khasija, J. D. H. & T. T. (187); Sikkim, in hot valleys, Id. 
(187), Cathcart; Java, T. Lobb. (339.) 
A most variable plant, constant in little except the extremely 
acuminate unequal-sided points of the leaves. The middle lobe of 
the lip is sometimes a mere ciliated rim, sometimes a deep trian- 
gular fringed plate, and occasionally quite entire. The leaves 
vary in breadth from }th of an inch, as in Griffith’s figure, to 
3ths, as in Hooker's Khasija specimens. The Java plant has the 
leaves less unequal at the end, and acuminate, and appears to be 
smaller than the Indian forms, one of my specimens not being 
more than 4 inch high. In all cases the flowers would seem to be 
spotted, with the sepals and petals fleshy and oblong. 
201. S. obliquum, Lindl. 1. с. 
Khasija, J. D. H. & T. T. (189). 
A careful examination of flowers in spirits does not enable me 
to point out any important distinction between this and S. cal- 
ceolare; so that the broad leaves with very blunt ends afford the 
only available specific character. Dr. Hooker writes on his label, 
* flowers exactly as in 188 (S. calceolare), but larger and whiter.” 
The sepals and petals appear to be also narrower. 
202. S. intermedium, Griff. MSS. (Sace. no. 4, Griff. Not. iii. 357). 
Khasija hills: Moosmai, Oct. 1835, Griffith. 
‚ lhave this from the author. It is much like S. calceolare, but 
18 more caulescent and more fleshy, with scarcely any appearance 
of a second lobe on the thin extremely acuminate end. The flowers 
are not half the size, with much narrower sepals and petals. The 
lip is, moreover, almost exactly hemispherical. It seems distinct. 
203. S. acutifolium, Lindl. 1. c. (S. denticulatum, Pazton, Mag. Bot. . 
vii. 145; Bot. Mag. t. 4772.—Saccolabium, Griff. Itin. Not. p. 46, 
no. 713; Notul. їй. t. 333.) p. ud 
im, Cathcart ; at 5000 feet, J. D, Н. (367); Khasija, Grifith. 
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