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SACCOLABIUM* papillosum. 



Pimpled Saccolabium. 



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GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat 



ord. Orchide^e. § Vandese LindL {Introduction to the natural 

 system of Botany, p. 262.) 



SACCOLABIUM Blume. — Perianthium explanatum, patens. Sepala 

 petalis eequalia, lateralia seepiils majora. Labellum indivisum, calcaratum, 

 basi columnse accretum. Columna erecta, semiteres, rostello subuiato. Anthera 

 semibilocularis. Pollinia 2, subglobosa, caudicula elongate, glandula mi- 



nuta. Herbse epiphytce, caulescentes. Folia disticha, coriacea, apice 



scepius obliqua. Flores axillares, racemosi v. solitarii. 



S . papillosum ; foliis ligulatis apice obliquis cuspidatis, racemis brevissimis 

 capitatis, sepalis carnosis lineari-ovatis obtusis, labelli calcare obconico 

 obtuso intils villoso lamina ovata carnosa papillosa recurva. 



Thalia Maravara. -Rheede hort. malab. 12. t. 4. 



Oymbidium prsemorsum. Swartz nov. act. ups. 6. 75. Willd. sp. pi. 4. 103. 



Epidendrum praemorsum. Roxb. corom. 1. 34. t. 43. 



Aendes undulatura. Smith in Rees suppl. 



Saccolabium papillosum. LindL in Wall. cat. no. 7305. 



Caulis arcuatuSy subpedalis, distich^ foliosus, radices tortuosas promens. 

 Folia atroviridia y 4-6 poll, longa. Racemi parvi, foliis triplb breviores. 

 r lores albi 9 luteo purpureoque picti. 





The genus Saccolabium consists of a large number of 

 caulescent epiphytal species, inhabiting the continent and 

 archipelago of India. It comprehends some of the most 

 interesting and beautiful of the tribe, all of which are culti- 

 vated without difficulty by being suspended, in pots filled 

 with potsherds intermixed with a little earth, from the back 

 wall of a damp and hot stove. 



We believe that at least four other genera will be reduced 

 to it, namely Rhyncostylis of Blume ; Gastrochilus of Don, 



* From saccus, a bag, and labium, a lip; in allusion to the bagrgred 

 labellum of all the species. 



