V, tJUNIPIA BICOLOK, 



Sunipift bicolor. Genera & Specks of Orchidaceous Plants, p. 179. 

 Acrides! obcordatum, Wallich m$$. 



Known only from a drawing in the library of the Earai India Company. U is a native of Nepal, 

 having Iwen collected in that province by Or* Wnllicli* 



It forms a small patch of ovate K£ui>o-»u lbs. about as large as marbles, each of which is 

 terminated by a narrow-oval slightly stalked obtuse leaf, three inches in length* The racemes are 

 erect, rather longer than the leaves, and originate from the base of the pseudo-bulbs ; they boar about 

 nine small ringent flowers, arranged upon a llcxuosc slender racing, each of which is subtended by 

 a lanceolate colourless iikact, larger than the short obovate ovary. The sepals are white, slightly 

 Streaked with purple, ovate-lanceolate ; the two lateral ones being narrower and rather larger than 

 the others, placed parallel with each otlicr below the lip, and slightly adhering by their margins. 

 The PETALS are while, ovate, bluntifih, rather more than twice as short as the sepal*, with a faint 

 purple streak at their base. The ladellum is deep purple, and articulated with a very short foot of 

 the column: its general outline is cuneate; in the middle it is flat and fleshy, and traversed by a 

 sunken (?) line, at the margin it is serrated, at the apex rounded and emarginate ; just above i)ic 

 Imsc there is on each side a small creel auricle. All these things are described from the Indian 

 drawing above referred to. 



Fig. G. represents a magnified view of the flower, after the sepal* arc cut off. 



VI. SACCOLABIUM OALCEOLARE, 



Saccolabium calccolare. Genera § Species of Orchidaceous Plants, p. 223. Botanical 



Register for 1838, miscellaneous matter, no. 139. 

 Gastrochilus calceolaria. D. Don Prodromus Flora; Ncpalcnsis, p. 32. 

 Acrides calccolare. Smith in the article Aerides, in the Supplement to Bees' Cyclopadia. 

 Aorides lcopaidinum. Wallich mss. 



A native of Nepal, where it was found by Dr. Wallich, growing upon trees at » place called 



Tok... and Howcring in March. It is not conspicuous for the showbess of its flowers, hut it ia 



exceedingly pretty when closely examined ; its blossoms being found to be elegantly spotted and 



fringed if observed with a little care. Il crista in the collection of His Grace die Duke of Devon- 



Froat'upuct. /, 



