Saecolabium.] OXLVIH. ORCHIDEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) Di 
42. S. pusillum, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 36 (not of Blume). 
CEceoclades pusilla, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7332: Gen. § Sp. Orchid. 937. 
SILHET, Wallich. 
Roots very many, slender, tortuous. Leaves 2-3 by 4 in., fleshy, thin when dry. 
Racemes slender ; bracts ovate, membranous; flowers 4 in. broad, pedicelled mem- 
branous; dorsal sepal obovate; column rather long, beaked in front; anther low; 
strap of pyriform pollinia dilated above, gland small oblong. Capsule $ in., shortly 
pedicelled, narrow, 6-ribbed.—The citation of “ Herb. Wight” under Wall. Cat. 
7332 B, is doubtless an error. 
7. S. penangianum, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. ined.; leaves narrowly 
linear-lanceolate acuminate with a lateral notch, raceme short very stout 
dense-fld, pubescent, sepals broadly ovate l-nerved, not half the length 
of the conical angled abruptly incurved spur, petals oblong 1-nerved, limb 
of lip minute, disk fleshy terminal, side lobes rounded. 
PENANG; on the Sonkey River, Curtis. PERAK, Kunstler (Ic. in Herb, 
Caleutt.) 
Stem flexuous, internodes } in. Leaves 21-3 by 4 in. thick, nerve strong 
beneath. Racemes 1-14 in., fruiting decurved ; bracts subulate; flowers 2 in., pube- 
Tulous, white edged with yellow and a little pink ; column short; strap of globose 
pollinia elongate, spathulate, gland small. Capsules } in. long. oblong, sessile, 
crowded, reflexed. 
8. S. Helferi, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. ined. ; stem short, leaves loriform tip 
contracted notched, panicles shorter than the leaves, sepals orbicular-ovate 
l-nerved shorter than the saccate broad spur, petals oblong, blade of lip 
reniform, half embracing the spur quite entire, lateral lobes narrow erect. 
TRNASSERIM, or ANDAMAN ISLANDS. Helfer (Kew Distrib. 5256). Moulmein, 
Parish ; Mergui, Griffith, 
Stem 1-3 in. Leaves few, close set, 21-31 by 1—1 in., sheaths short, black. 
Panicle about equalling the leaves, slender; bracts minute, acute; flowers Je in.; 
dorsal Sepal much smaller than the lateral; blade of lip shorter than the spur; 
column very short; anther short, broad ; pollinia globose, sessile on a large cuneate 
strap or gland. 
..9. 8. &£racile, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 225; in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
m. 35; stem short slender, leaves elongate linear-lanceolate acuminate, 
racemes slender many-fld. longer than the leaves, sepals oblong obtuse 
-nerved, much shorter than the straight tubular acuminate spur, petals 
narrower oblong l-nerved, blade of lip very small ovate acute, side lobes 0. 
Thwaites Enum. 304, 
Certo; Central Province, alt. 3000 ft. Macrae, &c. . . 
fal Stem 2-8 in., often zigzag, internodes 4—4 in. Leaves 23-4 by i in., straight or 
Neate, narrowed at base and tip, midrib obscure. Racemes 4-6 in., erect; bracts 
minute, subulate ; flower } in. long, white; mouth of spar very oblique; column 
“ort ; anther short, broad, strap of. globose pollinia very slender. Capsule globose, 
a 1D. diam., pedicelled. 
So 10. s. brevifolium, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 225, in Journ. Linn. 
e ` m. 5; stem rather stout scandent, leaves short linear-oblong un- 
equally 2-lobed, racemes very short few-fld., sepals and petals subequal 
` reular-ovate l-nerved not half as long as the conico-cylindric straight 
use spur, limb of lip very minute, side lobes 0. Thwaites Enum. 230. 
' Virescens, Gardn, mss. 
C . . 
EYLON ; Central Province common, Macrae, &c. 
o wee 6-10 in., internodes 1 in. or less. Leaves 1-1} by i-i in., fleshy, midrib 
Te. Racemes 1 in., recurved; bracts very minute; flowers j in. long, rose- 
