Saecolabium.] CXLVIII. ORCHIDEX. (J. D. Hooker.) 63 
very stout, internodes short, sheaths annular, bracts semicircular, flowers 
papillose, midlobe of lip broadly ovate or rounded, sac rounded tubercled 
and pubescent at the base within. Acampe excavata, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 
; Walp. Ann. vi. 874. Cymbidium præmorsum, Swartz in Nov. Act. 
Upsal. vi. 75; Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. 103; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 465. Epiden- 
drum premorsum, Roxb. Cor. Pl. i. 34, t. 43.— Rheede Hort. Mal. xu. t. 4. 
Aerides undulata, Smith in Rees Cyclop. xxxix. 
WESTERN PENINSULA; in the Circars, Roxburgh; the Concan, Law. — 
Apparently near S. Wightianum, but more slender, leaves narrower, lip deeply 
obed, very complicate, flowers small, papillose all over, 3-2 in. diam. Capsule 
2 1n, 
32. S. papillosum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1552 (exel. syn.) ; Gen. & 
Sp. Orchid. 222; stem elongate branched scandent, leaves 3-4 in. scape 
-2 in., internodes close, bracts semicircular, midlobe of lip ovate, spur 
conical pubescent within. S. carinatum, Griff. Notul. ii. 354. Acampe 
papillosa, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 2: Walp. Ann. vi. 873. Sarcochilus pre- 
morsus, Spreng. Syst. PL iii, 721, fid Steudel. 
BENGAL and the lower Himataya Mrs., from Sikkim eastwards. Assam, the 
GANGETIC DELTA, the CIRCARS and TENASSERIM. 
Stem 2-3 ft., as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves obliquely notched. Scape closely 
Scarred to the base; flowers $ in. diam.; ovary very short. Capsule 1j in., fusi- 
form.—The lip is broader in Lindley's figure than in Sylhet specimens, in which they 
are oblong.ovate, 
.93. S. cephalotes, Hook. f.; stem very short, leaves 3-5 in. narrow 
with a unilateral semicircular sinus at the tip, peduncle 1 in., midlobe of 
lip broadly ovate crenulate, sac conic hairy within. Acampe cephalotes 
Tindi, Fol. Orchid. 3; Walp. Ann. vi. 873. 
ILHET; H. f, J 
A small species of which there are very few specimens; it appears to differ from 
:Papilloseum in the short stems, longer crowded leaves and small yellow green 
Owers barred with purple; lip pale rose with darker spots, disk fimbriate. 
34. S. congestum, Hook: f.; stem short very stout, leaves 6-8 in., 
Scape 11-2 in., internodes very short, bracts broadly ovate acute, flowers 
crowded, limb of lip rhomboid acute-angled, spur shortly conical or saccate 
ary within. §. papillosum, Wight Ic. t. 1672 (not of Lindl.). Acampe 
congesta, Lind]. Fol. Orchid. 3; Walp. Ann, vi. 873. Vanda congesta, 
Lindl, in Bot. Reg. 1839, Misc. 61. 
MALABAR, Wight. Crow (Hort. Loddiges). . ; lat 
Lindley’s V. congesta from Ceylon is described as having obliquely mucronulate 
faves, yellow and brown flowers, lip with an excavate pubescent base, and column 
with mucronate angles (a single flower only is in Herb. Lindl.). Wight S. papil- 
SC is figured with deeply 2-lobed leaves and a curved spur; his specimens (n 
erb. Lindl, 1019/1836) have curved leaves 8-10 by 1-11 in. 
. Sect. IV. Pratyruizon. (Seep. 54). —— . 
1 35, S. viridiflorum, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. “oc. Mi. 96; ege 
-23 in., racemes shorter than the leaves subcorymbose, spur acute A 263 5 
ihn parallel to the blade of the lip. Dalz. d Gib». Bomb. PI. 363; 
atp. Ann. vi. 885. Micropera viridiflora, Dalz. in Hook, Journ. Dot. m. 
(1851), 282, 
k The SOUTHERN Conc AN ; in the Western Ghats, Law, Dalzell. CEYLON, near 
andy (Te, in Herb. Kew). 
aves i—b in. broad. Raceme 3-5-fld. ; bracts short, broad, obtuse; flowers 
