Cleisostoma.] ^ oxrvmi. omómtpgxm. (J.D. Hooker.) 73 
dull red with a pale central band ; lip yellowish flushed with red, midlobe incurved, 
Spur sometimes transversely septate towards the base, dorsal callus forked ; column 
very short, rostellum short; anther beaked, strap of globose pollinia slender, dilated 
upwards, gland small.— The spur is like that of Saccolab. buccosum. 
7. C. tenerum, Hook. f.; stem scandent, leaves 1-2 in. oblong, 
base cordate, raceme few-fld. on a short stout leaf-opposed peduncle, side lobes 
of lip large truncate crenulate, midlobe ovate obtusely 3-lobed fleshy, spur 
very short conical incurved. (Eceoclades tenera, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 
236; Wight Ic. t. 1680; Thwaites Enum. 306; Walp. Ann. vi. 895. 
Conia ? alata, A. Rich. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3, xv. 67, t. 7. Saccolabium 
P tenerum, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 36. 
Nirenikr Hirrs ; in woods near Neddubetta, Perrottet. CEYLON; in the Central 
rovince, alt, 3-5000 ft., Macrae, Ze. . ded 
Stem 1-2 ft., as thick as a duck's quill. Leaves scattered, fleshy, tip roun ee 
or notched. Peduncle 4-3 in. woody; basal sheaths cupular ; bracts cymbiform ; 
flowers 2 in. diam., fleshy, yellow or greenish, nerves red ; sepals and petals oblanoeo- 
late obtuse, lateral sepals decurved; midlobe of lip white, dorsal callus fles yi 
column rather long ; anther short broad acute, strap of globose pollinia slender, glan 
small. Capsule 1 in., turgid, elliptie-oblong or pyriform.—Erronevusly referred to 
Saccolab, brevifolium in Gen. Plant. (iii. 579). I have seen no Nilghiri specimen. 
8. C. bipunctatum, Hook. f.; stem slender scandent, leaves 4-6 
by 1-2 in. subacute, peduncle very short, 1-2 fld.side lobes of lip small 
subfaleate, midlobe large ovate-lanceolate, spur very small „incurve 
obtuse, saccate. Saccolabium bipunctatum, Par. & Reichb. f. in Trans. 
mn. Soc. xxx. 145. i 
TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. 
Stem about as thick as a duck’s quill. Leares lorate, laterally notched towards 
the tip; costa stout beneath. Flowers about i in. diam, yellow and Wé ved 
bracts obscure ; sepals oblong-lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved, and linear-obloug. Nu m 
Petals falcate ; midlobe of lip longer than the sepals, white, 3-nerved with a basa 
callus, dorsi] scale membranous toothed ; column very short; auther short, Wéi 
road, strap of subglobose pollinia linear, gland small.—I have seen only a very sma 
Specimen. Reichenbach, though describing the scale in the spur, places this in 
Saccolabium. 
9. C. brevi es, Hook. f.; stem elongate, leaves 4 in. distichous 
uniform linear Tanceclate Sé fleshy, spike short sessile dense-fld., rachis 
very thick, bracts short, flowers 2 in. diam., sepals and petals subsimi ar 
ovate-oblong obtuse orange-yellow with two purple bands, lip pale ye Ta 
side lobes faleate acute, midlobe short hastate with a membranous Z- 
AWned tip, disk thickened, spur a short sac tip rounded. 
Sixxiy HIMALAYA, (Ic, in Hort. Calcutt.) ; alt. 5000 ft. Gamble. Assam, (Hort. 
ampany. . 
Stems tufted, 8-12 in., as thick as a goose-quill, internodes i-i M ragnlose. 
aves erecto-patent, sessile, 2 in. diam., flat, hard, tip micronate. Spike Ls ind 
šal sheaths short, annular, and bracts brown; ovary 4 in., green strip th thick 
eal Sac of lip shining, thickened disk extending backward to Weit e hort 
callus at the base of the column thus closing the orifice of the sac; CO Rer: 4 
Stout, Pollinia subquadrate strap compressed, gland large, 2-partite. Capri den 
nt on terete, fleshy, striate.— Described from fresh cultivated spec 
ew, 
