Tas. 5326. 
SACCOLABIUM miniatum. 
Orange-red Saccolabium. 
Nat. Ord. OncHIDE®.—GyYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Perianthium explanatum, patens. Sepala petalis sequalia, lateralia 
sepius majora. Ladellum indivisum, calcaratum, basi column accretum. Co- 
lumna erecta, semiteres, rostello subulato. Anthera semibilocularis. Pollinia 2, 
subglobosa, caudicula elongata, glandula minuta.—Herbe epiphyte, caulescentes. 
Folia disticha, coriacea, apice sepius obliqua. Flores awillares, racemosi v. soli- 
tari. Lindl. 
SACcOLABIUM miniatum ; foliis distichis imbricatis loratis canaliculatis apice 
oblique truncatis, racemis brevibus cylindraceis patentibus, bracteis minimis 
acutis, sepalis petalisque ovatis acutis patulis, labello lineari obtuso recurvo, 
caleare recto pendulo tereti breviore intus edentato, polliniis albis. Lindl. 
SACCOLABIUM miniatum. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1847, sud t. 26, and Bot. Reg. 
v. $3.2. 58. 
A native of Java, whence it was introduced to our stoves by 
Messrs. Veitch, previous to 1847. Our plant is specifically the 
same as that figured by Dr. Lindley, but the flowers are larger 
and, with the exception of the labellum and spur, much more 
inclined to red than orange. ‘The spikes of blossom appeared 
with us in May of 1862, and continued a long time in perfec- 
tion. It requires much heat and moisture in its cultivation. 
Descr. The stem is short, about the thickness of the little 
finger ; the lower portion is brown, zigzag, and clothed with the 
remains of old foliage, here and there sending out long solitary 
vermicular fiJres, by means of which the plant is attached to the 
branches of trees. Zeaves rather numerous, eight to ten inches 
long, loriform, coriaceous, canaliculate, bidentate at the apex, arti- 
culated below on a sheathing base. acemes axillary, solitary, 
somewhat drooping, rather shorter than the leaves, bearing nu- 
merous richly-coloured flowers, each arising from a small, ovate, 
acuminated dract. Ovary linear, coloured. Sepals and petals 
JULY IsT, 1862. 
