Tab. 5681. 

 SACCpLABIUM Huttoni. 



Mr. Mutton's Saccolabium. 



Xat. Ord. Orchide^e. — Gtynaxdria Monandria. 

 Gen. Char. {Fide supra, Tab. 5326.) 



oaccolabium Huttoni; caule breviusculo, foliis crasse coriaceis inibri- 

 catis breviter loratis carinatis apice 2-lobis, racemis elongatis multi- 

 subdensifloris pendulis, floribus secundis erectis, pedunculis floribus- 

 que lsete roseo-purpureis, sepalis petalisque patentibus subaequalibus 

 late oblongis apice rotuudatis, labelli 3-lobi lobis parvis erectis calcar 

 obtuse infundibuliforme incurvum rubro-purpureum coronantibus, late- 

 ralibus subquadratis, interraedio angusto. 



Aerides Huttoni. Sort. 



It is difficult to suppose that this lovely plant should have 

 escaped the many zealous Dutch botanical explorers of its 

 native country, Java, or the collectors attached to the mag- 

 nificent gardens of Buitenzorg, where more tropical plants 

 are cultivated than in any other garden in the world, and 

 named with scientific accuracy. But neither in books nor 

 catalogues do we find any notice of this plant, which was 

 discovered by Mr. Hutton, whose early, lamented death was 

 alluded to under another of his discoveries (Cymbidimn Hut- 

 toni, Tab. 5676) only last month. It flowered in the collec- 

 tion of its importers, Messrs. Veitch and Sons, in September 

 last, and from its vivid colours ranks as the most beautiful 

 species of the genus hitherto in cultivation. 



I have referred this plant to Saccolabiurn rather than to 

 Aerides, not doubting but that it is congeneric with *S T . ampul- 

 laceum, Lindl. (Tab. nostr. 5595), and S. miniatum, Lindl. 

 (Tab. 5326); but I must add, that I know of no valid cha- 

 racters by which these genera are to be distinguished, if T 

 am to follow Lindley's collocation of species under each. 



Desck. Stem stout, rigid, suberect, closely beset with dis- 

 tichous imbricating foliage. Leaves six inches long, loriform. 



DECEMBER 1ST, 1867. 



