( 4108 ) 

 Saccolabium guttatum. Spotted Sacco- 



LABIUM. 

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Class and Order. 



GyNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Orchide>e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Perianthium explanatum, patens. Sepala petalis aequa- 

 lia, lateralia saepius majora. Labellum indivisum, calcara- 

 tuna, basi columnae accretum. Columna erecta, semiteres, 

 rostelli subulato. Antherce semibilocularis. Pollinia 2, 

 subglobosa, caudicula elongata, glandula minuta. — Herbae 

 epiphytal, (India? Orientalis), caulescentes. Folia disticha, 

 coriacea, apice scepius obliqua. Flores axillares, racemosi 

 v. solitarii. Lindl. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Saccolabium * guttatum; foliis longis canaliculars insequa- 

 liter truncatis arcnatis racemis cylindraceis densifloris 

 arcuatis Eequalibus, sepalis ovatis, petalis duploangus- 

 tioribus, labelli calcare compresso truncato-conico 

 intus pubescente, lamina lauceolata inflexa dorso sub- 

 costata, capsulis oblongis hexagonis. Lindl. 



Saccolabium guttatum. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. n. 7308. 

 Gen. et Sp. Orchid, p. 220. 



Saccanthus guttatus. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1443. 



Aerides guttatum. " Roxb. MSS." 



Aerides retusum. Sic. in Schrad. Diar. 1799. p. 233. 

 Willd. Sp. PL 4. p. 130. Spr. Syst. Veget. 3. p. 719. 



Limodorum retusum. Sw. Nov. Act. Mps. 6. 80. 



Epidendrum retusum. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1351. 



Anajeli-maravara. Rheede, Malab. 12. /. J. 



Dr. 



* So named by Blume from saccus, a bag, and labium, a lip ; in 

 allusion to the pouch of the labellum. 

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