Tas. 7142. 
SACCOLABIUM putuxom. 
Native of Burma. 
Nat. Ord. Orcuiper.—Tribe VANDER. 
Genus Saccotasium, Blume ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol, iii. p. 578.) 
Saccorazium (Calceolaria) Lellinum ; caule brevi robusto, foliis loriformib.s 
medio canaliculatis apice 2-fidis lobis inequalibus obtusis, pedunculo 
brevi crasso multifloro, floribus corymbosis 1~1} poll. latis, sepalis petalis- 
que subsimilibus crassis obovatis obtusis aurantiacis ru ro-purpureo 
maculatis, labelli sacco he nispherico, lobis lateralibus nullis, limbo lunato 
albo basi aureo rubro maculato margine eroso, disco antice aspero postice 
spinulis mollibus dense obsito, columna brevissima crassa, rostello brevi 
recurvo, anthera 2-loba. 
8. bellinum, Reichd. J. in Gard. Chron. 1884, vol. i. P. 174, and 1887, vol. i. 
p- 145; Warner & Williams’s Orchid. Alb. t. 156; Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
vol. vi. p. 61 (ined.) 
Saccolabium bellinum belongs to the section Calceolaria, 
which consists of eighty or more species, distinguished by 
their short stems, lorate rather flaccid leaves, and short 
stout peduncles bearing corymbs of flowers of a very uni- 
form Structure; the petals and sepals are subsimilar, equal 
and fleshy, obovate, obtuse, yellow, and usually more or 
less blotched with red or purple; the lip consists of a 
bucket-like sac, the mouth of which is truncate or raised 
on either side with short side lobes or ears, and the limb 
or midlobe of the lip is horizontal and lunate, embracing 
the anterior part of the sac just below its mouth, and 
having an erose or fimbriate margin, and thickened, 
Smooth, or echinate and ciliate disk. As thus defined the 
Section is well distinguished from all other Saccolabia, 
except section Acampe, which differs chiefly in having a 
longer stem, rigid keeled leaves and a more strongly 
tubercled or thickened midlobe of the lip. Lindley, indeed, 
regards Acampe as a genus, no doubt overlooking the fact 
that its most essential characters were those of the Calceo- 
laria section of Saccolabium. 
All the species of the Calceolaria section are natives of 
tropical India and the Malayan Peninsula and Islands ; two 
Ocrosgr Ist, 1890. 
