PAB: OXY. 
STANHOPE SACCATA: 
POUCH-LIPPED STANHOPEA. 
Sranuorera saccata; foliis lineari-lanceolatis scapis paucifloris brevioribus ; sepalis oblique ovatis, 
petalisqué oblongo-lanceolatis acutis undulatis, reflexis :—labello medio vix constricto ; hypochilio abrupte 
et alte saccato ; metachilio cornubus maximis ascendentibus incurvis compressis utrinque instructo ; epichilio 
ovato trilobo, subtis carinato trilobo, lobis lateralibus erectis truncatis intermedio minore apiculato :— 
columnaé marginata. 
Description. 
Leaves, including the petiole, about a foot long, narrow, acuminate, longer than the scapes. 
Scares, 2-3 flowered, about the length of the PEDICELLS, and almost entirely clothed with acute 
sheathing Bracrs. Separs and Pevats much waved at the margin and extremities, and turned 
entirely back, the former obliquely ovate, the latter oblong-lanceolate; both of them being of a pale 
straw colour, sprinkled with vinous spots; at the base, however, of the sepals there is an intense orange 
shade, which has the effect of being reflected from the interior of the pouch of the lip. At the base 
of the Lip there is a deep perpendicular pouch, which glows inside, with the most brilliant orange ; 
attached to the front of this pouch, on either side, are placed two very large parallel flattened falcate 
Horns, bent slightly inwards; between these horns is stationed an ovate three-cleft fleshy process, 
the lateral lobes of which are bent upwards, and rather truncated, the central lobe being apiculate 
and shorter than the side ones. Cotumn arched, furnished, at its upper portion, with an oval 
membranous margin, where it almost touches the horns of the lip: both lip and column are highly 
polished, and of a dirty whitish hue, sprinkled with minute spots of the same colour as those in the 
sepals. 
THIS elegant little Stanhopea was discovered by Mr. Skryner in some part of Guatemala, but, 
unfortunately, we are not in possession of its precise locality; which is the more to be regretted as it was never 
met with except on one occasion. We received it in 1837, and it flowered profusely the following summer ; 
it is almost needless to add that its management is attended with no difficulty whatever. Independently 
of its peculiar flowers, the small narrow leaves of this plant readily distinguish it from all other species of 
the genus which have, as yet, taken up their abode in our stoves. 
The awful personages represented below are copied from a curious print in Mr. GrorGr ACKERMANN’S 
possession, and which he most obligingly lent to us for the occasion. Figures, similarly habited, still walk the 
streets of Guatemala on certain public days, their office being to strike terror and collect contributions 
among the spectators. 
“ Hic niger est: hunc tu Romane caveto !”—Hor. Sar. 
* Supra. Tab. VII. 
