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intus hirto lamina carnosa concava unguiculata subtriloba, fructu 

 ovali brevi trialato ligneo. 

 Gurwhal, N.W. Himalaya, at 3000 feet of elevation, T. Thomson (181) ; 



Gunai valley, Kamaon, Id. (185). 

 A very distinct plant, nearly allied to S. guttatum. The raceme 

 in my specimen is not more than 3 inches long, and very dense ; 

 the lateral sepals are considerably larger than the petals and 

 dorsal sepal. The ripe fruit is not above a quarter the size of that 

 of >S'. guttatum, almost exactly oval, and much harder. 



200. S. calceolare, Lindl. 1. e. ; Griff. Notul. iii. 356. t. 334. (Vanda 

 pulchella, Wight, Ic. t. 1671.) 



Base of Khasija, J.D.H. ^ T.T. (187); Sikkim, in hot valleys. Id. 

 (187), Cathcart; Java, T.Lobb. (339.) 



A most variable plant, constant in little except the extremely 

 acuminate unequal-sided points of the leaves. The middle lobe of 

 the lip is sometimes a mere ciliated rim, sometimes a deep trian- 

 gular fringed plate, and occasionally quite entire. The leaves 

 vary in breadth from }th of an inch, as in Griffith's figure, to 

 fths, as in Hooker's Khasija specimens. The Java plant has the 

 leaves less unequal at the end, and acuminate, and appears to be 

 smaller than the Indian forms, one of my specimens not being 

 more than ^ inch high. In all cases the flowers would seem to be 

 spotted, with the sepals and petals fleshy and oblong. 



201. S. obliquum, Liraf/Z. 1. c. 

 Khasija, J. D. H. Sf T. T. (189). 



A careful examination of flowers in spirits does not enable me 

 to point out any important distinction between this and S. cal- 

 ceolare ; so that the broad leaves Avith very blunt ends aflbrd the 

 only available specific character. Dr. Hooker writes on his label, 

 " flowers exactly as in 188 (^S. calceolare}, but larger and whiter." 

 The sepals and petals appear to be also narrower. 



202. S. intermedium, Griff. MSS. (Sacc. no. 4, Griff. Not. iii. 357). 

 Khasija hills : Moosmai, Oct. 1835, Griffith. 



I have this from the author. It is much like S. calceolare, but 

 is more caulescent and more fleshy, with scarcely any appearance 

 of a second lobe on the thin extremely acuminate end. The flowers 

 are not half the size, with much narrower sepals and petals. The 

 lip is, moreover, almost exactly hemispherical. It seems distinct. 



203. S. acutifoliura, Lindl. 1. c. (S. denticulatum, Paxton, Mag. Bot. 

 vii. 145; Bot. Mag. t. 4772.— Saccolabium, Griff. Itin. Not. p. 46, 

 no. 713 ; Notul. iii. t. 333.) 



Sikkim, Cathcart; at 5000 feet, J. D.H. (367); Khasija, Griffith. 

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