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SACCOLABIUM* papillosum. 

 Pimpled Saccolabium. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat.ord. Orchideje. § Vartcleee Lindl. (Introduction to the natural 

 system of Botany, p. 262.) 



SA CCOLA Bl UM Blume. — Perianthium explanatum, patens. Sepala 

 petalis sequalia, lateralia seepius majora. Labellum indivisum, calcaratum, 

 basi columnar accretum. Columna erecta,semiteres,rostello subulato. Anthera 

 semibilocularis. Pollinia 2, subglobosa, caudicula elongata, glandula mi- 



nuta. Herbse epiphytce, caulescentes. Folia disticha, coriacea, apice 



seepius obliqua. Flores axillares, racemosi v. solitarii. 



S. papillosum ; foliis ligulatis apice obliquis cuspidatis, racemis brevissimis 

 capitatis, sepalis carnosis lineari-ovatis obtusis, labelli calcare obconico 

 obtuso intfis villoso lamina ovata. carnosa papillosa recuiva. 



Thalia Maravara. Rheede hort. malab. 12. t. 4. 



Cymbidium prsemorsum. Swartz nov. act. ups. 6. 75. Willd. sp. pi. 4. 103. 



Epidendrum prsemorsum. Roxb. corom. 1. 34. t. 43. 



Aerides undulatum. Smith in Rees suppl. 



Saccolabium papillosum. Lindl. in Wall. cat. no. 7305. 



Caulis arcuatus, subpedalis, distiche foliosus, radices tortuosas promens. 



Folia atroviridia, 4-6 poll, longa. Racemi parvi, foliis triplb breviores. 



Flores albi, luteo purpureoque picti. 



The genus Saccolabium consists of a large number of 

 caulescent epiphytal species, inhabiting the continent and 

 archipelago of India. It comprehends some of the most 

 interesting and beautiful of the tribe, all of which are culti- 

 vated without difficulty by being suspended, in pots filled 

 with potsherds intermixed with a little earth, from the back 

 wall of a damp and hot stove. 



We believe that at least four other genera will be reduced 

 to it, namely Rhyncostylis of Blume ; Gastrochilus of Don, 



* From saccus, a bag, and labium, a lip; in allusion to the bagged 

 labellum of all the species. 



