AccoLAciLM. ORCHIDES. 883 



14S0. ISACCOI.AB1U9I Bl. 



Bjdr. 292. 

 I. Folia plana. 



1. SACGOLABIUM CALCIiOLAUE LiniiL 0. 223: Lindl. Scrt. Fiont. 6: 



Roots lliick , smoolh. Stem shorl, ihick , compressetl. eniirelv concoaled by the 

 shenlhing bases of the leaves. Leavcs close log-eiher in 2 rows . linoar, coriaceous, 

 smooih, r long, obliqnelj 1—2 loolhcd at ihc point, curvccl lo one side as lo assume 

 a falcale appcarance. thick, slighlly chanelled. conve.'C midrib undcrside, their sheaths 

 arc sliort, compresscd, flnely dotted wiih purplc. Corymb sborl slaiked , solitary or 

 iwin, each consisting of from 10 — 16 flowers willi a very thick, clavate peduncle 

 IV2' long, spoticd wiih purplc. Flowers middle sized, yellowish green . eleganlly 

 .«prinklcd wilh .roundish purple dots. — Sepals spreading. dislinct. fleshy and sliff, 

 somewhat obovate, obtuse , a little narrower at ihe base , about 4' long. Petals nar- 

 rower, more round. Labellum large , bog-shaped , twice as large as ihe sepals, 

 smoolh, obluse at the botlom, truncated and, almost circular at ihe month. pale 

 yellow ; wilh a iransverse plate of a somewhat reniform figure, insertcd horizontally 

 in fronl a little below the orificc of the labelUim , whitc, yeilow and spolted wiih 

 purple in ihe middlc and bearded above wilh white hairs. Column very short co- 

 nical. Aniher ovate. short, obluse, wilh 2-cells, themselves half divided ii?to 2 other 

 cells in front e.ictended into a long double toothed glandular proccss applied to tlie 

 doubie tooihed apex of the stigma. Pollcnmasscs 2, globose, with a little excavation 

 one side. altached to a long slcnder caudicle. Nepal. Toca. Wallich. 



B. Reg. XXIV. (1838.) Misc. 139: Chirra on ihe Khcvseea riills. 400'. Gibson. — 

 Wight Ic. 1671; Vanda pulcheila. 



2. SACCOLACIUM ACUTIFOLIUM L. 0. 223. {Acridcs umbcUalum Wall. Mss. Ic. 1137.) . 

 Seri. I. c. Nr. 2: 



Stems are 6" high , covered by numerous leaves in two rows. Facli leaf 



6" long, sessilc, slightly ample.xicaul . oblong-lancpolate, very acule, quile flat and 



cven. and apparently fleshy. Flowers in small coryrabs, placed on siifl pedundes. 



from 2— 3"long, sjiringing from the slcm on ihe side opposiie a leaf. They are 



about 74" diam. Scpais and pclals are obovaic, actile, siueading. yellow, neaily of 



cqual size. Labelluin pale pink, concave at thc base . where it has a rouuded lolie 



«n each side and flat beyond ihe lolies, enlarging into a soraewhat iriangular plate. 



Iluc: Saccolubium dentatum Paxt. Mag. Bot. VIL 145. and B, Mag. 4772: 



Caule repenle radicoso, foliis linearioblongis aculissimis, rocemis 



corymbosisfolio brevioribus, sepalis petalisque subsimilibus obovalo spa- 



lulalis palenlibus, labelli calcare globoso amplo utrinqiie unidentalo, pe- 



rianthio aequali, laminae lalo triangularis inargine densissime glandu- 



loso fimbrialo, columna brevi denticulala. Kliasya. 



3. SACCOLABIUM COMPHESSUM Liudl. B. Reg. XXVI. 1840. Misc. 5. 



Caule juniore ancipili, foliis dislicliis amplexicanlibns undulalis ob- 

 lu.^sis oblique Iridenlalis, raccmis cyiindraceis pendulis, labelli calcare 

 falcalo obluso lamina carnosa minima denliformi sepalisque triplo longioie. 

 Manilla, Cuming, Loddigcs. 



Drooping cylindricol racemes wiili small sepals blotclicd wiih ciimson and a long 

 ivory-whiie spur. 



Sert. 32. (1840.): Old slem round, hard, pushes forlh greenish while roois. Leavcs 

 6— 10", sccgreen, broad. slrapshapcd , wavy, obtusc obliqucly ihrce-tomhed at Ihe 

 cnd ; al ihe basc Ihcy surround ihc stem , form a sheaih at ihe basei Ihrough 

 whicli ihe raccme pierces ncarly ; disiirhous. Flowcrs smaU , scentless in long 

 3-.sheaihed racemcs. Sepals oblong . laiher acule , .'^polled wilh crimson «pon a 

 ground at Ursl whilc , allcrwards yellow ihe iwo at ihe sidc concave round iho l.di 



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