SyVCCOLABIDM. 



ORCHIDES. 885 



nibro lilacinis , pciliinculaiis, racemosis, raccmo longe pcdunculaio , simplici aui 

 rainoso ; bracteis brevissimis, basi lalis. apice acutis ; caicarc recurvo; limbo irilobo. 

 lobis laieralibus brevibus, obiusis ; meclio subcordaio, obiuso. 



Desc. Planta epiphyta; radix fibris longissimis constans, pseudobulbosa , folia dis- 

 ticba scmi-vaginaniia , coriacea, lanceolala , apice biloba, basi transverse sccedentia ; 

 flores rubri aut lilacini in racemum simpliccm aut ramosum, ex axilla fuliorum ortum 

 muliiflorum dispositi. Sepala erecia, laieralia obliqua , basi cum labello coalita ; su- 

 perius liberum, inieriora oblusa, erccia, exterioribus vix minora; labellum cura basi 

 gynostemii parum producta coniinuum. nullo modo.arliculatum, oblongum, trilobum, 

 basi calcaralum, membranaccum, lobis latcralibus brevibus, obtusis, lobo medio cor- 

 diformi , obiuso, venoso; calcare longitudine limbi obtuso , venoso ; gynoslemium 

 breviusculfhn, marginibus membranaceum et cum labello continuum ; anlhera unilo- 

 cularis. terminalis, operculata. I*oIlinia 2 globosa, poslice sulcata , caurficula dia- 

 phano, angusta, glandula subrbomboidea, pcltata terminala , inflexa. Fructus ovoideus 

 3 alalus. Super cortic. arborib. parasit. in sylvis circa Otacamund. ~ Mnjo. 



7. SACCOLADIUM PAMCULATUM R Wight Ic. V. I. (1851.) 1676; 



Leaves strapshaped, somewhat channelled, obhquely 2-lobed at IIjc 

 apex: panicle racemose, many-floAvered, much longer Ihan Ihe leaves; 

 sepals and petals suborbicular obovate obluse, petals smaller than the 

 scpals, Jip ovate attenuate lovvards the point, vvilh 2 small suborbicular 

 labes at Ihe base, and a fleshy, glandlike appendage closing the Ihroat 

 of ihe spur ; spur conical, about Ihe length of the lip. Flowers nearly 

 \Nhile a light tinge of pink, lip sheaded vvith crimson. 



lyamally Uills. Oct. Sept. 



Approaches S. »ite((rn Lindl. which is much sraaller, its leaves being only 2Vj" long 

 and 7«" broad — iarge variely ? 



Rchb. fll. Bonpl. III. 225 : calcori arcuaio lamina breviori , callo utrinque bilobo 

 intcr lobos laterales, lamina ligulata. 



8. SACCOLABIUM VIRIDIFLORUM Lindl. Contrib. Orchid. Ind. p. 36. Micropera viridi- 

 flora Dalzell in ilook. Kcw 4. Misc. III. 282: 



Pollicaris, acaulis, foliis planis lineari oblongis apice bilobis, race- 

 mis basilaribus brevissimis plurifloris foliis brevioiibus , sepalis pelalis- 

 que conformibus aequilongis obovato-spathulalis pallide viridibus, pe- 

 lalis ereclis conniventibus, sepalis lateralibus palenlibus, latelli calcare 

 perianthium aequante, porrectocalceiformi, laminae cucullalae submembra- 

 naceae 3-lobatae albae supposito, laminae lobis laleralibus rotundalis, 

 intermedio triangulari acuto, cornubus in labelli margine utroque parvis 

 conicis ercctis, labelloqiie basi albo ct roseo pictis. 



Flores 5-6 1. diam.. racem. 1-2 p. F. 3 p. Ig., 6—8 1. 1. Cresclt cum M. ma- 

 culata, 11. Majo. DilT. a M. pallida caulc nullo. 



9. SACCOLADIUM DENSIFLORUM Lindl. Orchid. 220. B. Reg. 1838. (XXIV.) Misc. 103 : 



Manilla, Cuming. flowercd wilh Loddiges. It has small, pale, dull brownish yellow 

 flowers. of a very fleshy consisience. Thc specimen, that flowered was a sraall onc; 

 ihc Pcnang spcc. broughl home by Dr. Wallish were nearly 2' high. 



10. S.\CCOL.\BIUM GEMM.XTUM Lindl. B. R. XXIV. (1838.) Misc. 88: 



Foliis dislichis semiteretibus canaliculatis subtortis apice inaequalilur 

 tridentalis, spica ramosa, floribus minutis carnosis, sepalis connivcnti- 

 bus ovatis obtusis laleralibus multo majoiibus, petalis brevioribus sub- 

 rotundis, labello carnoso ovato cryslallino dorso luberculato marginibus 

 calcaris conici penduli dilatalis carnosis rotundalis, columna brevis- 

 sima, apicc anlhcrae hemisphacricae reflcxo. 



