886 ORCniDES. saccolabium. 



Discov. 1837 on Ihe Khoscea hills of Imlia by Mr, Gibson , brought to Chaisworih 

 (Dukc of Dcvonshirc). The blossoms arc ihe smailcsl of ihe genus nol bcing largcr 

 ihan a grain of musiard seeJ. but ihe linest amelhysts are not of a morc brilliant 

 purple. and ihe lips of ihe labcllum and sepals are quiie white. 



11. SACCOLABIUM BIFIDUM Lindl Dot. Rcg. 1B'.8. (X.VIY.) Misc. 5: 



Racenio pendulo gracili mullifloro, petalis basi obscure bastulatis, 

 labello recurvo bastato _ apice selaceo fisso; laciniis basi linearibus 

 obtusis erectis. 



Small, oblong, flat. distichous leaves, and> a slendcr pendulous raceme, 4" long. ol 

 pale pink and yellow small llowers in the form of their lip not unlike our wild 

 Man-Orchis. Loddigcs received il from Manilla, whcre it had been cffllected by Mr. 

 Curaing and flowercd in December. — Flores parvi, Ribesios rubri magniiudine. Pc- 

 rianthium explanaium, ochraceum . sepnlis linearlbus obtusis ; petalis minoribus, basi 

 obsolete hasiulalis. Labellum albidum , subrecurvum subiriangulare. apice setaceo- 

 bifldum basi hasiatum, lobis linearibus, obiusis apice purpurcis, crectis, columna lon- 

 gioribus, calcare intus nudo cylindraceo, ochraceo, npice compresso, pendulo, ovario 

 duplo breviore. Columna nana, alis duabus lincaribus obtusis porrectis sligma mar- 

 ginanlihus. Anthera hcmisphaerica . mulica, pcllucida. antice truncata. Pollinia pos- 

 tice excavata ah apice brevi glandulae tenuis cuneatac acuminatac pendulae, 



12. SACCOLABIUM QUIiNQUEFIDUM Lindl. in Ilook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. 1843. II. 23S: 



Foliis coriaceis disticbis ligulatis (auriculatis) apice rolundatis obli- 

 quc emarginatis, panicula rainosa ramis ascendentibus multitloris, flori- 

 bus minulis, labelli quinqucfidi lobo medio lineari obtuso lateralibus 

 utrinque duobus aculis inacqualibus ascend.mtibus, calcare obluso sc- 

 palis paiilo longiorc. 



A plant with ihe habit of Sarcanthus paniculatus but wilh exlrcmcly small flowcrs. 

 Tlie leaves are coriaceous, shining, about 8" long by 1" brond, The panicle is l'A' 

 long and fully 8" iii dinnieter. Thcre is no difi"crence whaiever bctween this and 

 ihe common forms of Saccolabium, Thc genus Carieretia must iherefore be can- 

 celled. — Guinea Hinds? Videtur. 



IIuc : Cartcrctia A. Rich. Voy. Asirol. tab, 4 : 



Pcrigonii foliola exlcriora latiora basi obliquc ascendenlia acula, 

 siiprcmum paulo anguslius, subconcavum obtusnm, interiora paulo mi- 

 nora, obtusa ; labellum columnae parallelum, basi in calcar pioductum, 

 triparlitum, laciniis erectis inlcrmedia trifida, colunina ovario confinua, 

 brcvis. seinitcres; antliera bilocularis anticc apiculala, pollinia 4 incum- 

 benlia, 



C. pnniculala A. Rich, I. c: parasitica , foliis radicalibus, oblonpis (pcdalibus), 

 opice bifido bilobis, lobis obtusis giabcrrimis , intcgcrrimis infernc plicatis . scapo 

 lcrcJi superne ramoso (bipedali) vaginis quibusdam adjiressis subobliquis vel iruii- 

 cDlis brevibus, floribus in apice r.miorum sparsis subspicalis. parvuiis, dilule viridi- 

 bus brevissime pcdicellatis resupinnlis . brncieola brcvi pcrsistcnie slipaiis, calycis 

 obliqiii laciniarum exlcriorum superiorc subconcava obtusiuscula, laicralibus obliquc 

 ascendcnlibus, basi paulisper productis et intcr sc connatis , subovalihus, aculis, la- 

 ciniis inierioribus brcvioribus. oblongis, merabranaccis oblusissimis , labcllo concavo 

 basi cuin gynosiemio articulato, 



13. SACCOLABIUM PUMILIO. Huc : Occcocladex pusilln Liii.ll. Orch. 237, 



H. SACCOLABIUM FLEXUOSUM. Iluc: OcccocUulcs llc.rno.-^a Liiidl. Orcb. 236. 

 15. SACCOLABIUM JERDONIANUM. Huc: Taeniorhnllum JcrAomauum Wight I. c. IVob . 

 Caulescent; lcavcs lincar; spikcs lamous, manyfloNvered, bracls ovrtlc, 

 acule, cxcccdins llic pcdiccLs; scpals broad ovale, pctalij nariow, hucar 



