SACCOLABIUM. 



ORCIIIDES. 887 



lanceolale, spur larpe saccale, lip undiilale, poll. 4, allaclied to a lar^e 

 elongaled gland. 



Malabar. Jerdon. On.braches of irees. Really a Tacniopliyllum ? 



16. SACCOLABIUM WALKERLANUM. Huc : Sarcaiithus Walkcrianus R. VVight Ic. V. 

 (1851). 1686 : 



Eiecl? Leaves linear, channelled, slrapshaped, very obliqne and 

 hvolobed at the apex; raceme erect, shorler than Ihe leaves , fev?- 

 flo^vered, flo^vers long pedicellcd; poslcrior sepal larger, galeale, spur 

 large (lip saccate) plales of the lip nearly obsolete, the anterior one 

 loolhlike. Flo^vers minute, pink wilh a bright green spot on the an- 

 terior lobe of Ihe lip. 



The larger poUenmasses red. the smaller oiies jellow. 



Kuera Ellia, Ceylon; on trees. Flowers.August. Mrs. Walker. — Ko plate is ihe spur. 



II. Folia teretia. 



17. SACCOLABIUM FILIFOHME. IIuc: Sarcanthus filiformis R. Wight 1. c. 1684: 



Pendulous, leaves terele, filiform, racemes ascending, rauch shorler than 

 the leayes, narrow lanceolate, posteiior one larger, petals ovate, orbicular. 

 olituse, much larger Ihan Ihe sepals, lip Ihreelobed, laleral lobes erecl, 

 obluse, middle one ovate. acule, reflexed, spur slightly recurved, ob- 

 tuse, as long as the flov.er, capsule sub-cylindrical, clavate. Flowers 

 orange-yellovv, streaked wilh darker crimson lines. 



Anamally forests. pendule frora branches. Sep. Oct. Cotton. (Civil Enginccr.) 

 Capsula huc? 



Timeo, ne sit lusus ejusdem planiae: 



Sarcanthus roseus R. VVight 1. c. 1685 : 



Pendiilous leaves round , subulate, of very firm hard texture; ra- 

 ceme spicate, ascending, compact; anterior sepal lanceolate, acule, poste- 

 rior one linear o])luse, pelals broad, orbicular, spur of the lip straight, 

 inflaled at the point, ]iroduced inlo an ovate fleshy plafe vvith a large 

 globose callosity at the base, gland of pollen large, capsule small, ovate. 

 Flovvers rose coloured, petals green at Ihe base within. 



Neilgherries. near Neddawullim. Aug. Sept. — INo plate in the spur! 



1480/b. RHYHICHOSTYIiIS hl. 



Bijdr. 286. 



1. RHYNCHOSTYLIS RETUSA Rclib. fil. Me judice loia copia varietatum innumcris 

 lusihus transiius offert , ui ex foliorum apicibus ac labellis nullos possis evincere 

 charactfres. 



a. guiiata : foliis obliqiie seu recte rciusis. lihyuchustijlis (juttata Rchb. fil. Bonpl. 

 H. «3. — Lindl. Sert. sub 47. (sub Saccolabio gnltaio.) De Vries. Illust. t. 14. — 

 nhijnchostylis rctusa BI. Bijdr. 286. 



h. praemorsa : foliis apice praemorsis. lihynchostijlis i^ravmorsa Bl. I. c. — Suc- 

 colabium Blumei Lindl. Pescat. lab. 21. 



Saccolabium Dlumei Lindl. B. Rcg. XXVII. 1841. Misc. 115: 

 Foliis longis canaliculatis arcuatis aculis mucronatis, racemis pen- 

 dulis densifloris obtusis aequalihus, sepalis ovalis, petalis oblonpis 

 duplo angustioribus, labelli calcarc compresso obtusiusculo mtus pubes- 

 cenle, lainina oblonga rotundata ciliala cmarginata utrinquc coslala. 



