888 ORCHIDES. 



RHYNCnOSTYLIS. 



Beautiful. Obtained from Java by Loddiges an<l in all probability ihe Rhynchostylis 

 reiusa of Blume. Veiy near Saccolnbium gutiaium . but ihe raccmes are shorter and 

 thicker, ihe leaves are acute, not uuequally lerminaiing in a kind of mucro, iruncate, 

 and the flowcrs arc vcry diirorcnliy pointed ; oach sojuil and petal has a bright streak 

 of violet below ihe apex , and the lip is deeply slained with the same colour except 

 the lip which is white. 



Saccolabiim Rheedii R. Wight Ic. V, (1831). 1743. 1746. (inb. sign. Saccolabium 

 guitatum): leaves linear , chanelled . denticulato truncaied or premorsc at ihe apex; 

 raceme pendulous densely manyflowcrcd, posierior sepal ovatc . laieral ones unequal 

 sided, about twice the brcadth of the lanceolate acute peials; spur saccate, conical, 

 hairy on ihe throat, lamina of the lip broad , obcordaie cuneate, spreading, capsula 

 obovate subtereie. Flowers pale pink dotted wiih deeper coloured spots, lip deeper 

 pink. 



c. macrostachya : foliis rotundatis. 



Saccolabium macrostachyum Lindl. Sert. sub 47. 1841. {lUujnchostijlis relusa Biumc 

 Bijdr. 286) : 



Foliis longis ligulatis apicc rotundatis emarginatis racemis pendulis longissimis 

 mullifloris brevioribus, sepalis oblongis , petalis duplo arigusiioribus, labelli calcare 

 compresso. lamina oblonga unguiculata obiusa. 



Phillippines. Manilla. (Cuming.) Java. 



2, RHYN-CIIGSTYLIS VIOLACEA Rchb. fil. Donpl. IL 93. Huc: Saccolabium violaceum 

 Rchb. ni. in liit. et 1. c. Huc: Vamlu violacea Lindl. R. Reg. XXVII. (1841.) Misc. 

 32. — 1817. t. 30 : 



Foliis canaliculalis oblique abscissis rolundatis, raccmis multinoris 

 densis pedunculatis, sepalis obovalo-obloneis obtusis pianis incurvis, 

 pelalis multo angustioribus , labello oblongo apiculato plano , vcnis 

 5 crassis, sacco inlus pubescenle. 



A pretty epiphyte sent frora Manilla. Loddiges. The flowers are in short racemes 

 ralher large, wiih an ivory white ground spotted with bright violet ; of ihe latter co- 

 lour therc is one large blotch wiihin ihe exiremity of cach sepal and petal , and a 

 few small dots are scaitered over their surface ; ihe lip is wholly violet. The flowers 

 have a faint and rather disagreeable sraell. 



3. RHYNCIIOSTYLIS GURWALICA Rchli. fil. Huc: Saccolabium gurwalicum Lindl. Ind. 

 Orch. Cont. II. p. 33. 



1482. €Ii«:iSOiSTO]!IA Bl. 



Ojilr. 362. T.ib. 27. 



1. CLEISOSTOMA ROSKA Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXIV. (1838.) Misc. 150 : 



Caule folioso, .Miis anguste lanccolatis coriaceis aculis, corymbis 

 paucifloris subsessilibus, sepalis Jaleralibus oblique ovatis aculis, su- 

 premo pelalisque linearibus oblusissimis. labello carnoso lobo medio 

 rotundato laleialibus crassissiinis Iransverse truncalis, denle operienle 

 lineari acuto. 



This little plant has small palc straw-coloured llowers ;with a pink lip, and in 

 habit resembles Sarcanthus rostratus. Il was senl by Mr. Cuming to Msrs. Loddiges 

 from Manilla. 



2. CLEISOSTOMA MACULOSA Liridl. 0. 227. H. R. XWIL (1840) Misc. 67: 



Habit of a small Vanda. wiih longsialked spikes of small yellowish browu and 

 pink reundjsh lleshy blooms. Ceylon Lodd. imp. 



