198 Orchidece. \_Saccolabium. 



depressed, acute in front, pollinia 2, globose, yellow, strap 

 filiform; fr. \\-2 in., narrowly pyriform, erect, shortly stoutly 

 pedicclled. 



Moist region, 1000-3000 ft. ; rather rare. Hunasgiriya; Hewaheta ; 

 Negombo. Fl. Sept., Oct., Dec; sep. and pet. yellow, with fine red 

 transverse stris ; lip white, with the spur pale yellow. 



Malabar, E. Bengal, Burma. 



First sent by Governor Sir Wilmot Horton to Loddiges' Nursery. 



7. S. acaule, Hk.f. FL B. hid. vi. 61 (1890). 



Clcisostoma acaule, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 227; Thw. Enum. 305. 

 C. P. 3191. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 61. 



Stem very short, yV-i in., stout; roots up to 10 in. long, 

 stout, flexuous ; 1. few, 2-4, distichous, ^-i|- in. long, linear- 

 oblong, subfalcate, very unequally obtusely 2-lobed, one lobe 

 oblong incurved up to j in. long, the other small rounded; fl. 

 2-3, on a very short decurved green ped. 1-2 in. long, with 

 short scarious sheaths; pedicel with ov. \ in.; fl. ^ in. diam., 

 sep. and pet. linear-oblong, incurved, tip rounded; lip a 

 broadly conical obtuse sac, shorter than the sep., side lobes 

 short, mid lobe triangular, fimbriate; column broader than 

 long, sides rounded ; anth. depressed, ovate, truncate in front, 

 pollinia 2, globose, strap very slender, gland large, 2-toothed; 

 fr. ^-i in., ellipsoid, obtuse at both ends, very shortly stoutly 

 peduncled. 



Lower montane zone 3-5000 ft. ; rather rare. Hantane, frequent ; 

 Knuckles (Ferguson) ; Rangala. Fl. March, April ; sep. and pet. pale 

 green with red dots; lip white, the limb yellowish and red-dotted. 



Endemic. (Description chiefly from a drawing in Herb. Peraden.) 



8. S. long-lfolium, Hk. f. in Fl. B. bid. vi. 62 (1890). 



Acampe Wis;Jitiana, var. /3, Thw. Enum. 303, var. longepedunculata^ 

 Trim. Syst. Cat. Ceyl. 90. C. P. 3492. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 62. Lindl. Collect. Bot. t. 38 [Vanda multiflora). Ann. 

 Bot. Gard. Calcutt. viii. t. 292. 



Stem 2-3 ft., as thick as the middle finger, clothed except 

 towards the top with sheaths; 1. 6-12 by i^ in., loratc, thickly 

 coriaceous, shortly 2-lobed ; panicle stoutly peduncled, 6-8 in. 

 long, distantly branched, base with cupular sheaths, branches 

 short, lower 1^-2 in.; bracts small, rounded; fl. \ in. broad, 

 sep. broadly oblong, obtuse; pet, small, obovate-oblong; lip 

 saccate, side lobes short, mid lobe ovate, obtuse, channelled 

 in the middle, sac short, rounded, with a hairy vertical plate 

 projecting in the hollow opposite the column. 



Moist low country, 1-3000 ft. ; rare. Ambagamuwa ; Kitalgala. Fl. 

 Sept., Oct.; entirely yellow, barred with red on both surfaces except the 

 lip, which has a few red dots at apex. 



