396 ORCHIDACE/E. 



Gen. Dist. Western Ghats. 



Easily distinguished from A. crispum, by the narrow flowers, more 

 shortly stalked spikes, and flat not curved lip ; but most of all by being a 

 Tree-orchid, growing always in the shade, while the other grows in the open 

 on rocks. 



SACCOLABIUM. f.b.i. 148 lxi. 



Sac-orchid. 



Similar to the Rock Orchid, BRIDES, as regards the 

 structure of the vegetative parts and the flower, and 

 differing chiefly in there being no extended foot to the 

 cokimn, so that the lip, here comparatively small, is not 

 carried out and is not divisible into two parts ; and in 

 the comparatively long, sac-like spur, which is the most 

 conspicuous part of the flower. 



Saccolabium filiformc Lindley ; F.B.I, vi 56, LXI 3 ; 

 yellow or pink Sac-orchid. Distinguished from all our 

 other orchids by the slender green stems and round, stick- 

 like leaves, and by the curved, drooping spikes of small, 

 yellow-brown flowers, less than % inch broad but with 

 spurs twice as long, which hang down from their axils. 

 Roots thick, white. Stem V^ inch thick, green. Leaves 

 more or less in two ranks 2 to 6 inches by i/io inch 

 or less, but tapering and sheathing the stem at the base. 

 Spikes about 2 inches; flowers dense; bracts 1/12 inch, 

 acute; stalk and ovary J4 inch. Spur 1/5 inch, brown. 

 Capsule slender egg-shaped, /4 inch, its stalk ^ inch, the 

 remains of the perianth persistent at the top. t. 250. 



In the sholas frequent. Fyson 1987, 3102. Bourne 298, 

 1180.* 



Appears to be in two varieties : — 



var nilgirica : flowers pink. Nilgiris : on the downs to 

 Pykara and Neduwattum ; flowers May, etc. 



var pulneycnsis '■ flowers yellow streaked brown. Pulneys : 

 in sholas about Kodaikanal, not rare. Ceylon. 



Gen. Dist. Also Central Provinces. 



