298 CXX. ORCHIDEJE. [ Vanda. 
In Herbs H ook. t qud ecimen o of V. tricolor figured in the Magazine has had at lea st 
owers. It is true that Lindley, bs Folia Orchidacea, refers this to V. suavis, but 
a ; 
Orchideæ under the names of V. tricolor or ML suavis, and. exinde very variable both 
11. SACCOLABIUM, Lindl. 
Sepals and ag nearly equal, free, spreading, the lateral sepals 
often more or dilated at the base and adnate to a basal projection 
of the column. Labellum articulate at e base of the column or at 
the end of its basal oar with a hollow spur or ara at the poe. 
neither internally divided nor with any forie, appendage, the lamina 
usually undivided or without n M amont middle lobe. Column 
Short, erect, often produced at base. Anther lid-like. Pollen- 
masses 4 in pairs (or 2 jn 2-lobed), attached to a caudicle.—Epi- 
phytical herbs. Stems marked with or covered by the truncate persis- 
tent bases of the beatae gx at. Racemes axillary, simple or in 
species not Australian branched. Bracts small. 
The genus is generally distributed over "dau India and the Archipelago. The only 
Australian species appears to be endem 
l.S. Hillii, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 192. Stems rigid, flexuose, several 
inches long, covered with ic d glóesscins deeply — bases of the leaves. 
Leaves distichous, rigid, w rominent nerves, mostly 3 to 5 in. lon 
- and $ to 1 in. broad. Mets usually about the ‘enigth of the leat, 
pee Brisbane river, Moreton ba an F. Mueller, W. Hill, Bailey. 
. S. Wales. Clarence river, Beckler ; Tweed river, Guilfoy yle. 
12. GEODORUM, Jacks. 
Sepals and petals nearly equal, free, erect. Labellum erect, sessile 
at the base of the column but free from it, broad, concave and slight d 
saccate at the base, entire or scarcely lobed. "Column short, erect, 
a ee 
sts 
da Rea ie E fae 
SETS oe ee EE ee ee ee SM Ee ea OP eee ETSI ET 
