442 ORCHIDS. 
they ought not to be disturbed; the old material can be 
readily washed out with a syringe. 
During winter, Saccolabiums should be subjected to much 
cooler and drier conditions. The temperature may range 
from 55deg. or 6odeg. at night to 65deg. or 7jodeg. by 
day, and much less water is then required; care must 
be taken, however, that the plants are not allowed to 
suffer from excessive drought. 
S. ampullaceum.—A dwarf and pretty species, with 
an erect stem from 6in. to 8in. high, on which are 
closely set, in two opposite rows, the short, strap-shaped, 
channelled leaves, the deep green surface of which 
is thickly and minutely dotted with dull purple. The 
erect racemes spring from the axils of the leaves, and 
are from 4in. to 6in. high. The flowers are crowded on 
the racemes, each being #in. across, and of a deep 
magenta-rose colour; the lip is furnished with a pale 
rose-coloured, cylindrical spur. This charming little Orchid 
deserves to be grown in every warm house, where it 
should have a position within a few inches of the roof-glass. 
It is a native of Northern India, whence it was introduced 
in 1839. It flowers in early summer. Syn. S. rubrum. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 5595. 
Var. moulmetnense is a geographical form, superior to 
the type in its stronger growth, its larger flowers, and 
longer racemes. 
S. bellinum.—This charming little Orchid is especially 
worthy of notice as bearing the most remarkable flowers 
of any Saccolabium as yet introduced to cultivation. It 
also represents that section of the genus with large but 
comparatively few flowers arranged in a corymb. The 
leaves are produced in the distichous manner characteristic 
of the whole genus, are pale green, 6in. to 8in. long, 
