SACCOLABIUM. 447 
specimen, bearing four very fine spikes of bloom, was 
exhibited at Manchester. A native of India. 
S. violaceum.—This has leaves roin. to 12in. long and 
2in. wide, borne in two opposite rows on an erect stem; 
they are of a dark green colour, with longitudinal lines of 
a deeper shade, and are distinctly two-lobed at the tips. 
The flowers are numerous, on pendulous racemes rft. or 
more long, each flower being rin. in diameter. The sepals 
and petals are white, spotted with pale mauve; the lip is 
dark mauve, marked with about six lines of a yet deeper 
shade proceeding from the base. This species first flowered 
in England in 1840, having been introduced from Manila 
the previous year. The blossoms usually appear in January 
and February, and remain in good condition for about a 
month. Syns. Rhynchostylis violacea, Vanda violacea. 
Botanical Register, 1847, t. 30. 
Var. Harrisonianum has ivory-white and very fragrant 
flowers. Imported plants have borne old flower-racemes 
2ft. in length, but under cultivation they are only about 
half as long. This variety was introduced from Pulo 
Copang, an island in the Chinese Seas, in 1863. Syn. 
S. Harrisonianum. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 5433. 
