Plate 2130. 



SACCOLABIUM HELrERT, ILwlc. f. 



Orchide.e. Subtribe Sauca>^tiik.e, 



S. Helferi, E^ 



'oolc, f. FL Brit. Ivd. vi. 57 ; caulibus brevibus radican- 

 tibus, fuliis loriforniibus apioe angustatis obtuse 2-lobis, panicuHs 

 gracilibas ppdunculatis foliis brevioribus laxe ramosis, ramis curvis 

 niultifloris, floribus parvulis, sepab"s orbiculari-ovatis obtnsis, pctalis 

 minoribus oblongis obtusis, labelli lobis lateralibus dentiformibns 

 tprminali orbicularl-reniforme integro, calcaru sacciformi sepalis 

 panllo longiore ore amplo. 



Hab. Tenasserim ; at Moulmein and the Mergni Archipelago, 

 Heifer^ Griffith, Parish, 



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Caiiles 1-3-polliearcp, crapsitie penna? aiiatiTifF, vaginis brevibus 

 striatis fcliorum tecti. Folia 2^-3^ poll, longa, {-^ pull, lata, rigiJa. 

 FamadcB rami sa^pius curvi ; bracteee minuta?, persistentes, patulic; 

 flores feubsessiles, -^^^ poll, diam., vix puberuli. Petala et sepala 1- 

 nervia. iaZ/eZ?namiuacalcarebrevior; lobi laterales erecti,basi connuti, 

 <7oZ«;/z?ia brevissiiua, ecoriiuta; antbera subdidytna, truTicata ; pollinia 

 luinuta, subglobosa, apice stipitis magni obovati sessilia, gUiu- 

 dula . • . ? 



I am doubtful as to tbe real nature of what I have described as the 

 minute lateral lobes of the lip ; wbicb, as represented at fig. 2, some- 

 times appeared as if connate into a callus, representing tbe callus 

 within the spur of other species. — J, D, H- 



Fig. 1. Side; nnd 2, front view of flower. 3. Lip and column, 4. Longitudinal 

 section of lip. 5. Anther-case. 6. Pollinia. All tnlarijcd. 



