Plate 2132. 



SAGCOLABIUM ROSTELLATUM, Iloulc.f. 



Orchide^. Subtribe Sakcanthe^, 

 S. rostellatum, IIooTc.f. Fl Brit Ind, vl. 59 ; caule perbrevi, folils 



loriformibus planis strJatis apice ina^qaaliter bifidis siua acato, racemo 

 foliis mnlto breviore laxifloro, bracteis floribusque minutis, sepalis late 

 obloTigis obtusis, petalis paullo minorlbus, labelli lobis lateralibus 

 calcar mareinautibus brevibns latis, terminali parvo ovato incurvo 



obfcasoj calcare sepalis duplo longiore superne infundibulari, inferne 

 in cornu producfco. 



Hab. Sikkim Himalaya; at Darjeeling, alt. 7,000 feet, Gamble (in 

 Herb, Calcutta), 



Caith's vix pollicarls, radicibus confertis elongatis planis tortuosis. 

 PoZia 4-7 poll, longa, ^-| poll, lata, fere recta, costata ; yaginis f-^ 

 poll lotigis. Eacemus cum pedunculo 8-lO.floro 2-uncialis, gracilis ; 

 flores ^ poll, longi (calcare incluso). Sepala et pefala 3-5-nervia. 

 Columua parva, rostello erecto prominnlo; pollinia 2-loba,^ majnscula, 

 aplce stipitis angastioris deorsum sensira attennati sessilia ; glandula 



nuiiuta. 



The specimens of tins very distinct species were hardly sufficient for 

 a good description, — J. D. H. 



Fig. 1. Flower, 7iat, she, 2. Flower. 3. Dorsal sepal, spur, and column. 4. 

 Petal. 5. Pollinia. All enlarged. 



