Plate 2133. 



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SACCOLABIUM MINIMIFLORUM, TL>ol\ f. 



Orchide^. Subtribe Sarcanthe^, 



S. minimiflorum, JToo^-. /. FL Brit, Ltd, vi. 59; caule brevi'sslmo, 

 foliis elliptico-ovatis -lanceolatisve ntrinque acntis, racemis elongatis 

 ^racilliuiis foliis multoties longioribus maltifloris, bracteis subulatis 

 flores minutos fere sequantibus, sepalis petalisqae obloiigis obtusis, 

 labello calcariforme sepalis longiore, basi in sacoum obtusum (calcare) 

 instructum antice in cornu brove ascendentem producto. 



Hab. Perak, Fatlier ScortecMni, 



Caulis |-pollicaris, basi radicibus fasciculatis copiose instructus, 

 paucifoliatus. Folia 1^-2 poll, louga, patula, tennlter corlacea, plana, 

 costa tenui. Scapi ad basin fere bracteis persistentibus instracti, 

 unacum racemo 2-6-pollicares ; bracteae patnljB ; flores ad oV poU- 'ati. 

 S^pala et petala (minora) 1-nervia. LabelH lobi laterales ; ter- 

 minale cornn a latere compresstim simulans ; ore majusculo mtus 

 callo globoso instructo. Columna mediocris, basi calcare elongata 

 armata ; antliera longe rostrata. 



A very curious species, quite unlike any otlier tnown to me, pro- 

 bably pendulous in habit. The specimens are very indifferent, but 

 fortunately accompanied by a sketch with rude analysis and a descrip- 

 tion by its discoverer, the latter and an examination of the few- 

 available flowers enabled me to draw up the above description. Father 

 Scortechiui describes in the flower ' a something membranous, whitish, 

 which I cannot make out whether it is a rostellura or a stipes; and 

 this I assume to be the spur-like body which ia seen in fig. 2 projecting 

 over the mouth of the lip, and as to the nature of which I can offer no 

 opinion. Probably in fresh specimens it may be of a very different 



form. — J. D. H. 



Fig. 1. Side view ; and 2, front view of flower. 3. Lip. All greatly enlarged. 



