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Matheran (Birdwood"). H. says he knows of no character whereby 

 to separate D.'s JE. Lindleyana from this. He also ascribes to the 

 Konkan, but without any Bombay authority, M. odoratum, which has 

 strap-shaped leaves, mid-lobe of lip incurved between the much 

 larger side-lobes ; flowers purple to nearly white, often purple-spotted 

 or -tipped. 



10. SACCOLABIUM. 



1. S. WigJitianum (S. papillosum, D.). Stem 12 to 18 

 inches, leaves thick fleshy strap-shaped, unequal at the point ; 

 flowers fragrant, stiff and fleshy, nearly sessile on a short thick 

 peduncle, sepals and petals nearly alike, greenish-yellow with 

 horizontal purple bars, lip oval, pure white streaked with 

 violet, saccate at base. 



A very common species in the Konkan, but of little beanty. W. 

 Ghauts (#.) 



* 8. prcemorsum, "Near the last, but more slender, the leaves 

 narrower, lip deeply lobed, very complicate, flowers small, papillose 

 all over." Konkan, Law (H.) Not in D. or Q. 



2. 8. maculatum (Micropera m. D.). Almost stemless, 

 leaves flat linear, oblong, obliquely 2-lobed, spotted, racemes 

 erect, many-flowered ; flowers greenish-yellow, lip white spotted 

 with purple, sepals erect, lateral petals turned down, side-lobes 

 of lip erect horn-like, spur short and blunt. 



S. Konkan. Talkat Ghaut (D.). Canara and W. Ghauts (H.). 



The specimens that I had were very gmall, but H. gives the plant 

 a larger size leaves 4 to 6 inches long. " The whole flower like a 

 side-saddle " (D.) ; a resemblance that may, perhaps, be discovered 

 when pointed out. 



* S. viridiflorum. Allied to the last (H.) ; very small, leaves 2 oblong, 

 flat, flowers few fleshy, greenish-white, the lip variegated with rose- 

 colour, sepals and petals clawed, obtuse, spur short conical, in- 

 curved. 



Ghauts (D.). Also S. Konkan (H.). 



To this tribe also belong : 



Oeodorum, terrestrial, scape stout, erect, sheathed, racemes curved, 

 lip boat-shaped erect, anther 2-celled with appendages after dehis- 

 cence. * G. purpureum, usually tall, leaves oval, flowers from white 

 veined with red-purple to pale-purple with stronger veins, lip more 

 or less fiddle-shaped, disk with a broad channelled ridge ending in a 

 callosity. Wari country (-ZX). * G. dilatatum differs from the last in 

 lower stature and broader petals and lip, the disk of which is smooth, 

 granulate or sub-keelod. No hab. (D.). 



Luisia, tufted epiphytes, stem sheathed, leaves more or less cylin- 

 dric, flowers in short spikes drooping, bracts very short, thick, im- 



