SaccolabiumJ] OXLVIII. ORCHIDE^;. (J. D. Hooker.) 57 



42. S. pusillum, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 30 (not of Blume). 

 CEceoclades pusilla, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7332 : Gen. 8r Sp. Orchid. 237. 



SILHET, Wallich. 



Moots very many, slender, tortuous. Leaves 2-3 by -3- in., fleshy, thin when dry. 

 Racemes slender ; bracts ovate, membranous; flowers in. broad, pedicelled mem- 

 branous; dorsal sepal obovate ; column rather long, beaked in front; anther .low ; 

 strap of pyriform pollinia dilated above, gland small oblong. Capsule f in., shortly 

 pedicelled, narrow, 6-ribbed. The citation of "Herb. Wight" under Wall. Cat. 

 7332 B, is doubtless an error. 



7. S. penangianum, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; leaves narrowly 

 linear-lanceolate acuminate with a lateral notch, raceme short very stout 

 dense-fld. pubescent, sepals broadly ovate 1-nerved, not half the length 

 of the conical angled abruptly incurved spur, petals oblong 1-nerved, limb 

 of lip minute, disk fleshy terminal, side lobes rounded. 



PENANQ ; on the Sonkey River, Curiis. PERAK, Kunstler (Ic. in Herb. 

 Calcutt.) 



Stem flexuous, internodes | in. Leaves 2J-3 by -i in. thick, nerve strong 

 beneath. Racemes 1-1^ in., fruiting decurved ; bracts subulate ; flowers i. in., pube- 

 rulous, white edged with yellow and a little pink ; column short ; strap of globose 

 pollinia elongate, spathulate, gland small. Capsules in. long, oblong, sessile, 

 crowded, reflexed. 



8. S. Helferi, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; stem short, leaves loriform tip 

 contracted notched, panicles shorter than the leaves, sepals orbicular-ovate 

 1-nerved shorter than the saccate broad spur, petals oblong, blade of lip 

 reniform, half embracing the spur quite entire, lateral lobes narrow erect. 



TENASSERIM, or ANDAMAN ISLANDS. Heifer (Kew Distrib. 5256). Moulmein, 

 Parish ; Mergui, Griffith. 



Stem 1-3 in. Leaves few, close set, 2|-3 by i- i in., sheUths short, black. 

 Panicle about equalling the leaves, slender; bracts minute, acute ; flowers ^m.; 

 dorsal sepal much smaller than the lateral; blade of lip shorter than the spur; 

 column very short ; anther short, broad ; pollinia globose, sessile on a large cuueate 

 strap or gland. 



9. S. gracile, Lindl Gen. $ Sp. Orchid. 225 ; in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 iii. 35 ; stem short slender, leaves elongate linear-lanceolate acuminate, 

 racemes slender many-fld. longer than the leaves, sepals oblong obtuse 

 1-nerved, much shorter than the straight tubular acuminate spur, petals 

 narrower oblong 1-nerved, blade of lip very small ovate acute, side lobes 0. 

 Thwaites Enum. 304 



C EYLON ; Central Province, alt. 3000 ft. Macrae, &c. 



Stem 2-8 in., often zigzag, internodes || in. Leaves 2^-4 by -^ in., straight or 

 falcate, narrowed at base and tip, midrib obscure. Rncemes 4-6 in., erect; bracts 

 minute, subulate; flower in. long, white; mouth of spur very oblique; column 

 short ; anther short, broad, strap of globose pollinia very slender. Capsule globose, 

 ^ in. diam., pedicelled. 



10. S. brevifolium, Lindl. Gen. Sf Sp. Orchid. 225, in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. iii. 35; stem rather stout scandent, leaves short linear-oblong un- 

 equally 2-lobed, racemes very short few-fld., sepals and petals subeqnal 

 orbicular-ovate 1-nerved not half as long as the conico-cylindric straight 

 obtuse spur, limb of lip very minute, side lobes 0. Thwaites Enum. 230. 

 S. virescens, Gardn. mss. 



CEYLON ; Central Province common, Macrae, &c. 



Stem 6-10 in., internodes f in. or less. Leaves 1-1 y -i- in., fleshy, midrib 

 obscure. Racemes 1 in., recurved ; bracts very minute ; flowers ^ in. long, rose- 



