60 CXLVIII. ORCHIDE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Saccoldbium. 



longer than the small saccate or subglobose spur, petals linear 1-nerved, 

 blade of lip oblong concave subtruncate, side lobes small rounded. Taenio- 

 phyllum Jerdonianum, Wight Ic. t. 1756. 



MALABAR ; on branches of trees, Jerdon. 



Stem 1-3 in., tufted. Leaves 1-1^ by f in. Racemes much longer than the 

 leaves; bracts ovate, acuminate ; flowers T X F in. long ; column short; anther broad j 

 pollinia with a short strap and large narrow gland. Described chiefly from 

 Wight. 



19. S. lanatum, Hook. f. stem short, leaves linear-oblong broadly 

 2-lobed, peduncle very stout longer than the leaves, spikes dense-fld. 

 tomentose or woolly, sepals ovate tips keeled, side lobes of lip triangular, 

 midlobe ovate bicuspidate, spur short saccate traversed by a pubescent 

 ridge from the base of the column to that of the midlobe, Cleisostoma 

 lanatum, Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc. iv. 264 ; Walp. Ann. 889. 



TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish, Scott. 



Stem very stout. Leaves 3-4 by 1-1 J D -> thickly coriaceous, keeled. Scape 

 with long appressed sheaths, simple or branched ; spikes 4-7 in. ; bracts in., large, 

 ovate, acuminate, spreading or reflexed ; flowers in. long; sepals dingy purple and 

 green ; petals obovate, ciliate, yellow and purple ; side lobes of lip notched on the 

 inner margin, ciliate ; midlobe with a large pubescent gibbous compressed callus 

 descending into the spur, mouth of spur contracted to a slit with a pubescent raised 

 border ; column stout, recurved, tumid below, shortly beaked ; anther beaked ; 

 pollinia globose, sulcate, strap long slender dilated and forked above, each arm 

 spathulate and with the globose pollinia immersed in their concave tips, gland 

 small oblong. A remarkable plant, put by Lindley into Cleisostoma, but I do not 

 find the great gland in the spur under the column. 



.Sect. II. CALCEOLABIA. (See p. 54.) 



The species of this section wants a thorough revision with much better material 

 than is at my disposal. 



20. S. calceolare, Lindl. in Wall. Gat. 7302 ; Gen. # Sp. Orchid. 

 223 ; Sert. Orchid. Frontisp. 6 ; in Bot. Reg. 1883 ; Misc. 139 ; in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. iii. 33 (exc. syn.) ; leaves acutely unequally 2-lobed or -cleft, 

 blade of lip reniform erose disk echinate all over. Griff. Notul. iii. 356 ; 

 Itin. Notes 170, No. 869; Ic. Plant. Asiat. t. 334; Walp. Ann. vi. 883. 

 Aerides calceolare, Smith in Rees Cyclop. Suppl. Ae. leopardorum, Wall, 

 mss. Gastrochilus calceolaria, Don Prodr. 32. Sarcochilus nepalensis, 

 Spr. Syst. Veg. iii. 721. Epidendrum calceolare, Ham. mss. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA ; from Garwhal to Bhotan, ASSAM, SILHET and the 

 KHASIA HILLS. TENASSERIM, Parish. PERAK, Carter. DISTRIB. ? Java. 



A very common plant, and, if two species are not included, very variable. 

 Stem very short. Leaves in Wallich's 7342 A from Nepal 6-12 by i-f in., strongly 

 falcate. 'His B from Silhet (which is the common form elsewhere) is a much smaller 

 plant, with nearly straight leaves 4-5 by -f in. Peduncle -1^ in. ; pedicels 

 -1 in. ; flowers -| f in. diam., yellow or greenish speckled barred or blotched with 

 red brown ; lip white or yellow, speckled with red. Capsule in 7342 A 2 in. long ; 

 in the ordinary form f-1 in. Griffith's Tab. 334 represents a plant with the leaves 

 of intermedia and lip of calceolare, but it is impossible to determine satisfactorily his 

 Saccolab. No. 2, 3 and 4 of Notul. iii. 356, 357, and his Ic. Plant. Asiat. t. 333/334. 



21. S. nilagriricum, Hook. f. ; leaves narrow deeply unequally 

 2-lobed, sepals and petals each with two series of large blotches, limb of 

 lip fimbriately erose, disk smooth. Vanda pulchella, Wight Ic. t. 1671. 



NiLGmiRi HILLS ; on the banks of the Kaitairy river and at Quelin, Wight. 

 Stem short. Leaves 5-10 by -|-| in., flexuous, lobes very unequal, obtuse, often 



