220 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA. 
of the apical lobe, small, sub-triangular, erect, toothed below; apical lobe deflexed, fleshy, 
broadly oblong, blunt, the upper surface carunculate and the margins slightly wavy. 
Column short, thick, with a stout tooth on each side of the anther. Anther dome-shaped, 
with a short, broad, recurved beak; pollinis two, unequally bipartite, broadly ovoid, 
cohering to the long narrow caudicle; gland small, oblong. Capsule fusiform, 1 to 1°5 
in. long. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 62. 8. lineolatum, Thwaites Enum. Pl. Ceyl. 304. 
Acampe dentata, Lindl. Fol. Orch. 3; Reichb. fil in Gard. Chron. for 1872, p. 1752; 
in Walp. Ann. Vl, .894.. A.. Wightiana, .var. . longe-pedunculaía, Thwaites’ Enum. РІ, 
Cey. 303. 
Sikkim, along the base .of the. range and in the bottoms. of low valleys; in flower 
during November and December; Hooker, Pantling No. 133, Bhotan, Khasia and 
Tenasserim; also in Malabar and Ceylon. 
The sepals and petals are yellow with irregular brown markings. The spur of 
the lip is also yellow but without brown spots, and the apical lobe is white speckled 
with purple. 
Prate 291.—Saccolabium ochraceum, Lindl, A plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 a flower, 2 bract, 
ovary, column with anther and lip, seen from the side, 3 section of the foregoing, 4 apex of the column, 
showing its teeth and the pollinia i» situ, the cap of the anther having been removed, 5 pollinia after 
remoyal, 6 anther, upper surface; all enlarged. 
3. SacconABIUM LoNGIFOLIUM, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 62. 
Stem very stout, 24 to 36 in. long. Leaves coriaceous, oblong; the apex broad, 
emarginate or sub-bifid; the. base jointed to the short wide sheath, not tapered; length 
10 to 14 in. breadth 15 to 2 in. Inflorescence leaf-opposed, stout, rigid, erect, much 
shorter than the leaves, bearing a few distant sheaths in its lower part, and а terminal 
sub-corymbose few-flowered raceme, often with one or two lateral, short, sub-corymbose 
branches smaller than the terminal one. Flowers fleshy, *5 in. across; floral bract ovate, 
much shorter than the ovary. Sepals elliptie-oblong, sub-acute. Petals smaller than the 
sepals. .Lip with а short conical spur, narrow acute-angled side lobes, and a fleshy ovate 
apical lobe transversely wrinkled on the upper surface. Apex of anther with two conical 
points ; pollinia ellipsoidal. Acampe ? longifolia, Lindl. Fol. Orch., Acampe, 1. 2A. multiflora, 
Lindl. l.c. Vanda longifolia, Lindl. in Wall. Саб. 7322; Gen. and Spec. Orch. 215; in 
Journ. Hort. Soc. ҮП, 267; Reichb, fil. in Walp, Ann. VI, 872. V. multiflora, Lindl. 
Collect., t. 38, | | 
Sikkim, in tropical valleys and along the foot of the range; in flower during June ; 
Pantling, No. 250. Upper Assam; Mann. Burma; Wallich. Distrib. ? China. 
. Phare 292.—Saccolabium longifolium, Hook. fil. Part of а plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 a flower, 
2 bract, stalked ovary, column, lip with anther in situ, 3 section of the foregoing, 4 lip, 5 column, 
6 and 7 pollinia, before and after removal from the anther; ай enlarged. | "EM 
4. SACCOLABIUM AMPULLACEUM, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7307; Sert. Orch., t. 17. 
Stems stout, clustered, 3 to 5 in. long, clothed at the base with the sheaths of fallen 
leaves. Leaves thickly coriaceous, narrowly oblong, keeled, acutely bifid, sometimes 
toothed between the lobes, the base jointed to the sheath and not narrowed. Racemes 
from the axils of the leaves, erect, shorter than the leaves, many-flowered; the peduncle 
