924 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA. 
Allied to. S. acuminatum, Hook. fil, bui with longer, narrower, and more sparsely 
arranged leaves. The lip is also different, there being no trace of side lobes; the 
caudicle differs also. 
Pirate 297.—Saccolabium lancifolium, King and Pantling. А plant, of natural sisè. Fig. 1 a flower, 
2 profile of гасі, ovary, column, anther and lip, 3 longitudinal section of column and lip, 4 petals, 
5 half front view of column, the stigma (х), 6 apex of column with pollinia tn sifu, the cap of the anther 
haying been removed, 7 pollinia, &c., after removal, 8 empty anther, side view; all enlarged, 
9, SACCOLABIUM воссовум, Reichb. fil. in Gard. Chron, 1871, 938. 
Stem pendulous, 6 to 12 in. long, slender, covered with the sheaths of fallen leaves. 
Leaves narrowly oblong; the apex blunt and divided into two broad unequal slightly 
oblique lobules; the base slightly narrowed and jointed to the sheath; length 2°75 to 3°5 m., 
breadth ‘6 to "75 іп. Panicle leaf-opposed, longer than the leaves; the peduncle shorter 
than the leaves, bearing one or two sub-tubular acute sheaths; the branches only one or 
two, racemose. Flowers lax, *35 in. across; the stalked ovary '3 or '4 in. long, slender; 
the floral bract subulate and much shorter.  Szpals sub-equal, broadly ovate or sub- 
obovate, longer than the spur. Petals much smaller than the sepals, cuneately obovate. 
Јар longer than the sepals, the base with a bottle-shaped spur with a narrow mouth 
and contracted neck, the apex globose and didymous; side lobes spreading, rounded or 
angled; the apical lobe narrowly oblong. Column long, with broad truncate wings, 
its ap2x rounded and recurved. Lip of anther with a long point; pollinia globose; the 
‘caudicle very slender, arched; the gland linear, minute. Hook. fl. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 58. 
5. parvulum, Lindl, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ІП, 36 (іп note). Cceoclades paniculata, Lindl. 
in Wall. Cat. 7334; Gen. and Spec. Orch. 236. Cymbidium Satjrium, Herb. Ham. 
! Sikkim, at elevations of about 2,000 feet; in flower during May and June; 
| E No. 158. Bhotan; Lister. Assam; Hamilton. Sylhet; Wallich. Tenasserim} 
arish. SUNT | | 
Prate 298.—Saccolabium buccosum, Reichb. fil. A plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 a flower, 2 side 
view of bract, ovary, column and lip, 3 vertical section of the preceding, 4 the column showing the 
.  rostellum (ғ) and the entrance to the stigmatic cavity (s), 5 empty anther, 6 роШша, 7 a single 
. pollen mass; ай enlarged. a Eu 1222. Мс 
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10, SACCOLABIUM DASYPOGON, Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orch., 229. 
Stem very short, pendulous. Leaves oblong; the apex acute, minutely and  um- 
equally notched, slightly tapered to the shortly sheathed base; length 4 to 9 in., 
breadth 1 to 1:65 in. Raceme corymbose, much shorter than the leaves; its peduncle 
stout, with a broad tubular sheath near the. base. Flowers crowded, "85 in across; floral 
bract broad, blunt. Sepals and petals sub-equal, spreading, oblong-oblanceolate, blunt. Lip 
about as long as the sepals and petals, adnate to the greater part of the column, 
widely saccate, compressed below; side lobes shallow; apical lobe thick, semi-circular, 
produced at the ends, its edges laciniate, the disc quite glabrous. Column very short. 
Antler depressed, with a short broad beak in front; pollinià glolular, umbilicate in 
front; the caudicle long, slender, expanded at the apex between the pollinia; gland 
oblong, cordate. Capsule cylindric, tapering at the ends, ridged, 1:25 in, long. Hook. 
