226 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA. 
Sikkim, at elevations from 4,000 to 6,000 feet; in flower during March and April; 
Pantling No. 68. Westward along the range, at similar elevations, to Gharwal. In 
the Khasia Hills; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 5207) ©. Gammie. 
The sepals and petals are pale green with large roundish brown markings; the sac 
of the lip is bright yellow with brownish-red markings, and the apical lobe, except the 
smooth yellow speckled pad at its base, is pure white; the column is reddish. This 
species is allied to S. dasypogon, as is stated under that species, 
Prate 300.— Saccolabium calceolare, Lindl. A plant, of natura? se. Fig. 1 a flower, 2 side view of 
braot, stalked ovary, column, anther and lip, 3 section of apex of ovary, column and lip, 4 transverse 
section of sac of lip, 5 apex of column with the pollinia in sifu, the cap of the anther having been 
removed, 6 pollinia removed from anther; all enlarged. 
19. SaccoLABIUM INTERMEDIUM, Griff. MSS. ex Lindl. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. III, 33. 
Stem slender, pendulous, 8 to 24 in. long, clothed with old leaf-sheaths. Leaves 
linear, acuminate, entire, the base not narrowed at its junction with the sheath; length 
З to 8 in. breadth "3 to ‘4 in. Umbels scarcely longer than the sheaths of the leaves, 
3- or 4-flowered; the peduncle less than "5 in. long. Flowers “5 in. across; bract ovate, 
acute, minute. Sepals spreading, oblanceolate-oblong, blunt, the lateral pair narrower than 
the dorsal. Petals oblong, slightly oblanceolate, blunt, smaller than the sepals. Lip 
fleshy, as long as the sepals, adnate to the lower part of the column, the base forming a 
deep blunt sac with three faint ridges externally ; side lobes obscure; apical lobe semi- 
circular from a broad base, blunt, minutely papillose, its edges with a thick fringe of 
coarse white fimbriæ. Column short, stout. Anthzr dome-shaped, shortly beaked in front, 
minutely papillose; pollinia broadly ovate, somewhat oblique; caudicle filiform, gland 
oblong, bifid. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 61. 8. calceolare, Paxt. (not of Lindl.) Mag. 
Bot. VI, 97. Saccolabium, Griff. Notul. ІШ, 357; Ic. PL Ast, t 333. | 
Sikkim, at Gopal-dara, on the Nepal frontier, Байон 3,000 feet ; in flower during 
August; a rare plant; Pantling, No. 350. Khasia Hills; alt. 3,000 to 5,000 feet; 
Griffith, Gibson, Hooker and Thomson. 
The flowers of this are yellow, boldly spotted with brownish-purple, the fimbriz 
at the apex of the lip alone being white. The column is pinkish. This species is 
allied to 8. calceolare, S. dasypogon, and 8. acutifolium, but differs from all in having 
a very long slender stem with elongated linear leaves and short umbels bearing only 
three or four flowers. 
Рілте 301.—Saccolabium intermedium, Griff. А plant, of natural sise. Fig. 1 a flower, 2 floral 
bract, stalked ovary, column with anther in situ, and lip, in profile, 9 vertical section of apex of ovary, 
column and lip, 4 part of the lip, 5 transverse section of sac of lip, showing the three small external 
ridges, 6 anther seen from aboye, 7 apex of column with pollinia in situ, the cap of the anther having 
been removed, 8 pollinia removed and seen from the side; all enlarged. 
13. SaccoLAniUM ACUTIFOLIUM, Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orch., 223. 
Siem 8 to 14 in. long, clothed with the short erose sheaths of fallen leaves. Leaves 
fleshy, oblong-lanceolate, acutz, slightly and obliquely bifid, the base sub-amplexicaul, 
jointed to the short tubular sheath; length 4 to 6 in., breadth ‘85 to 1:95 in. Raceme 
