SACCOLABIU M. 229 
16. SACCOLABIUM PsEUDO-DISTICHUM, King and Pantling in Journ. As. Soc. 
Beng., Vol LXIV, pt. 2, p. 341, 
Stems slender, 6 to 9 in. long, slightly branching, pendulous. Leaves fleshy, lanceolate, 
the apex finely and minutely bifid, “5 to “75 in. long and ‘2 to “25 in., broad. Peduncle 
"35 in. long, sub-umbellately 5- or 6-flowered. Flowers *3 іп. in diam., bract minute. 
Sepals and petals sub-equal, oblanceolate-oblong, spreading. Zip with a wide sub- 
hemispheric spur, side lobes absent; terminal lobe broadly cordate, blunt, entire, fleshy, 
concave, deflexed, quite without calli Column very short. Anther shortly beaked. 
Pollinia two, entire, ovoid-globose; caudicle long, cylindric; gland deeply 2-lobed. 
S. distichum, Hook. fil. in Ann. Bot. Gard. V, 49, t. 73, în part. 
Sikkim, at elevations of 6,000 to 8,000 feet; flowering time, August to October; 
Pantling No. 49; Clarke 36327; King 3052, 4949; Gamble 8013. Khasia Hills ; Mann. 
This grows along with 8. distichum, Lindl, to which it is closely allied. As in 
that species, the sepals and petals are greenish with brownish-purple spots; the lip 
in this is yellow, except the terminal lobe, which is orange. The chief distinction 
between the two is to be found in the lip which in this is entirely without calli 
of any kind, while in 8. distichum the lip has two large calli situated at its base. 
The times of flowering of the two are, moreover, separated by four months, 
PraTe 305.—Saccolabium pseudo-distichum, King and Pantling. А plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 
a flower, 2 vertical section of column and lip, 8 lower surface of anther, 4 apex of column with 
the pollinia іп situ, the cap of the anther having been removed, 5 pollinia; ай! enlarged. 
17. SaccoLABIUM TRICHROMUM, Reichb, fil. in Hamb. Gartenzeit, 1859, 51. 
Stem pendulous, 1 to 3 feet long, clothed below with the sheaths of fallen 
leaves, above bearing 10 or 12 leaves. eaves narrowly oblong, tapering slightly to the 
obliquely and bluntly bifid apex; the base jointed to the sheath, not narrowed; length 
4:5 to 6 in., breadth 75 or ‘6 in.  Racemes supra-axillary, about half as long as the 
leaves, divergent, secund, few-flowered. Flowers 1 in. long; фғасй broad, blunt, minute. 
Sepals spreading, sub-equal, narrowly oblong, sub-acute. Petals slightly shorter than 
the sepals but broader, obovate-oblong, apiculate. Lip adnate to the short foot of 
the column, consisting chiefly of an infundibuliform slightly curved blunt spur almost 
as long as the ovary and parallel to it; spur with two large projecting calli half way 
down its tube which almost touch, the anterior one sending a plate upwards which 
divides the upper part of the spur for a short distance into two chambers; side lobes 
erect, broadly triangular, blunt; apical lobe short, triangular, concaye, acute, entire, 
without calli. Column rather long, with a somewhat curved foot half its own length. 
Anther depressed, with a long beak in front; pollinia two, globular; caudicle cylindric, 
dilated at its junction with the broad orbicular gland. Xenia Orchid. 119, t. 139; 
Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 65; in Ann. Bot. Gard. Cale. V, 50, t. 75. Saccolabium 
pallens, Cathe. ex Lindl. in Journ. Linn. бос. ПІ, 35. 
Sikkim, at elevations between 1,000 and 2,500 feet, common; in flower during 
July and August; Pantling No. 92; also in Bhotan. Assam ; Simons. 
The sepals and petals are of a pale straw colour with a central vertical band 
of pale pink; the spur is rose-coloured and the column white, 
