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PLATE 73. 
SaccoLaBIUM (Distichophylla) pisticuum, Lindl. 
S. distichum; caulibus elongatis gracilibus pendulis foliosis, foliis inter minoribus 
distichis elliptico-lanceolatis 2—3-cuspidatis, peduneulis brevibus paucifloris foliis multo 
brevioribus, floribus flavis subsessilibus, sepalis petalisque subaequalibus obovato-oblongis 
obtusis, labello sacciforme, lobis lateralibus brevissimis rotundatis, terminali 
semicirculari carnosulo basi callo didymo instructo. Lindl. in Journ. Linn. 
36; Reichb. f. Оша Hamburg 43; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind, vi. 64. 
parvo 
Soc. iii. 
Нав.--біккім Haraya, alt. 6—8,000 ft. Kuasta Нил», alt. 9—0,000 ft. Muswi- 
PORE, alt. 6—9,000 ft., Watt. 
Stems 4—8 in., soft, filiform when dry, rooting here and there, branched at the 
base and tufted. Leaves above 1 in., sessile, deeply channelled, keeled, bright green, 
speckled with brown.  Peduncles rarely as long or longer than the leaves, slender; 
bracts minute; flowers about i in. diam., greenish yellow, obscurely speckled with 
purple. ' Sepals and. petals spreading, tips rounded. Zip about as long as the sepals, 
base of sac rounded, surface perfectly smooth within, without calli or pubescence. Column 
very short; rostellum short; anther ovate-lanceolate; pollinia globose, strap linear; 
gland large, oblong. Capsules $ in., fusiform. 
The drawing reproduced here is inscribed “Sikkim, 6,000 ft., Sopt. 1876, б. King.” The 
analyses are my own from dried specimens. 
Fig. 1 flower ; 2, lip; 3, section of lip; 4, front, and б, side view of column ; 6, pollinia ;—all enlarged. 
PLATE 74. 
SaccoLABIUM (Distichophyllu) TENUICAULE, Hook. f, 
S. tenuicaule; caulibus elongatis gracilibus pendulis foliosis sulcatis flexuosis, foliis 
distichis linearibus v. lineari-lanceolatis obtusis, floribus tuberculis folio oppositis sessilibus 
solitariis paucisve parvis flavis, sepalis lateralibus oblique ovatis acutis, petalis 
brevioribus ovatis acutis, labello basi іп calcar gibboso-clavatum subincurvum producto, 
lobis lateralibus erectis ovatis acutis terminali paullo longiore P incurvo apice 
truncato 2-cuspidato dente interjecto. Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 64. 
HAB,— PENANG; оп West Hill, Curtis, PERAK, Scortechini, 71 
| uu e E auch, ill. si branched, rooting at the base only 
— Stem 6—8 іп, as thick as a erow-quill, simple or ma 
qns ا‎ Leaves 3—4 in. by 2—1 in., channelled and keeled, spreading, 
و‎ en. Flowers $ in. diam., yellow or yellow-green; bracts microscopic; ovary very 
۸ : gre # 3-nerved, dorsal as large as the lateral ; petals 1-пегуей. Jip as long as the 
sho ; په‎ жн ingly irregularly obtusely toothed, mid-lobe rather longer; spur with 
sepals, 81 : ہے‎ at the constriction within, but no callus. Column. short; rostellum 
P ys 7 0 ات‎ Anther membranous, almost flat, acuminate; pollinia small, reniform, 
in b d with a dilated subreniform top, gland small, 
Ann. Roy. Вот. GARD. CALC., ye. V. 
Mo. Bot. Garden, 
225606. 
