ORCHIDS OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY. \2T 



short, obtuse, side Jobes shallow, rounded, dish with crisp, white hairs,- 

 midlohe ovate, margins orenulate. 



Flowers appear from April onwards throughout the rains. 



Distribution. — Western Ghats and Konkan to Ceylon. This is one of the 

 commonest orchids of the Konkan, always easily recognized by its stiff erect " 

 growth and red banded flowers. 



Plate X. — Saccolabium Wightianum, Hook. f. — Part of plant (life 

 size), a. pollinia X 3. b. a flower seen from the front X 2, c. a 

 root. d. two fruits (natural size). 



2. Saccolabium vieidiflorum, Lindl., Fl. Br. Ind. VI, p. 63 ; 

 Sarcochilus viridiflorus, T. Cooke, Fl. of Bombay, II, p. 697 ; Dalz. 

 and Gibs. jy. 263. 



A small epiphyte, roots long. Leaves flaccid, strap-shaped, up to 

 oi inches long by \ inch broad, usually in single pairs on each plant, 

 base narrowed, apex retuse. Racemes up to 2| inches long, from 

 lower axils, usually two on each plant, racliis stiffly erect, mam- 

 flowered. Flowers ^ inch in diameter, sepals and petals greenish 

 white, latera 1 - sepals obovate obtuse, dorsal similar but more pointed, 

 petals as large as and similar to the sepals, lip with a very broadly 

 conical, short, blunt spur, lateral lobes small, triangular, terminal 

 spreading fan-shaped, margins crenulated with a triangular projection 

 on the centre, column green, pollinia 2, lobed, caudicle long, gland 

 large. 



Flowers during the rains. 



Distribution. — Forests of the Konkan and Western Ghats and moist parts of 

 the Western Peninsula generally. 



3. Saccolabium maculatum. Hook., f. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, p. 64 ; 

 Sarcochilus maculatus, Benth, T. Cooke, Fl. of Bombay, II, p. 698 ; 

 Micropera maculata, Bah. and Gibs. p. 263. 



Almost stemless. Leaves up to 6 inches long, linear or cuneately- 

 oblong, obliquely 2-lobed at apex. Racemes almost twice as long as 

 the leaves, rachis erect, stout, laxly many flowered, bracts short, broad. 

 Flowers ^ inch in diameter, subsessile, sepals and petals similar, 

 obovate, each yellow with a central purple spot, lip white and pink, 

 spur short, obtuse, villous within, side lobes small, erect, triangular, 

 midlobe very leathery, described by Dalzell as being like a side saddle, 

 margins membraneous, 3-lobed at the apex. 



Floivers appear in May. 



Distribution. — Moist forests of the Western Ghats, Peninsula and Konkan. 



