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SACCOLABIUM BELLINUM rcup. Fr. 
THE PRETTY SACCOLABIUM. 
SACCOLABIUM. Vide Lindenia, Engl. ed., vol. III, p. 5. 
Saccolabium bellinum. Caulis brevis, robusta. Folia loriformia, medio canaliculata, apice inaequaliter bifida, 
lobis subacutis. Pedunculus brevis, crassus, floribus paucis corymbosis. Bracteae rotundatae, obtusae, 6 mm. longae. 
Pedicelli 2.5-3 cm. longi. Sepala patentia, carnosa, obovato- oblonga, obtusa, 1.5 cm. longa, viridi-flava, rubro-pur- 
pureo maculata. Petala sepalis similia. Saccus labelli hemisphaericus, lobis lateralibus obsoletis; limbus lunatus, albus, 
medio aureus rubro maculatus, margine denticulato, disco antice aspero postice spinulis mollibus dense obsito. Columna 
brevissima, crassa, rostello brevi recurvo. 
Saccolabium bellinum Reus. F. in Gard. Chron., 1883, pt. I, p. 174. — Id., 1887, pt. I, p. 145. — Warn. 
& WILL. Orchid Album, IV, t. 156. — The Garden, XXXV, P. 434, t. 700. — Bot. Mag., t. 7142. — Hook. F. 
Fl. Brit. Ind., VI, p. 61. — VEITCH Man. Orch., pt. VII, p. 112, cum. xyl. 
his charming little species was originally discovered in Burma, by 
Mr. Boxart, and introduced by Messrs Hucu Low & C?, of Clapton. 
It belongs to the section Calceolaria, which consists of about eight 
species, distinguished by their short stems, orate, rather flaccid leaves, and short 
stout peduncles bearing corymbs of flowers, with the sac of the lip very broad 
and shallow, nearly truncate at the top, and the limb, or front lobe, horizontal 
or lunate, embracing the sac just below its mouth, and having an erose or 
denticulate margin, and a smooth or echinate disc. It is much the finest known 
species of this section, and is like an enlarged and embellished S. calceolare 
LinvL., though there are also various structural differences, in addition to its 
larger size. The sepals and petals have a greenish-yellow ground colour, with 
numerous largish reddish-brown spots. The lip is white, with some purple spots 
on the inside of the sac, and a deep yellow area in the middle of the expanded 
limb, on which are a few reddish-brown spots. The column is also margined 
with purple on the sides and base. The margin of the lip is denticulate, and the 
disc covered with minute spiny processes, which are considerably longer at 
the base of the expanded limb. R. A. Ro.rFe. 
Several species of Saccolabium are among the most charming of garden 
plants, and the one which we present to our readers to-day, though not endowed 
with particularly brillant colours, certainly presents a combination of tints which 
is particularly elegant, not to mention the beautifully fringed lip. It is to this 
section of the genus that the name more particularly applies, as the base of the 
lip is invariably expanded into a large open sac, yet it is by no means the most 
showy one, and with the exception of the present species it is only represented 
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