28 1HE (ORCHID. REVIEW. [JAN.-FEB., 1920. 
four of the old decayed bulbs may be found, one below the other among the 
peat, and still attached to the living stem.” 
The character described was well shown in the plants found near 
Bournemouth, and is quite obviously a common method of propagation by 
the species. Should anyone care to grow such an interesting plant it would 
probably suffice to obtain a clump of living sphagnum and keep it always in 
a healthy growing condition, for Babington remarks that it grows rather as 
an epiphyte upon the moss than merely amongst it. 
, SACCOLABIUM MINIATUM. Gy 
SPIKE and leaf of a Saccolabium from the Philippines has been sent 
by our old friend Mr. G. I’Anson, formerly with Messrs. Hugh Low & 
Co., now gardener to Mr. A. C. Burrage, Boston, U.S.A. Mr. I’Anson 
remarks that the plant is very free-flowering, and its buff-yellow flowers 
somewhat recall S. curvifolium. It agrees with S. miniatum, Lindl., an 
imperfectly known species, as may be seen by a previous note (O.R., iv. p. 
178). Since then a good deal of material has come to hand. Two different 
specimens of a Saccolabium collected in the island of Luzon by Mr. A. 
Loher, were sent to Kew, one of them being accompanied by a sketch, and 
these proved to be S. miniatum. Then came another collected by Mr. 
E. B. Copeland on rocky cliffs at Malog, in the Davao district of the island 
of Mindanao. This fully confirms the Philippine habitat which was 
originally ascribed to the variety citrinum, Rchb. f., though it was at first 
considered doubtful. Lindley’s original habitat, Java, has also been 
questioned, but is now confirmed, for there are now records of its occurrence 
there in three different stations (J. J. Smith, Orch. Jav., p. 646). It has also 
been found in several stations in the Malay Peninsula (Ridl. Fl. Mal. 
Penins. i. p. 170), and there are specimens at Kew from the Langkawi Islands, 
off the West Coast, and from the provinces of Perlis and Setul. An 
extension of its distribution to Siam is also mentioned. These facts show 
how widely the species must be diffused, and how imperfect has been our 
knowledge. It is a beautiful little plant when well grown, and there are 
two pictures by Mr. Day (Orch. Draw., xxii. t. 83, and xlv. t. 3), the dates 
being October, 1877, and April, 1885. Mr. Day specially records it as a 
rare plant, which he first obtained from Messrs. Rollisson, in 1858, and 
afterwards he bought another from Messrs. Veitch. Mr. Day also painted 
the variety citrinum, in August, 1885 (Orch. Draw., xlv. t. 79), the plant 
having been purchased from Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., a few days earlier. 
In no case did Mr. Day obtain the habitat. As regards this variety, 
Reichenbach recorded that he first. obtained it in December, 1867, from 
