Saecolabium.] oiLVin. orchidb^. (J. D. Hooker.) 69 



Bhotan Himalaya, Lister. Assam ; at Goalpara, Samilton. Stlhkt, 

 Wallich. Tekassbeim, Parish, 



Stem stout, rigid, internodes -J in. Leaves 3-5 by ^-f in., fleshy, 5-nerved. 

 Raceme with long slender peduncle 5-6 in., laxly many-fld. j bracts subulate ; flowers 

 ^ in. diam., yellowish ; sepals S-nerved ; petals much sm aller, cuneately obovate, 

 3-neryed ; lip yellow, mouth of spur a very narrow chink, neck contracted, base 

 globose didymous ; side lobes of elongate column broad, rounded, top recurved ; 

 anther long-pointed; strap of globose poUinia very slender arched, gland very 

 minute. — Column and lip so different from the genus that Kcichenbach 1. c. suggests 

 its separation. Lindley's name of p arvulum is too misleading to be adopted. 



15. S. mlcranthum, Lindl. in Wail. Cat. 7300 ; Gen. ^ Sp. Orchid. 

 220 ; leaves lorate unequally obtusely 2-lobed, scape stout flowering to 

 the base, racemes very many and dense-fld., sepals broadly ovate obtuse 

 3-nerved, petals oblong or lanceolate serrulate, spur of lip shorter than the 

 sepals subtruncate, blade obovate-spathulate with 2 basal calli, lateral 

 lobes broad obtuse. Saunders' Itefug. Hot. t. 110. 



Tkopioai Himalaya ; from Garwhal and Kumaon, alt. 2-3000 ft.. Falconer, 

 Duthie; to Bhotan, Oriffith. Assam, Silhet and the Nasa Hills, Train. 

 Tenassbeim, Griffith, Parish. 



Stem 6—10 in., curved, as thick as a goose-quill or less. Leaves 3-5 by f— 1 in., 

 narrowed to the base. Saceme equalling the leaves ; bracts small, broad ; flowers 

 about ^ in. diam.; 3-nerved sepals and petals violet; lip rose-red; column very 

 short ; anther very broad, acuminate globose ; pollinia strap very short broadly 

 cordate, gland orbicular. Capsules \ in., subfusiform. 



16. S. rostellatum, Sooh. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; stem very short, 

 leaves 4-7 in. lorate flat unequally 2-fid, raceme much shorter than the 

 leaves, bracts minute, sepals broadly ovate-oblong obtuse, lip infundidular 

 narrowed below into a stout obtuse spur rather longer than the sepals, 

 side lobes truncate, midlobe an incurved beak. 



SiKKiM ; at Darjeeling, alt. 7000 ft., Gamble (i» Meri. Oalcutt.). 



Boots very many and long, tortuous, flat, appressed to the bark. Leaves ^-f in. 

 diam., nearly straight. Peduncle with 8-10-fld. raceme 2 in., slender; flowers 

 i in. long from the tip of the dorsal sepal to that of the spur ; petals oblong, obtuse, 

 smaller than the sepals; column very short; rostellum subulate; pollinia large, 

 globose, cleft. 



17. S. minlmiflorum, Sook. f. Ic. Plant, ined.; stem very short, 

 leaves elliptic-lanceolate narrowed at both ends acute, scape much longer 

 than the leaves very slender very many-fld., bracts subulate equalling the 

 very minute flowers, sepals and petals oblong obtuse, lip conico- sacciform, 

 side lobes 0, midlobe an incurved beak with a globose tubercle at the 

 mouth of the sac. 



Peeak, Scortechini. 



Soots slender, tufted. Leaves 1^-2 in., black when dry, thinly coriaceous, 

 reddish beneath. Scape with raceme 2-6 in., with a few subulate empty bracts 

 below ; flowers greenish yellow mottled, about Jp in. long or broad ; lip larger than 

 the rest of the perianth, its beakJike laterally compressed ^terminal lobe incurved 

 over the mouth; column short; anther long-beaked. — A curious little plant. I 

 have had difficulty in dissecting the few available flowers, and thereby confirming a 

 description and rude drawing by Scortechini, who mentions " a something membra- 

 nous whitish which I cannot make out whether it is a rostellum or stipes." This I 

 presume to be a rQcurved elongate body which appears to be attached to the base of 

 the column. 



18. S. Jerdonianum, JReichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 8S6 ; leaves 

 linear subacute, racemes simple or branched slender, sepals ovate 1-nerved 



