Sdncolahiuni.] Oitviit. OrO^ibUm. (J. D. Hooker.) 61 



divaricate, the longer sometimes 1 in. long. Mowers i in. diam. ; perianth strongly 

 laearved. Capsule ^-f in.— United with S. oalceolare by Lindley (in Journ. Linn 

 Soc.}, but I think as different as any other of this section. 



22. S. acutifolium, Lindl. Gen. Sf Sp. Orchid. 223; Sert. Orchid. 

 Frontisp. No. 2 ; in Journ. Linn. 8oc. iii. 33 ; stem elongate, leaves acute 

 or a.cuminate, blade of lip erose, disk naked or very sparingly tuberoled. 

 Beichh. f. Otia Hamburg. 42 ; Walp. Ann. vi. 888. IS. dentioulatum, Paxt. 

 Mag. Bot. vii. t. 145 ; Beichb. f. I. c. ; ? Bot. Mag. t. 4772. Aerides umbel- 

 latum, Wall. mss. 



PiKKiM HiMiLATA, alt. 3-5000 ft. Khasia Mts., Gibson. 



Usually a larger plant than the small states of S. oalceolare, with longer stems 

 (4-8 in.) and larger leaves, 4-6 by l-lj in. broad, never 2-fld., but very variable. 

 Perianth whole-cold, and yellowish red, or more yellow or greenish and mottled with 

 brown ; lip white, centre yellow often speckled with red. Capsule in Sikkim sp. 

 3 in. long. — Paxton's S. dentioulatum has greenish yellow flowers speckled with 

 brown, and the lip is described as erose. Lindley refers it to S. acutifolium. The lip 

 of the Bot. Mag. plant, apparently derived from the same source, is not erose, but with 

 a broad thick white fringe of long papillae. 



23. S. intermedium, Griff, mss. ex. Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 

 33; stem rather long, leaves very narrow acuminate or 2-toothed, blade of 

 lip fimbriate, disk smooth. Beichb. f. Otia Hamburg. 42. S. caloeolare, 

 Paxt. Mag. Bot. vi. 97. — Sacoolab, Griff. Notul. iii. 357 ; Ic. Plant. Asiat. 

 t. 333. 



Bhotan Himalaya, Qriffith. Khasia Hills, alt. 3-5000 ft., Griffith, Q-ihson, 

 J. B. H. Sr T. T. 



Perhaps a small form of 8. acutifolium, but the stem is more slender, the leaves 

 narrower, and the flowers and capsules (J in.) much smaller. 



24. S. bellinum, Beichh. f. in Gard. Ohron. 1844, i. 174 ; 187, i. 

 145 ; stem rather long, leaves deeply unequally cleft, bracts and flowers 

 large, blade of lip erose disk echinate and -with, cushions of oilia at the 

 base. Warner Orchid. Alb. t. 156 ; Bot. Mag. t. 7142. 



Burma, Boxall. 



This resembles a large state of S. caloeolare, the flowers are 1-lf in. diam., 

 bright yellow with large purple blotches. 



, 25. S. obllquum, Lindl. in Wall. Gat. 7304 ; Gen. ^ Sp. Orchid. 

 223 ; in Jowrn. Linn. Soc. iii. 33 ; stem very short stout, leaves broad and long 

 unequally broadly 2-fid, bracts and flowers large, blade of lip fimbriate, 

 disk papillose with a large 2-lobed callus. Beichb. f. Otia Hamburg. 42. 

 Vanda obliqua. Wall, mss. 



BuEMA ; at Taingdong, Wallieh. ? Khasia Hills, J. D. H. ^ T. T. 



Leaves 6-8 by 1-2 in. ; flowers 1 in. diam. ; sepals and petals narrow, whole-cold., 

 all (in Ic. Wallieh) pale yellow, with the lip white speckled with yellow. The 

 Khasia specimens have the shorter leaves of bigibbum. 



26. S. bigibbum, Beichb. f. iy. Bot. Mag. t. 5766 ; Otia Hambwrg. 

 43 ; stem very short, leaves oblong or obovate-oblong 2-fid, bracts small, 

 blade of lip fimbriate, disk smooth with a large 2-lobed callus. 



Rakooon, Benson, Gilbert. Pebak, Scortechini. 



Probably a small state of S. obliquum, but the leaves are shorter and broader, 

 3-4 by 1-lJ in., and the large bracts seem to be wanting. Flowers whole-cold., 

 pale straw-cold, in a drawing by Mr.' Gilbert, bright yellow in Bot. Mag. 



27. S. acaule, Hook f. ; stem very short, leaves unequally 2-lobed, 

 sepals obovate, limb of lip' broadly ovate acute toothed and erose, disk rough 



