Saecolaiium.'] oxlviii. orchidb^. (J. D. Hooker.) 65 



Capsule 1 in., subclavate, angles acute, pedicel -J in. — Lindley in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 by oversight probably, refers his S. rubrum to this instead of to ouroifoUum. 



40. S> cuwlfoliaxa, Lindl. Gen. ^ Sp. Orchid. 222; leaves strongly 

 recurved very narrow, racemes ranch shorter than the leaves, spur straight. 

 Lindl. Gen. & 8p. Orchid. 222 ; III. Hortic. xii. t. 493 ; Warnrr Orcliid. 

 Alb. t. 107 ; Puydt Orchid, t. 38. 8. rubrnm, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7310 ; 

 Gen. & 8p. Orchid. 222. S. miniatum, Sook. Lot. Mag. t. 5326 {not of 

 Lindl.). 



Assam ; Ic. in Sort. Calcutt. Buema, Wallieh, Griffith, &c. — Distbib. 

 Java. 



Very closely allied to S. ampullaceum, but the leaves are twice as long, m uch 

 nnrrowed and strongly recurved, the flowers more scarlet with a golden lip. — The 

 strap of the pollen is figured in Bat. Mag. as broadly triangular, it should be very 

 slender. Lindley's habitat of Ceylon is no doubt an error, or referable to a culti- 

 vated specimen ; or an Aerides may have been intended. 



41. S. tricb.Tora.vaa.jBeiehh.f.inHamb. Gartenzeit,18b9, SI,; Xen. 

 Orchid. 119, t. 139 ; leaves spreading obtusely 2-lobed, racemes much 

 shorter than the leaves, flower.s snbsecund, spur incurved. S. pallens, 

 Lindl. (not Cathcart) in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 35. 



SiKKiM Himalaya (7c. Cathcart). Bhotan and Assam {le. in Serb. Cat- 

 cutt.) . 



Stem 1-3 ft. Leaves f-1 in. broad. Sacemes 3-5 in., lax-fld., shortly pe- 

 dnncled ; pedicel with ovary f in., sigmoid ; sepals linear-oblong, acute and broader 

 shorter petals yellowish-white with a rose-cold, midrib; lip yellowish or rose-cold., 

 speckled with pink; spur -I— | in. long, horn-like j limb short, acute, with a 

 flattened hooked callus at the throat. 



Sect. VI. Unciteba. (See p. 55.) 



42. S. obtuslfolfum, Soolc. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; leaves broadly 

 lorate 2-lobed, raceme elongate, lip cymbiform subacute or bifid, spur 

 incurved upon the side of the lip, tip thickened. Uncifera obtusifolia, 

 Lindl. in Journ. lAnn. Soc. iii. 40. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 5000 ft., Clarice. Bhotan;. in the Gheet Valley, 

 Litter. Khasia Hills; Churra, alt. 4000 ft., J. D. S. ^ T. T. 



Stem 2-4 in., as thick as a goose-quill j roots very many and long. Leaves flat, 

 4-6 by |-1 in., very thick, lobes obtuse. Peduncle with raceme very stout, 2-3 in. ; 

 bracts rather large, ovate, persistent, at length reflexed ; pedicel with ovary J in. ; 

 flowers |— J in. diam., pale lemnn-coloured, at first greenish ; limb of lip shorter 

 than the obovate-oblong obscurely nerved sepals, tip of lip thickened, side lobes 

 truncate ; column very short, rostellura beaked j anther long-beaked ; poUinia small 

 on the face of the refracted end of the elongate spathulute strap, the margins of 

 which are recurved, gland very long. 



43. S< acuminatum, SooJc. f. ; Ic Plant, ined. ; leaves linear- or 

 oblong-lanceolate obliquely acuminate, raceme short, lip cymbiform obtuse, 

 spur arcuate, tip acute. Uncifera acuminata, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 iii. 40. 



StKFiM Himalaya, alt. 6-7000 ft., O-amhle. Khasia Hills, Griffith {Kew 

 Distrib. 5357). &c. 



A much more slender plant than S. oltusifolium, with narrower shorter leaves 

 and shorter racemes, a much less curved spur, flowers about the same size and colour, 

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