EODRIGUEZIA — SACCOLABIUM. 697 



R. DECORA.— See Burlingtoxia becoea. 



R. FRAGRANS.— See Btjulixgtonia fkagkans. 



R. LANCEOLATA.-See E. secumda. 



R. LEEANA.— See Burlingtosia Leeana. 



R. SECUNDA, Humh. Bonpl. et Kunth.—A neat and pretty epiphyte, -n'ith 

 oval compressed pseudobulbs having a ridge on each face, and producing 

 several linear-oblong coriaceous obliquely emarginato leaves, and axillary 

 recurved scapes 6 to 9 inches long, bearing numerous small flowers, which all 

 turn to one side of the spike, and are of a pretty deep rose colour, sparkling as 

 if frosted. It blooms in October, and through the autumn and winter months. 

 — Neio Grenada; Trinidad. 



Fig.— Bot. Mag., t. 3524 ; But. Beg., t. 930 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 676 ; Huml). Bonpl. 

 et Knnth, Nov. Gen. et Sj}. PI., 1. t. 92 ; Hook. Exot. Fl., t. 129 ; Hooh. First Cent. Orch. 

 PL, t. 76 ; Orchid Album, viii. t. 351. 



Syn. — Rodriguczia lanceolata ; PleurotlialUi cocciiiea. 

 R. VENUSTA.— See Burlixgtonia venosta. 



SACCOLABIUM, Blume. 



{Tribe Vandeae, subtrtbe Saroantheae.) 

 This genus contains some of the finest Orchids in cultivation. They 

 are evergreen plants, very compact in their growth, the stems furnished 

 with long thick leathery or fleshy distichous pendent leaves, from the 

 axils of which the flowers are produced, in long graceful simple or 

 branched recurved racemes, which often measure from 1 — 2 feet in length. 

 The flowers are not very large, but are exceedingly effective from the 

 large number collected into the densely packed racemes. They have the 

 sepals and petals much spread out, and the sessile lip spurred or saccate 

 at the base. There are a score or more species described, natives of the 

 Malay Archipelago and the hottest parts of India, where they are found 

 growing on the branches of trees. The following selection will be found 

 to comprise the best species of this beautiful genus, of which there are 

 several others in cultivation, some of which are small-flowered, these 

 latter being interesting to connoisseurs. Those we have named ought 

 to be in every collection, however small, as they form very handsome 

 objects even without flowers. 



Culiure. — In their habit of growth the species of Saccolabium are 

 similar to those of Aerides, and they require the same degree of heat and 

 the same general treatment, except that they are best grown in baskets 



