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suspended near the roof, so that they may receive all the light possible 

 and not too much shade — only enough to preserve their foliage from 

 being scorched. The more light they receive, the more vigorous and 

 better matured will be their growth, and this will lead to the production 

 of finer floral racemes. They will also thrive in pots placed near the 

 glass, and on blocks ; but grown on this latter plan they require more 

 water. They are propagated in the same way as the Aerichs, and are 

 liable to become infested by the same sorts of insects. 



S. AMPULLACEUM, Lindl. — A distinct compact-habited and pretty Orchid, 

 with an erect simple stem, 8 to 10 inches high, clothed with thick distichous 

 ligulate channelled dark green leaves, about 3 or 4 inches in length, truncate 

 and toothed at the end, and dense erect axillary oblong racemes of flowers 



SACCOLABIITM AMPULLACEUM. 



about 6 inches long, of a beautiful deep rose colour, produced in May and 

 June. The sepals and petals are ovate, and the lip linear with a long com- 

 pressed slender spur. This plant will succeed on a block, or in a basket with 

 moss, and remains in beauty three weeks. — India : Sylhet, Sihlcim. 



Fig. — Bot. Mag., t. 5595 ; Batem. Second Cent. Orch. PI., t. 186 ; Sertum OrcJi., 

 t. 17 ; Orchid Album, It. 1. 191 ; Faaiton, Mag. Bot., xiii. p. 49, with tab. ; Wight., Icon. 

 PI. Ind., t. 1673 ; Journ. of Hoi-t., 1892, xxv. p. 117, f. 17. 



Syn. — S. ruirwiit. 



S. AMPULLACEUM MOULMEINENSE, Hori.—A superb variety of the pre- 

 ceding, than which it is somewhat more robust in growth ; the leaves are 

 spotted on both sides with dull brown, the flower spike is longer and denser, 

 and the flowers are larger, of a uniform rich deep rose. — Moulmein. 



Fig. — IHoral Mag., t. 393 (rosemn'). 



