1 98 AN ACCOUNT OF A BOTANICAL EXPEDITION 



S. sacculat urn, Kidl. Lankawi (Curtis, 2560; Ridley, 8333). 

 Endemic. 



S. luisifolia, Ridl. Lankawi, Punga (Curtis). Endemic. 



Saccolabium humile, n. sp. 



Stem 2-3 inches or more, about s inch through with 

 a ridge or keel from the leaf base, ribbed when dry, in- 

 ternodes 4 inch long. Leaves linear, narrow, 4 inches 

 long, nearly \ inch wide, narrowed slightly at the tip 

 which is subacute, keeled. Panicle short, 1^ inch long 

 with one or two branches, slender, tlowers very small, 

 rather numerous, vo inch long to tip of spur. Bracts 

 lanceate, acute, persistent. Sepals short, ovate, rounded. 

 Petals smaller, ovate, rounded, dull yellow. Lip-white me- 

 dian lobe tongue-shaped, oblong, side lobes connate, meet- 

 ing in the form of a ridge like callus across the entrance 

 of the spur, spur rather long, blunt, cylindric, thick, no 

 transverse septusa, Column rather long, anther skull 

 shaped. 



Pungah (Curtis, 3028) flowered in the Penang Bota- 

 nic gardens, June, 1893. 



A small species with very inconspicuous little 

 flowers, rather remarkable for the modification of the 

 sidelobes of the lip into a transverse ridge. 



S. setidense, n. sp. 



Stems short, about 1 inch long with copious roots. 

 Leaves lorate, slightly curved, tip rounded, retuse, 6-7 

 inches long, f inch wide, keel prominent, sheath half an 

 inch long, ribbed. Racemes several, axillary, sometimes 

 branched, 4-6 inches long, slender. Bracts persistent, ovate, 

 acuminate, 2*0 inch long. Flowers small, numerous, yellow. 

 Upper sepal narrow, linear, spathulate, laterals oblong, 

 broader, obtuse, slightly enlarged towards the tip. Petals 

 nearly as long, narrow, spathulate, linear. Lip side lobes 

 short, rounded, erect, midlobe papillose, ovate, fleshy, spur 



Jour. Straits Branch 



