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CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENING. 



Racemes long, pendulous, and very dense, having 

 the appearance of a fox's brush. The flowers are 

 waxy-white, dotted with violet. Lip small, rich 

 violet. The var. majus produces vevy long racemes, 

 and large flowers ; other forms are Dayi, Russellianus, 

 splendcns, &c. &c. Summer and autumn months. 

 Java and the Philippine Islands. 



S. curvifolium. — Leaves thick and coriaceous, 

 narrowly strap-shaped, some ten inches long, and 

 pale green. Raceme erect, dense, rather shorter 

 than the leaves. Flowers rich orange- scarlet in 

 colour. There is a var. luteum, in which the flowers 

 are a plain rich 

 yellow. Spring 

 months. British 

 Burmah. 



S. giganteum. — 

 As its name im- 

 plies, this is a large 

 growing plant; 

 leaves broadly li- 

 gulate, thick and 

 fleshy, erose at the 

 apex, about twelve 

 inches long and 

 three broad, deep 

 green. Racemes 

 pendulous, as long 

 or longer than the 

 leaves. Flowers 

 large (for the 

 genus), and sup- 

 ported upon long- 

 foot- stalks, which 

 give the whole 

 raceme a very 

 thick tail-like ap- 

 pearance. Sepals and petals waxy- white, the latter 

 slightly spotted with lilac. Lip violet, shading to 

 lilac. Flowers very fragrant, lasting long in per- 

 fection. British Burmah. 



S. guttatum. — Leaves lorate, channelled, thick and 

 fleshy in texture, truncate at the apex, about a foot 

 long, and deep green. Racemes twelve to eighteen 

 inches long, cylindrical, and dense. Flowers waxy- 

 white, spotted and dotted with purple. There are 

 several varieties, the differences being chiefly the 

 intensity of colour in the flowers. Summer months. 

 Various parts of India and Java. 



S. guttatum, var. Holfordianum. — This is such a 

 grand form of the species that it must not be omitted 

 in this enumeration ; indeed, it may, with justice, be 

 considered the finest of the section, which includes 

 Blumei, guttatum, retusum, and prcemorsum. Leaves 

 broadly strap- shaped, channelled, thick and leathery 

 in texture, erose at the apex, about eighteen inches 



Saccolabicm Guttatum 



long, and slightly recurved. Racemes pendulous, 

 cylindrical, dense, and longer than the leaves. 

 Sepals and petals white, thickly spotted with rosy- 

 purple. Lip small, rich deep crimson. Spring and 

 summer. Java. 



S. Harrisoiiiamfin. — Leaves broadly strap-shaped, 

 channelled, bifid at the apex, and pale green, with 

 streaks of a darker green running parallel from base 

 to point. Racemes pendulous, cylindrical, dense, one 

 to two feet in length. Flowers pure white, and very 

 fragrant. Winter months. Island of Pulo Copang. 

 S. Haidersonianum. — Leaves ligulate and slightly 



pointed, coriace- 

 ous, some six 

 inches long, and 

 deep green. Ra- 

 ceme erect, as long 

 as the leaves, and 

 densely set with 

 bright rose- 

 coloured flowers, 

 except the narrow 

 lip, which is white. 

 Spring months. 

 Borneo. 



S. miniatum. — A 

 small species, but 

 extremely hand- 

 some. Leaves 

 short and straight, 

 lorate, obliqely 

 truncate at the 

 apex, and deep 

 green. Raceme 

 equal in length 

 to the leaves, 

 erect, and densely 

 set with bright vermilion-coloured flowers. Spring 

 months. Java. 



S. preemorsum. — This is a fine robust-growing 

 plant of the guttatum section ; its leaves are much 

 broader than in the last-named plant, and the ends 

 of the leaves appear to be roughly bitten off. Raceme 

 very thick and dense, a foot or more long. Flowers 

 waxy-white, sparingly dotted with lilac. Spring 

 and summer months. "Western Ghauts of South 

 Hindoostan. 



S. retusum. — A bold and free-growing species, 

 producing long cylindrical racemes of flowers, which 

 are waxy-white, profusely spotted with pink. The 

 racemes are not so long as in the other forms of 

 this section. Early spring months. Assam. 



S. riolaceum. — The leaves of this species are very 

 broad and stout, strap-shaped, bi-lobed at the ends, 

 upwards of a foot long, and deep green, traversed by 

 several parallel lines of a still deeper hue. Raceme 



