2 2 4 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA.
Allied to S acuminatum, Hook, iil, but with longer, narrower, and moro sparsely
arrangoli leaves. The lip is also diSercut, there being no trace of side lobes; the
caudicle diilcrs also.
PLATE 297.—Snccoiubium hncifoUmn, Eing NML PAUTLIN^. A pknt, of naiurnl size. Fig. 1 a flowor,
2 profilo of bract, ovary, eolumn, autlier and lip, 3 longitudinal sentiou of cohimn mid lip, 4 peíais,
5 half front viow of column, the stigma {«), 6 apex of eolunm with poll mia in situ, tlie cnp oí the anther
hftTÌng Leeu romoTed, 7 poll in i a, &c., after remoTal, 8 empty anther, side ueio; all eulargoci.
9. SACCOLABIUM BÜCCOSÜJI, Reiclib. fil. in Gard. Chron. 1871, 938.
Stem pcndiilous, C to 12 in. long, slender, covered with the sheaths of fallen leaves.
Leaves nairowly oblong; the apex blnnt and divided into two broad unequal slightly
oblique lobules; the base slightly narrowed and jointed to the sheath; length 2'75 to 3'5 in.,
breadth -6 to -75 in. Fanicle leaf-opposed, longer than the leaves; the peduuclc shorter
than the leaves, beaiiug one or two sub tubular acute sheaths; the branches only one or
two, racemose. Floivers lax, -30 in. across; the stalked ovary '3 or -4 in. long, slender;
the fiorai Iract subulate and much shorter. Sepals sub-equal, broadly ovate or subobovate,
longer than the spur. Potah much smaller than the sepals, cuueately ohovate.
Lip longer than the sepals, the base with a b )ttle-shaped spm- with a narrow mouth
and contracted neck, the apex globose and didjanous; side lobes spreading, rounded or
angled; the apical lobe narrowly oblong. Column long, with broad tmncate wings,
its ap;x rounded and recurveci. Lip of anther with a long point; pollinia globose; the
caudiele very slender, arched; the gland linear, roinute. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 58.
H. ]iarviilim, Lindi, in Join-n. Linn. Soc. Ill, 36 [in note). (Eceocladcs paniculata, Lindi,
in Wall. Cat. 733i ; Gen. and Spec. Orch. 236. C^jmhidium Satorium, Herb. Ham.
Sikkim, at elevations of about 2,000 feet; in ilower din-ing May and June;
Pantling, No. Iü8. Bhotan; Lister. Assam; Hamilton. Sylhet ; Wallich. Tenasserim;
Parish.
PL.\TR 298.—Sacco^íiiíu?» Iwmim, Eeiohb. fil. A plant, of mfwai stsa. Fig. 1 a flo-wer, 2 side
view of bract, ovary, coluniu and lip, 3 vertical section of the preceding, 4 the columu showing the
rostslhim (;•) and the éntranos to the stiginatio cavity (s), 5 empty anther, 6 poUinia, 7 a single
pollen mass ; a¡¿ enlarged.
10. SACCOLABIUM DASYPOGON. Lindi. Gen. and Spec. Orch., 222.
Stem veiy shoi-t, pendulous. Leives oblong; the apex acute, minutely and -unequally
notched, slightly tapered to the shortly sheathed base ; length 4 to 9 in.,
breadth 1 to 1'65 in. Raceme corymbose, much shorter than the leaves ; its peduncle
stout, with a broad tubular sheath near the base. Flowers crowded, -85 in across ; floral
Iract broad, blunt. Sepals and petals sub-equal, spreading, obloug-oblanceolate, blunt. Lip
about as long as the sepals aud petals, adnata to the greater part of the coluJnn,
widely saccate, compressed below ; side lobes shallow ; apical lobe thick, semi-circular,
produced at the ends, its edges laciniate, the disc quite glabrous. Column very short.
Anther depressed, with a short broad beak in front ; pollinia glolulai-, umbilicate iu
front ; the caudicle long, slender, expanded at the apex between the pollinia ; gland
oblong, cordate. Capsule eylindric, tapering at the ends, ridged, 1-25 in. long. Hook.
SACCOLABIDM. 225
fil. Fl. Br. Ind, VI, 66. .Mrides dasypogon., Smith in Recs' Cyclop., Suppl. Epidcndrum
umhellatum, liam. MSS.
Sildcim, at elevations of about 1,000 feet; in valleys and along the southern face
o£ the range; in flower during November and December; Pantling, No. 248. Westward
to Nepal. Assam, at Goalpara; G. Mann. Jaintia HUls, at Jowai; King's Collector.
The sepals and petals are bright yellow with brownish-pm-ple spots; the lip is
white except a patch of yellow with minute brown spots near the apex and a purple
line romd the edges of the sac; the column is pink. This is closely allied to
S. calceolare, Lindl., with which for many years it has been confused. The two
plants, although much alike, arc not really difficult of sepai-ation. In the fii'st place
they live at different elevations and flower at different seasons. S. caleeolare is found
between 4,000 and 6,000 feet, and flowers dining March and April; while S. dasypogon
is found at or below 1,000 feet and is in flower during November and December. The
loaves of S. das/jpogon are broader, and the apical notch is less deep than is the case
in the leaves of S. calceolare, and the stem of S. dasypogon is shorter. The coloration of
the flower of S. calceolare is constant; but in that of C. dasypogon the perianth may
be pale or deep yellow, and either without spots or with numerous spots. Finally the
lips of the two differ. In S. calceolare the sac is smaller ; the apical lobe is papillosehairy;
while iu S. dasypogon the apical lobe has deeply laciniate edges and its upper
sui-face is pei-fectly smooth.
PLATE l^'i.—BaccolaUum dasypogon, Lindl. A plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 ft flower, 2 profile of
coluton, anther and lip, 3 transverse section of the saccate portion of the lip, 4 section of apex of
ovary, column and Hp, 5 anther, upper surface, 6 poUmia, front and back views; all enlarged.
11. SACCOLABIUM CALCEOLAEE, Lindl. in "Wall. Cat. 7302 ; Gen. and Spec.
Orch., 223.
Stem short, pendulous. Leaves narrowly oblong, the apex unequally bifid, the base
slightly nai-rowed and Jointed to the short wide sheath; length 4 to 11 in., breadth
•75 to 1-15 in. Racemes coiymbose, many-flowei-ed, much shorter than tlie leaves,
the peduncle with several short sheaths. Flowers -65 in. across, crowdcd; fioral bract
broad, blunt. Sepals unequal, spreading, the dorsal obovate-oblong ; the lateral pair
oblong, falcate, narrower than the dorsal. Fetals oblong-obovate, shoi-ter than the sepals.
Lip adnate to the lower half of the column; the base fonning a wide short sac,
nearly parallel with and about half as long as the ovary ; side lobes absent ; the apical
lobe at right angles to the sac, semi-circulai-, its margin and the whole of its upper
sui-face, except a triangular yellow pad at the base, covei-ed with white hair-like papilloe.
Column veiy short, thick. Anther depressed, very shortly beaked; pollinia broadly
ovoid-clliptic, attached by a slender caudicle to a small triangulai-cordàte gland. Lindl.
Sert. Orch., Frontisp. 6; in Bot. Hog. 1838, Misc. 139; in Joui-n. Linn. Soc. Ill,
33 {exel. synonym)] Griff. Notul. Ill, 356; Itin. Notes, ITO, No. 869; Ic. PI. Asiat.,
t. 334 ; Walp. Ann. VI, 883 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 60. JErides calceolare,
Smith in Reea' Cyclop., Suppl. JE. leopardortim, Wall. MSS. Gaskochilus calceolaria,
Don Prodr. 32. Sarcochilus nepa^ensis, Spr. Syst. Veg. Ill, 721. Epidendrum calceolare,
Ham. MSS.
AMN. EOÏ. BOT. GARD,, CALCOTTA, Tor.. VIH.