2 2 8 ORCHIDS OP THE SIEEIM-HIMALAYA,
surface free from liaii-s or calli, SÍCID lobes absent; apical lobe fleshy, semi-cii-cnlar, entire,
Bmootli, its margins deñcxcd, with two blunt conical calli at its base. Column broad; the
rostelhim short, broad, Anihcr sub-quadi-ate, -with a short beak in front; polUnia two,
elliptic, with a lateral shoulder; caudicle long, slender, cyliudric; gland elongate, bifid.
Capsule fusifoi-m, 'Ci) in. long. Reichb. fil. in Ot. Ilamb., 43; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind.
VI, G4; in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. V, 4.9, t. 73 (m part).
Sikkim, common at oleTations of 6,000 to 8,000 feet; in flower during March, April
and May; Gamble No. 8075; Km-z; Griffith (Kcw Distrib. No. 5211); PantHng No. 132.
Manipur ; Watt No. 6338.
The flowers of this arc green of vaiious shades, marked with ii-regular brown
spots, the apical lobe of tlie lip being pale yellow. This grows along with S. pseiidodistichum,
but flowers at a different season. Tlio two ha^e hitherto been confused'
under the name of this. The leaves are sometimes speckled mtli brown.
PLÍTE 303.—^ITÍCO/ÍIIÍ'ÍÍ/« düUchum, LLNJL, A plant,'O/' natural size. FIG. 1 flower, 2 bract, OTary,
columa Avitli antber in situ, md lip in profile, 3 section of column and lip, 4 cohuun and antlier,
front view, 5 apex of ovary with pollinia in situ, the cap of the antlxer having been removed,
6 pollinia; ail enlarged.
15. SACCOIABIDM APFINE, new species.
Stem and leaves as in S. distichum^ Lindl. and S. pseudo-distickm, King and
Pantling. Peduncle slender, "To in. long, bearing two or throe flowers in a short racem.
Floioers '3 in. across. Floral braci ovate, acute, much shorter tlian the stalked ovary.
Sepals and petals snb-eq^ual, ovate-elliptic, obtuse, spreading, excopt the concave incurved
dorsal sepal. Lip as long as tlie sepals, adnate to the base of the cohimn, the
base ^iith a wide dorsally compressed sub-acute conical sac almost at right angles to
the ovaiy, smooth on the inner sui-face, without calli, bifid at the apes; side lobes
very narrow; apical lobe decm-ved, broadly triangular, sub-acute, its margins erose near
the base, its upper sui-facc with two thick mesial ridges fi'om base to apex. Column
and pollinia as in S. di&tiehum.
Sikkim, above Pemiongtsi, elevation 8,000 feet; in flower dming June; Panthng
No. 444.
The colour of the sepals and petals is green flushed mth brown; that of the Hp
is yellowish.
This comes very near 8. disÜGhum and S. psoudo-distichm, and ought possibly
to be treated as a variety ratlier than as a species. From both the plants just
mentioned it differs by its dorsally compressed conical bifid sac, and by the broad
triangular ridged apical lobe of its lip. The original specimen of tliis was collected
on the westem frontier of Sikkim, and for a long time no other specimen was
obtained. llecently, howevci, plants have been obtained from eastern Sikkim. The
characters in both western and eastern specimens are constant.
PLATE ZU.—Saccolahium affine. King and Pantling. A plant, of natural si%e. Fig. 1 a flower,
2 bract, stalked ovary, column with anther insitii, tmd lip, profile view, a vertical section of the
lip, 4 apes of the column witb the anther in siiu, 5 empty antber from below, 6 poUinia; all
(nlargsd.
SACCOLABIUIL.
16. SACCOLABIUM PSEUDO-DiSTicnuM, Kiug and Pantling in Jomn. As. Soc.
Beng., Vol. LXIV, pt. 2, p. 341.
Stems slender, 6 to 9 in. long, slightly branching, pendulous. Leaves fleshy, lanceolate,
the apex finely and minutely bifid, -5 to -75 in. long and -2 to -25 in., broad. Peduncle
•35 in. long, snb-nmbellately 5- or G-flowcred. Flowers "3 in. in diam., hract minute.
Sepals and petals 8ub-e(iual, oblanceolate-oblong, spreading. Lip witli a wide subhemispheric
spur, side lobes absent; terminal lobe broadly cordate, blunt, entire, fleshy,
concave, deflexed, quite without calli. Column very shoi-t. Anther shortly beaked.
Pollinia two, entn-e, ovoid-globose; caudicle long, cylindiic; gland deeply 2-lobcd.
S. distiehm, Hook. fil. in Ann. Bot. Gard. V, 49, t. 73, in part.
Sikkim, at elevations of 0,000 to 8,000 feet; flowering time, August to October;
Pantling No. 49; Clarke 36327; King 8052, 4949 ; Gamble 8013. Khasia Hills ; Mann.
This grows along with 8. disticimm, Lindl., to which it is closely allied. As in
tliat spccies, the sepals and petab arc greenish with brownish-pm'ple spots; the lip
in tliis is yellow, except the terminal lobe, which is orange. The chief distinction
between the two is to be found in the lip, which in this is entirely without calli
of any kind, wlnle in S. distichum the lip has two largo calK situated at its base.
The times of flowering of the two are, moreover, separated by fom- months.
PLATE 305,—Saccolabium pseudo-disticlnmi, King and Pantling, A. plant, of natural si%e. Fig. 1
a flower, 2 vertical section of coliunn and lip, 3 lower surface of antlier, 4 apes of column with
the pollinia in siUi, the cap of tlie anther having been removed, 5 pollinia; all enlarged.
17. SACCOLABIUM TEICHROMUM, Eeichb. fil. in Hamb. Gai-tenzeit, 1859, 51.
Stem pendulous, 1 to 3 feet long, clothed below with the sheaths of fallen
leaves, above bearing 10 or 12 leaves. Leaves nan'owly oblong, tapering slightly to the
obliquely and bhmtly bifid apes; the base jointed to the sheath, not narrowed; length
4-5 to 6 in., breadth '5 or -6 ia. Racemes supra-axillaiy, about half as long as the
leaves, divergent, secimd, few-flowered. Flowers I in. long; Iraet broad, bh\nt, minute.
Sepals spreading, sub-equal, narrowly oblong, sub-acute. Petals slightly shorter than
the sepals but broader, obovate-oblong, apicnlate. Lip adnate to the short foot of
the column, consisting chiefly of an infimdibuHfoi'm shghtly curved blunt spur almost
as long as the ovary and parallel to it; spur with two lai-ge projecting calli half way
down its tube which almost touch, the anterior one sending a jjlate upwards which
divides the upper part of the spur for a short distance into two chambers ; side lobes
erect, broadly triangular, blunt; apical lobe short, triangular, concave, acute, entire,
without calli. Cohimn rather- long, with a somewhat cm'ved foot haH its own lengtli.
Antlier depressed, with a long beak in front; pollinia two, globular; caudicle cylmdric,
dilated at its junction with the broad orbicular gland. Xenia Orchid. 119, t. 139;
Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 65; in Ann. Bot. Gaxd. Calc. V, 50, t, 75. Saccolabium
pallens, Cathc. es Lindl. in Joum. Linn. Soc. Ill, 35.
Sikkim, at elevations between 1,000 and 3,500 feet, common ; in flower during
July and August; Panthng No. 92 ; also in Bhotan, Assam ; Simons.
The sepals and petals are of a pale straw colour with a ee^tral vertical band
of pale pink ; the spur is rose-coloured and the column wiiite.