4 8 ANNALS OF ROYAL BOTANIC GAEDEN, CALCUTTA.
A veiy peculiar little species, from the minute reversed crect flo-^crs, and minute
Iol)cs of tlie lip. The analyses were made by me from dried Pcnang specimens, and
they are, I hope, fairly accurate.
The di'awÎDg of the whole plant is from Perak specimens sent h j Kunstler -which "flowered in
the El. Bût. Garden, Calcutta, 14-7-81."
Fig. 1, flower} 2, dorsal and 3, lateral sepaU; 4, petal; B, orary, lip and colnmn ; 6, column aud upper part of
lip ; 7, column ; 8, anther iutluding pollinia ; 9, rostellum ; 10 pollinia -.—all greatly enlarged.
PLATE 72.
SACCOLABIUII {Micranthai) LANATÜM, Sook. f.
S. lanatum-, caule brevi robusto, foliis lineari-oblongis v. breviter loriformibus
obtuse 2-lobis profunde canaliculatis crasse coiiaceis, pedimculo foliis longiore et spica
elongata densiflora pendula tomentosis v. lanatis, bracteis magnis imbricatis ovatis
acuminatis flores velautibus caducis, sepalis lateralibus late ovatis, dorsali ellipticooblongo,
petalis obovato-oblongis, labello basi saccate sepalis paullo longiore lobis
lateralibus triangulari-ovatis integi-is v. imidentatis terminali ovato 2-cuspidato, disco
callo pubescente instructo. Huok. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 60. Cleisostoma lanatum, Lindl,
in Journ. Eort. Soc. iv. 264; Walß. Arm. vi. 889.
HAB.—TENASSERIM; at Moulmein, Parish, Scott.
Stem 1—2 in., as stout as a swan's quill. Leaves 3—4 by 1—Ij in., distichous,
spreading, dark green, lobes equal rounded, sinus acute. Peduncle 3—6 in., flexuous,
pale green, simple or branched; sheaths tubular, appressed; spike 4—7 in. long, young,
clothed with densely imbricating long-pointed pale green tomentose bracts that completely
conceaJ, the flowers, and are veiy caducous; flowers in. diam., pale green,
striped with dull purple. Sepals pubescent, tips of lateral compressed and almost
winged at the back; petals ciliate. Lip with the side-lobes ciliate and usually
notched on the lower margin; tips of mid-lobe divaricate and recurved; sac
hemisplieric with a pubescent ridge encircling the mouth within ; the pubescent callus
of the disc descending into the sac for a short way. Column not long, compressed
upwards laterally; rostellum not prominent. Anther nearly flat, membranous, lanceolate
fiom a broad 2-lobed base; pollinia small, globose, seated one in the terminal sinus
of each arm of the long forked strap, which is dilated upward from a very
slender base, and then forks, each arm being flat and broader than its pollinium;
gland small, oblong or ovate-lanceolate.
A. very remarkable plant, not satisfactorily referable to any genus, though, as it appears to me,
teohnioiüly a SacoolaUum. The woolly peduncle and spike and the largo deciduous bracts concealing
the flowers are unlike any o£ its congeners or their allies, Liodley placed it in Claimtoma, to
which genus it seems allied in the pubescent ring enciroling the mouth of the sao of the lip, but
I find uo trace oi the oallus or sao underneath tlie column tvhioh is character!stio of Clemstoma.
The forked strap of the pollinia is very singular. The drawing here reproduced is inscribed "Burma,
Mr. Scott, June 1861."
Fig. li flower; 2, ? o£ column and lip; S, section o£ lip; 4 and 5, anther; 6 pollinia;—all enlarged.
L CENTÜEY OP INDIAN ORCHIDS ; (J. D. HOOKEB).
SACCOLABIUJI {Distichophylla) DISTICHUM. Lindi.
S. distiehum\ caulibus elongatis gracilibus penduüs foliosis, foliis inter minoribus
distichis elliptico-lanceolatis 2—3-cuspidatis, peduuculis brevibus pauciflorig foliis multo
brevioribus, floribus flavis subsessilibus, sepalis petalisque subaequalibus obovato-oblongis
obtusis, labello sacciforme, lobis lateralibus brevissimis rotundatis, terminali parvo
semioirculaii carnosulo basi callo didymo instructo. Lindi, in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii.
36; Beichb. /. Ottia Hamburg 43; Hook./. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 64.
HAD.—SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 6—8,000 ft. KHASIA HILLS, alt. 5—6,000 ft. JIUNNIpoRE,
alt. 6—9,000 ft., Watt.
Stems 4—8 in., soft, filiform when dry, rooting here and there, branclied at the
base and tufted. Leaven above 1 in., sessile, deeply channelled, keeled, bright green,
speckled with brown. Peduncles rarely as long or longer than the leaves, slender;
bracts minute; flowers about ^ in. diam., greenish yellow, obscurely speckled with
purple. Sepals and petals spreading, tips rouuded. Lip about as long as the sepals,
base of aac rounded, surface perfectly smooth within, without calli or pubescence. Column
very short; rostellum short; anther ovate-lanceolate; polliuia globose, strap linear;
gland large, oblong. Capsules § in., fusiform.
The drawing reproduced hero is inscribed "Sikkim, 6,000 ft., Sept. lS/6, G. King.'' The
my own from dried specimens.
ig. 1, flower ; 2, lip ; 3, section of lip; 4, front, and 5, side i ), pollinia,-—aZi enlarged.
P L A T E 74.
SACCOLABIUSÌ {Distichophylla) TENUICAOLE, IIOOIC. f .
S. ienidcauìe-, caulibus elongatis gracilibus penduHs foliosis sulcatis flesuosis, foliis
distichis linearibus v. lineari-lanceolatis obtusis, floribus tuberculis folio oppositis sessilibus
solitariis paucisve parns flavis, sepalis lateralibus oblique ovatis acutis, petalis
brevioribus ovatis acutis, labello basi in calcar gibboso-clavatum subiucurvum producto
lobis lateralibus erectis ovatis acutis terminali paullo longiore oblongo incurvo apice
truncate 2-cuspidato dente interjecto. Sook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 64.
HAB.—PESAKG; on "West Hill, Curtis. PERAK, Scortechini, Wray.
Stem 6—8 in , as thick as a crow-quill, simple or branched, rooting at the base only
green, deeply grooved. Leaves 3 - 4 in. by A—i in., channelled aud keeled, spreading'
bright green. Flowers J in. diam., yellow or yellow-green; bracts microscopic; ovary very
short; sepals 3-nerved, dorsal as largo as the lateral; petals 1-nerved. Lip as long as the
sepals, side-lobes sparingly irregularly obtusely toothed, mid-lobe rather longer; spur with
a ring of hairs at the constriction within, but no callus. Column short- rostellum
projecting stylifoi-m. Anther membranous, almost flat, acuminate; pollinia small, reniform
strap broad with a dilated subreniform top, gland small. ' '
AMN. EOY. Bor. GAUD. CALC., VOL, T.