50 ANNALS OP EOXAL BOTANIC GAEDEN, CALCUTTA.
Except in habit of growth, which approaches that of S. distichiim, this is not nearly allied to any
other species of the genus. The solitary or fasolcled flower, sessile on leaf-opposed brown tuherclsa of the
stem, which are cohered with microsoopio bi-acts, is very pecxiliar.
The drawing is inscribed "no label sent, H. B. C., 16-7-84." The analyses 1—3 are oa the
drawing; those marked A1 to A4 are by Miss Smith at Kew under my eye from Pcnang s
Fig. 1, flower, witli the sepals and petals displaced aud lip remored ;
tie side, Al, flon-er; A2, column, and lip ; A3, section of lip; A4, lip se
2, lip seen from aboyo, and 3, from
a from abore:—all (jveaily enlarged.
P L A T E 75.
SACCOLABIUM {Speciosae) TEICUEOMUM, Beichh. f .
S. irickromum ; caule elongato robusto, foliis elongatis loriformibus 3-lobis lobis
rotimdatis, racemis siipra-axillaribus foliis multoties lougioribus breviter pedimc
u k t i s multi-secundi-floris, floribus albis roseo maculatis, scpalis lineari-oblongis
acutiSj petalis latioribus, labello cornuforme scpalis duplo longioro cylindraceo incurvo
apice rotuudato, lobis lateralibus brevibus rotundatis tcrmiuali parvo basi ore incluso
callo uncinato instructo. Jieiclih. f. in Haml. Garienzcii, 1859, 51 et Xcn. Orohid
119, t. 139; Book. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 65. S. palleiis, Lindl. (non Cathcari), in
Journ. Lim. Soc. iii. 35.
HAB.—SiKKi-M HIMALAYA (/C. Cathcart). BHOTAN and Ass.ai (Jc. in Berh. Caicutta).
1 _ 3 feet, as thick as a swau's qiiill, rooting at the base only, cylindric
and clothed -with sheaths below, leafy (aud flattened?) above; internodes 1 in. Leaves
Y jQ Tjy 3 1 in., spreading, flat, deeply channelled, bright green. Racmea -with the
rather stout ascending terete gi-cen peduncle 3—5 in.; bracts very small, ovate, brcwn ;
pedicels slender, •with the ovary | in., usually sigmoid, all curving to one side; flowers
in. long. Hepals and petals \ in. long, spreading, -white or cream-coloiired with pink
midrib. Lip white or yellowish, spotted or blotched with pink. Column (rather rostellum)
small. Anther flat, acute; pollinia globose, strap slender; gland small lanceolate.
A very distinct species of the section which I have called Speciosce, to which belong the well-
Itnown S. ampullaceim {Aei-ides ampunaceum, Eoxb.) and S. mti-vifoUum, Lindl. (5. riibrum, Lindl.),
from both of which it is at once distinguished by the small las-fld. one-sided raceme and curved
spur.
The plate k a reproduction of a portion of a full-sized drawing in the Cathcart collection at
Kew Of the figures, that of the section of the lip represents the gland as misplaced; it should be within
the mouth of the lip below the base of the midlohe, as badly represented at figure 8. Lindley by an
oversio-ht attributed the opeeific name of palhna to Mr. Cathcart, who never attempted to name a
plant.
Figure 1, side view; 2, back view, and 3, front view of flower; 4, flower with tbe dorsal sepal removed;
6, side and 7, front -»iew o£ lip; 6, lip cut open;—aZZ of thi natural j « e 8 , mouth of lip; 9, antlier;
10, pollinia •—all enlarged.
P L A T E 76.
SAIICANTHUS APPENDICULATOS, Book. f.
S. appendicukius ; caulibus elongatis teretibus, foliis
pedunculo elongate, racemo terminale brevi paucifloro pendulo,
teretibus obtusis,
oblongo-obovatis
A CENTUBY OP INDIAN OECHIDS ; (J. D. HOOKER).
petalisque paullo augustioribus, labelli calcaro infundibulai'i conico sub-iucurvo 2-
loculari lobis parvis, lateralibus rotundatis v. acutis, terminali brevi incurvo. Book f.
Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 67. S. teretifolius. Reichh. f. in Trans. Linn. Soe. xxx. 136 {non
Lindl.). Aerides appendiculatuni. Wall. Cat. n. 7c 15; Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orchid, 242.
HAB.—BDRMAH; TAVOY, Wallich] MOULJIEIII, Grijjilh, Parish. KHASIA HILLS and
ASSAM, Simons {Ic. in Barb. Calcuiia).
Stems 6—13 in., from a branching pubescent rooting rhizome, as thick as a duck's
quill, curved or flesaous, dark green spotted with red, throwing out here and there
very long, stout roots. Leaves 3—5 in., as thick as the stem, curved, dark green, speckled
towards the base. Peduncle sui>ra-axillary, 6 — 10 in., slender, dccurved, dark green with
a few short brown sheaths; raceme 2 in., rachis rather thickened; bracts small; pedicel
very short, with the ovary f in. long; flowers | in, diam. Sepals and petals widelj'
spreading, subacute, yellowish, with three broad rod nerves, the outer pair branching
outwards. Lip rather shorter than the sepals; spur yellow, streaked and tipped with
red; lobes pink, nearly triangular in outline, as broad from the base of the column to
the midlobe as from tbe latter to the base of the spur; midlobe with a callus at its
base; spur with " a transverse septum towards the base"?
. In the Flora of British India I have described B. appmdicdaim from Moulmein specimens as
having fiowers ¿ in. diam., with yellow green sepals and petals, the side lobes of the lip acuminate,
the spur with a longitudinal septum, aud the pollinia as very large. The abo7e suggests that the
Khasian plant here figured j^iay be specifically different from the Moulmein one, which is the type of
the species. The latter win be figured in the " loones Plautanim."
Figure 1, flower; 2, ovary, cohxtn
enlarged.
witli sootioa of lip; 4, 5, aatlier; 6, pollinia
P L A T E 77.
SAUCANTHUS SECUNDUS, Griff.
^ S. secundus\ eauHbus elongatis gracilibus teretibus, foliis elongatis anguste lineari
ensiformibus-lauceolatisve longe acuminatis basin versus angustatis, racemis gracilibus
laxifloris foliis multo brevioribus, floribus sabsecundis pallido rufo-flavis, sepahs obovatoob
ongis petalisque obtusis, labello crasse carnoso conico-infundibulari obtuso, lobis lateralibus
dcntiformibiis teiminali parvo ovato acuto incurvo. GrifT. Notul iii 302 et Ic
PI Asial. t 336; Book. f . Fl. Brit, Ind. vi. 67. Micropera'pallida, Lindl in. Wall,
cat. 71. 7321, pariim {non Gen. and Sp. Orchid).
SYLHET,
Stm S-\S in., about as thick as a goose-quill, rootmg towards the leafless slieathed
base, eafy above. Leaves i - 7 by X-^in., distichous, spreading and recurved, deeply
channelled, 5-nerved, bright gi-een, obscurely retuse on one side at some distancò in )
below the very slender subulate apex. Racemes shorter than the leaves, pendulous •
bracts nunute; pedicel with ovaiy i i„., nearly straight ; flowers ^ in, diam. an d
diffused band, and sometimes margined, 'wi t h spur about as long as the sepals-
ANN. EOT. BOT, GAKD. CALC., YOL. Y.