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SARCANTHUS succisus. 
Bitten-leaved Sarcanthus. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Orchide®. Tribus Vandese Lindl. 
SARCANTHUS. Suprd, fol. 981. 
S. succisus: foliis oblongis apice praemorsis dentatis, spica simplice horizon- 
tali foliis longiore : rachi compressa, sepalis obtusis, calcare apice 
didymo inflato, stigmate fornicato. 
S. succisus. Lindley coll. bot. sub fol. 39. B. sine characters. 
Caulis compressus, erectus, foliosus, Jlexuosus, purpureo-maculatus, in- 
ternodiis nunc planis, nunc sulcatis, radices pallidas tortuosas promentibus. 
Folia disticha, vaginantia, cum vagina articulata, oblonga, subundulata, 
apice emarginata, succisa et erosa, avenia, purpureo paululum ad costam et 
margines superiorum maculata. Spica oppositifolia, foliis longior, horizon- 
tails, v. dependens, pedunculatus, pedunculo purpureo terete, distanter vdgi- 
nato, rachi compressd, clavatd. Flores magnitudine S. teretifoliae, ext us 
lividt! purpurei, intiis pallidb lutei, paulo purpureo maculati. Sepala 2 
exteriora lateralia patentia, subrotunda, subunguiculata, supremo erecto 
fornicato. Sepala interiora superiori appressa et conformia paululum minora. 
Labellum cucullatum, calcaratum, dependens, cum columna non articulatum, 
pallide! luteum, trilobum, lobis lateralibus columna longitudine truncatis 
anticb vittd unicd sanguined, intermedio ovato acuto carnoso convexo, caput 
aviculi simtdante. Calcar ad faucem fornicibus duabus semiclausum, apice 
didymum ventricosum. Columna parva, erecta, cum basi labelli connata, 
posticb sursum arcuata, marginibus infiexis antice camosis luteis approxi¬ 
mate fomicem super stigma formantibus, ad latera bicallosa, postic mu to 
evectior. Clinandrium excavatum, arcuatum, modo currus antiques. n- 
thera antice elonqata, subquadrata, unilocidaris, membranacea. Follmia 
duo, oblonqa, dura, cereacea, intiis alte sulcata apicibus caudicula adharen- 
tibus filiformi cartilagineee diaphanee pallide luteee in glandulam parvam 
denudatam desinenti. 
Native of China, whence it was brought for the Horti¬ 
cultural Society, in 1824, by Mr. John Damper Parks. 
Flowers in the stove in June and July. It thrives in a 
mixture of rotten wood and decayed vegetable mould, and 
