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1832 
SARCOCHILUS falcatus. 
Falcate-leaved Sarcochilus. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACEE $ VANDER. 
SARCOCHILUS, R. Br. Perianthium patens. Sepala lateralia cum 
ungue labelli subtüs connata. Petala conformia. Labellum ecalcaratum, cum 
ungue columnz continuum, calceiforme ; lobo intermedio cárnoso solido, laterali- 
bus ascendentibus petaloideis. Columna brevissima, marginibus tenuibus inflexis. 
Anthera bilocularis, valvis antheree inferioribus deflexis erosis. Pollinia caudi- 
cula lineari affixa. glandulá deltoideà. Epiphyta acaulis, vel brevissimê cau- 
lescens. Folia disticha, lineari-lanceolata, subcoriacea. Racemi azillares, 
erecti, 3-6-flori, secundi. Bractew breves, late, ovate. Flores mediocres. 
S. falcatus. R. Br. Prodr. 332. Lindl. g. & sp. orch. 142. 
This rare plant has been sent me both by Mr. Bateman 
and Messrs. Loddiges. The drawing was made in the col- 
lection of the latter gentlemen in April last. 
It is a native of New Holland and near Hunters River ; 
but so rare that I have never yet received a single native 
specimen except an imperfect one for which I was some 
years since indebted to Dr. Brown, who however saw it only 
in an imperfect state. 
The flowering specimens, with which my garden friends 
have supplied me, while they have enabled me to complete 
my account of it, have also shown that this hitherto little 
known species is really an extremely pretty little plant, 
which, without any of the gaudy colours of many of its tribe, 
is so neat and simple in its appearance as to be sure to capti- 
vate the feelings of every lover of nature. 
It must be treated just like other Orchideous Epiphytes. 
