84 CXLVIII. ORCHIDE®. (J.D. Hooker.) ` [Sarcochilus. 
elongate glabrous, side lobes of lip falcate, midlobe decurved with a re- 
curved tip. Ærides suaveolens, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 473. Ornitharium stria- 
tulum, Lindl. in Pact. Fl. Gard. iii. 473 (figure bad). Ornithochilus 
striatulus, Hort. Caleutt, Thrixspermum teres, Reichb. f. Xen. Orchid. 
ii. 121, 123 t. 140 (excl. syn.), in Trans. Linn, Soc. xxx. 136. 
CHITTAGONG, Roxburgh. TENASSERIM; at Moulmein, Parish. . 
Stem slender, scandent. Leaves 3-6 by 3-% in., many-nerved, coriaceous, base 
contracted. Racemes 3-6 in., shortly peduncled, lax-fld. ; rachis stout ; bracts small, 
rounded ; flowers A A in. diam., yellow speckled with red, very fragrant ; lip rather 
laterally compressed ; midlobe light purple or speckled with pink.— Reichenbach has 
referred this to the Javan P. radicans, Hassk. (Dendrocolla teres, Blume), a very 
much larger plant, with oblong obtusely 2-lobed or notched leaves, racemes 2-3 ft. 
long, and larger flowers (of which there is a drawing in Herb. Lindl). The lip 38 
curious, the limb being a terete spur with a minute mouth close to the claw, much 
as in Micropera and Sarcochilus Berkeleyi. 
2. S. muriculatus, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1881, ii. 198; leaves 
6-9 in. lorate, racemes very short, peduncle and rachis viscid, lip shortly . 
clawed saccate, side lobes broadly ovate obtuse, midlobe small obtusely 
2-partite pubescent. 
ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Kurz, Berkeley. 
Stem 6-8 in., stont, rooting below. Leaves l-in. broad, obliquely notched or 
2-lobed, lobes rounded. Scape with raceme 24-3 in., strict; bracts broad, obtuse; 
flowers about j in. diam., light yellow, sweet-scented ; sepals and petals with two 
purple bars; column rather long; anther ovate, pollinia globose, strap short flat, 
gland small.—The lip is that of Sect. II. 
* 3. S.stenoglottis, Hook. f.; stem very short stout, leaves broadly 
lorate, tip broad rounded emarginate, peduncle shorter than the leaves 
pendulous many-fid., sepals subsimilar oblong obtuse, petals as long 
narrower obovate-oblong acute, lip nearly as long as the sepals very narrow 
laterally flattened curved shortly clawed, with two small rounded auricles 
beyond the claw, an elongated cup with toothed margins along the top 
and an ellipsoid compressed terminal spur. 
? Perak, Scortechini.— DISTRIB. Sumatra, King’s Collector. 
Stem as thick as the thumb. Leaves decurved, 6-10 by 11-2 in., nearly flat. 
Peduncle, 3 in., stout, deflexed, dull purple; bracts very small, ovate; pedicel with 
ovary à in.; flowers 3-2 in. diam., very pale primrose; sepals and petals many- 
nerved; lateral sepals with faint red bars near the base; lip white, the elongated 
cup on the upper margin is edged with pink, and extends for about two-thirds of its 
length, a perforation at the distal end leads to the hollow compressed ellipsoid 
straight spur, which is in a straight line with the body of the lip, and resembles A 
terminal lobe ; column winged narrowly to near the base, tip acute, rostellum beaked ; 
anther shortly beaked, membranous ; pollinia long, strap spathulate, gland small.— 
Deseribed from similar materials as S. aureus. 
4. S. brachyglottis, Hook. f.; stem very short, leaves elongate 
oblanceolate acuminate, peduncle short few-fld., sepals spreading subequa 
lanceolate acuminate, tips horned at the back, petals nearly as long oblong- 
obovate obtuse, lip very small laterally flat as seen in profile subcuneate 
and obtusely 3-lobed in front, column very short subglobose, foot 0. 
Perak, King’s Collector. 
Stem 1-2 in., curved. Leaves 4-8 by 1-1} in., pendulous, finely acuminate, 
nearly flat, keeled beneath. Peduncle 1 in., stout ; bracts minute, broad, persistent j 
flowers $ in. diam. ; sepals and petals white with a faint pink blush, nerves obscure; 
lip not half the length of the sepals, adnate to the foot of the column, so compressed 
