38 CXLVIII. ORCHIDER. (J. D. Hooker.) [Sarcochilus 
NICOBAR ISLANDS; Berkely. 
Leaves 6-9 by 1-1} in., lorate, narrowed from above the middle to the base, 
obliquely obtüsely 2-lobed. Peduncle short, compressed ; raceme 4-6 in., drooping, 
with many erect white flowers ; bracts short, broad, membranous ; sepals 4 in. long, 
broadly ovate, lateral inserted on the long foot of the column; petals broadly obovate; 
midlobe of lip violet; column rather long, rostellum 2-cuspidate ; anther broad, low; 
pollinia 2, globose, strap short broad, gland orbicular. Capsule 5 in., narrow, curved. 
—The lip is unlike that of any other species of the genus, resembling rather that of 
ZErides. 
17. S; leopardinus, Par. & Reichb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 145 
(Thrixspermum) ; stem short, raceme few-fld. much shorter than the leaves, 
sepals broadly oblong, petals much smaller, lip sessile, side lobes wing-like 
oblong obtuse, midlobe small, spur large urceolate. 
TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. 
Stem 2-3 in., curved. Leaves 4-6 by $—1 in., lorate, fleshy, narrowed from the 
middle downwards, obtuse, many-nerved. Peduncle very stout; lower sheaths 
annular; bracts short, broad, obtuse; flowers yellow spotted with purple; sepals 
2 in. long, obtuse, lateral inserted on the long foot of the column, dorsal smallest; 
lip with a large dorsal callus over the mouth of the descending fleshy round-based 
spur; midlobe recurved, broadly ovate, caruncled, white spotted with purple; anther 
depressed, pollinia broadly pyriform, sessile on a small gland. 
18. S. viridiflorus, Hook. f. ; stem very short, leaves 2 by 2 in. 
faleately oblong, raceme shorter than the leaves 4-8 fld., lip narrowly 
clawed, side lobes faleate obtuse as long as the cylindric obtuse spur, 
midlobe reduced to a broad humid carunculate lobe. i ridi m, 
Thwaites Enum. 430. obe. Ærides viridifloru 
i15) Ar on trees in the Central Province, Gardner (C.P, 3385), Trimen (C.P. 
Leaves sessile, fleshy, nerveless, obliquely notched. Raceme half as long few-fld. ; 
bracts small, broad, obtuse, membranous ; flower } in. diam. ; lateral sepals broadly 
obliquely ovate, obtuse, 5-nerved, adnate to the short foot of the column for half 
its length, the other half forming the claw of the lip; petals linear oblong, obtuse 
1-nerved.—I have seen only one small specimen and a coloured drawing. 
19. S. hirsutus, Hook. f.; stem short, leaves lorate emarginate 
base narrowed, peduncle and very short raceme hirsute, lateral sepals ovate 
obtuse, petals oblong-obovate, lip very short stipitate on the prolonged foot 
of the column, side lobes elongate falcate, midlob ` d 
disk with a broad transverse plate in front o Side labes compressed 
f the side lobes. 
PERAK, Kunstler (Hort. Bot. Calc.) 
Leaves 4-8 by i-l} in., flat, narrowed from bey i i 
rounded with a notch. ` Peduncle with 4-6-fd. ecce D edle downwards, $ 
with ovary jin. ; flower subglobose, expanded 2 in. diam. ; sepals and tals volden 
barred with carmine ; lip pale, half as long as the sepals, claw dilated and coneave at 
the base of the side lobes, a short serrated cupular membrane rises between the base 
of the side lobes over the base of the narrow compressed midlobe; column rather 
long, base contracted ; anther shortly beaked, apiculate behind L-celled; ollinia 
globose, strap short linear, gland small,—Described from drawing in Hort. Qaleutt., 
and analysis of dried flower. It is very difficult to describ i 
` R s the structure of the lip; 
its claw may be the base of the column produced bey hei : Weg 
based lateral sepals. p ced beyond the insertion of the broad 
Sect. VII. Fornicarta, Benth. in Gen. Plant. iii, 575 
20. S. Hystrix, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi 
(See p. 33.) 
900; peduncle about a$ 
