40 CXLVIII. ORCHIDEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Sarcochilus. 
8-10 in. filiform terete, peduncle much shorter than the leaves, lip a spur- 
like cylindric sac with orbicular side lobes. 
PERAK ; at Larut, on branches of trees, King’s Collector. 
Stem in the only specimen 3 in.; sheaths 4 in., strongly ribbed; roots very long 
and slender. Leaves about 1 in. diam., flexuous. Peduncles 15-3 in.; spike 4—4 in. ; 
bracts 3, in., broadly ovate, obtuse, fleshy; pedicel and ovary 4 in.; flowers white; 
sepals } in., oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, lateral adnate to the broad foot of the column; 
petals obtuse, 7-nerved ; lip sessile, side lobes large, midlobe the lunate apex of the 
subeylindrie round basal sac, calli 0; column very short, foot broad fleshy.— 
Flowers much like those of S. Trimeni, but habit very different. 
26. S. merguensis, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. ined.; stem short, peduncles 
much shorter than the small linear-oblong leaves, bracts imbricate erect, 
capsule 1-11 in. linear terete beaked. 
TeNASSERIM ; at Mergui, Griffith (in Herb. Lindl.). 
A remarkable little species, with the stem 4 in. long, clothed with the imbricating 
bases of the distichous leaves, which are about an inch long. Peduncles 1-1 in., fili- 
form ; raceme } in.; bracts ovate, acuminate, Capsule shortly pedicelled, j in. 
diam., striate, beak A in. . 
Sect. VIII. CúcuLLa, Benth. in Gen. Plant. iii. 575. (See p. 33.) 
27. S. lilacinus, Griff. Notul. ii. 934; Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 320, f. ii.; 
stem elongate, leaves amplexicaul ovate-cordate, peduncle very long, sepals 
and petals broadly ovate many-nerved, lip saccate, side lobes falcate obtuse, 
midlobe small recurved, disk with a prominent callus. Walp. Ann. vi. 499. 
S. amplexicaulis, Reichb. f. in Walp. l. c. Dendrocolla amplexicaulis, 
Blume Bijdr. 288. rides amplexicaule, Lindl. Gen. & Sp.. Orchid. 239. 
Orsidice amplexicaulis, Reichb. f. in Bonpland. ii, 93. ^ Thrixspermum 
amplexicaule & lilacinum, Reichb. f. Xen. Orchid. ii, 121. 
- MALAY PENINSULA ; from Perak to Singapore, in marshes.—Distris. Malay 
slands. 
Stem 2-3 ft., as thick as a goose-quill, decumbent, internodes 1-2 in. ; roots very 
slender. Leaves 14-2 in., tip rounded, sheaths smooth. Peduncle 8-10 in, ; sheaths 
obtuse, appressed ; raceme 1-8 in., few or many-fld.; rachis 4-angled ; bracts } in., 
obtuse, not imbricating; ovary very slender; sepals 1 in., lateral adnate to the 
produced foot of the column, and petals white lilac or bluish; lip white, yellowish 
and pubescent within, base with a tuft of hairs; column very short; anther hyaline; 
pollinia 4, pairs very unequal, oblong, sessile on a reniform strap. Capsule 4-6 in., 
linear, straight, angles narrowly winged. 
28, S. Scopa, Reichb. f. mss. in Herb. Kew (Thrixspermum) ; leaves 
linear-oblong sessile obtuse, peduncle rather longer than the leaves, sepals 
and petals lanceolate with very long capillary tails many-nerved, lip 
shortly stipitate saccate, side lobes falcate acute, midlobe small acute 
papillose, disk with a columnar callus. 
PERAK ; at Larut, on branches of trees, King’s Collector. 
Stem and roots like those of S. lilacinus; internodes 2 in. Leaves 3-4 in. 
coriaccous. Peduncle 2-8 in., at right angles to the stem; raceme 1 in, ; bracts 
j in., ensiform, subacute; sepals 1j long and petals many-nerved, margins of lip 
papillose. 
29. S. Scortechini, Hook. f.; leaves oblong lorate 2-lobed, peduncle 
very long rather slender, sepals and petals lanceolate with long narrow 
tips, lip saccate, side lobes short, midlobe conical obtuse fleshy. 
