Sarcochilus.] CXLVIII, ORCHIDEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 41 
PERAK, Scortechini. 
Stem 6 in., very stout, covered by the sheaths, internodes $ in. _ Leaves 4-6 by 
1-1} in., coriaceous. Peduncle equalling or longer than the leaves (9 in. in Ic. Scort.) ; 
raceme 2 in., bracts close set, 2 in. long; sepals 2} in. long, 3 in. broad at the base 
and petals yellow; lip yellowish, thickly mottled with rusty red outside; pollinia 
4, 2 much smaller, adnate to the larger; gland lunate, strap oblong. Capsule 
4-5 by Lin.—I know these noble species only from a drawing and description by 
Scortechini. 
30. S. Arachnites, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 498; stem elongate, 
leaves loriform, peduncles shorter than the leaves, sepals and petals linear- 
anceolate caudately acuminate 3-5-nerved, lip saccate, side lobes falcate, 
midlobe tongue-shaped laterally flattened obtuse puberulous. S. serrze- 
formis, Reichb. f Lc. Dendrocolla Arachnites, Blume Bijdr. 287, t. 67. 
ZErides Arachnites, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 238. Liparis serrzeformis, 
Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1946; Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 33 (excl. Ceylon plant). 
Thrixspermum Arachnites, Reichd. f. Xen. Orchid. ii. 121. 
Assam, Jenkins, Mann. KHASIA Mrs., alt. 4000 ft., Clarke. TENASSERIM and 
AYVOY, Wallich, Parish. PgNANG, Kunstler (Ic. in Hort. Caleutt.). —DIsTRIB. 
aya. 
Stem 6-12 in., curved or tortuous, internodes short; roots most numerous and 
‘long. Leaves 3-6 by 3-3 in. Peduncles many, 2-4 in., solitary or in pairs, bracts 
in; sepals and petals 1} in., yellow; lip mottled with red ; column very short ; 
pollinia oblong, curved, strap very small, quadrate, gland still smaller, lunate. 
Capsule 2-23 in. 
31. S. complanatus, Hook. f.; habit, foliage and inflorescence of 
S. Arachnites, but flowers very much smaller, sepals and petals 3-3 in. 
acute not caudate, lip a small sessile cup with an incurved minute midlobe 
and a callus in the concavity. Dendrocolla serreformis, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. 
Orchid. 33 (the Ceylon plant only); Thwaites Enum. 307. Epidendrum 
complanatum, Metz Obs, vi. 50. Limodorum complanatum, Wilid. Sp. Pl. 
1v. 126 ; Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 127. l 
CEYLON, Macra+, Walker ; Ambagamowa and Saffragam districts, rare, Thwaites. 
Like 8. Arachnites. I can distinguish it only by the very different flower 
and form of the lip; and for these characters I am indebted to a copy ofa drawing 
In the Peradeniya Dot. Garden. The leaves vary from 2-7 by 4-4 in., obtuse or un- 
Sal notched ; the peduncle from 1-3 in., and the raceme from 1-5 in.; capsule 
"sin, linear, straight; pollinia 4 in unequal pairs narrow, quite distinct, and without 
Strap or gland in the figure.— There is a specimen of this in Herb, Rottler, without 
abitat, named Epidendrum complanatum, Retz. Obs. vi. 50. 
. 92. S. brach stachys, Hook. f. ; stem rigid, sheaths 1-2 in. strongly 
Del when dry, leaves oblong, "edd with the few-fld. raceme much 
shorter than the leaves, sepals oblong and obovate-oblong petals obtuse, 
Side lobes of sessile lip faleate incurved, midlobe as long fleshy oblong, 
Spur scrotiform. 
PENANG ; on blocks of stone amongst decayed leaves, Maingay. tched 
D as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves 23-3 by $-1 in. obtuse, na n 
eduncles at every node with the raceme 1 in., very stout, rigid ; bracts 3. column 
vb rounded ; sepals and petals about 1 in. Jong, keel narrowly winged ; column 
ery short ; anther low, not beaked. 
35.8 ; igi ather distant ob- 
ZC: pauciflorus, Hook. f.; stem rigid, leaves r i 
long obtuse, peduncle much hortor than the leaves 2-3-fid., sepals oblong- 
needlate acute, petals nearly as large obovate-obloug obtuse, lip stipitate, 
