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Sarcanthus.] OXLVII, ORCHIDEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 67 
2. S. Williamsoni, Reichd. f. in Hamb. Gartenzeit. 1865, 333; in 
` Gard. Chron, 1865, 674; leaves 4-5 in., racemes long laxly many-fid., 
sepals ovate-oblong, petals smaller oblong, side lobes of lip erect oblong 
Die subfalcate, midlobe incurved fleshy thickly clawed acuminate, spur 
globose. 
TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Berkeley. 
Stem nearly as thick as a goose-quill Leaves 1 in. diam., curved, obtuse. 
Racemes 6-8 in., slender, sometimes branched; bracts ovate-lanceolate ; flowers 4 in. 
diam., pedicelled, amethystine; spur with a narrow lamella from the base of the lip 
downwards and a large lobed pubescent dorsal callus; anther short; pollinia very 
minute subglobose, strap broadly obcordate (short, slender in Ic. Parish). 
3. S. appendiculatus, Hook. f.; leaves 3 in., racemes short few- 
fid., sepals oblong, petals smaller and narrower, side lobes of lip triangular 
acuminate, midlobe short incurved, column pubescent at the base in front, 
spur funnel-shaped slightly curved obtuse. S. teretifolius, EeicAb. f. 
n Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 136 (not of Lindl.. Aerides appendiculatum, 
Wall. Cat. 7315; Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 249. 
Tavor, Wallich. TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Griffith, Parish. 
Stem as thick as a duck's quill, rigid. Leaves } in. diam., obtuse. Racemes 
-2 in. ; bracts minute; pedicels short; flowers 1 in. diam.; petals and sepals re- 
flexed, yellow-green ; lip rose-pink, spur 2-celled below the middle by a lamina 
descending from the base of the midlobe; dorsal callus very large, lobed, pubescent 
at the base; anther short; pollinia very large, strap broadly triangular-ovate.— 
ery near §. teretifolius of China, but flowers very much smaller and spur longer. 
** Leaves flat or channelled. 
t Stem elongate, scandent or pendulous. 
4. S. secundus, Grif. Notul. iii. 362; Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 336; stem 
slender elongate, leaves 4-7 in. narrowly linear-lanceolate acuminate, 
racemes slender, flowers subsecund, sepals oblong obtuse, petals smaller, 
aide lobes of lip tooth-like, midlobe small ovate acute concave, spur conico- 
ciundibular obtuse gibbous dorsally. Micropera pallida, Lindi. in Wall. 
at. 7321 (in part), (not of Gen. & Sp. Orchid.). 
rn, Wallich. UppER Assam, Griffith. | 
faves CA in. broad, rigid, 5-nerved ; sheaths 3-1 in., deeply grooved when dry. 
zemes shorter than the leaves, peduncle and rachis slender; bracts minute, 
pedicel with ovary } in. ; flowers in. diam. ; sepals and petals red with white or 
lon hen Margins and central band ; lip rose-cold., very fleshy, spur white with a 
anc o tual septum, dorsal callus 2-lobed ; column stout, short, rostellum subulate ; 
a er long-beaked, strap of globose pollinia slender, dilated above, gland minute. 
paie i in., ellipsoid or oblong, ribs low.—Referred to under 5. peninsularis as 
Fron y that plant by Lindley (in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 39), but is very different. 
SE drawing in Herb. Calcutt. this would seem to be the original 
o XPhyllus, of Wallich's mss. ; and that Lindley inadvertently trausferred that 
me to No, 16, , 
5. S. peninsularis, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. iii. (1857), 249; 
ohn 1-6 in., flowers deflexed, sepals and smaller petals obovate-oblong 
"se, side lobes of lip short erect subacute, midlobe small incurved acute, 
Ip nical subacute dilated above. Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 39 ; 
Tet ht”, vi 891; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 264. S. pauciflorus, Wight 
'* 1747 (bad). Saccolabium acuminatum, Thwaites Enum. 34. 
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