Sarcanthus.] OxLvitt, OROHIDEX. (J.D. Hooker.) 69 
_ tt Stem short or 0. 
9. S. erinaceus, Reichb. f. in Bot. Zeit. 1864, 298; leaves linear- 
oblong subacute channelled, racemes longer than the leaves pendulous 
laxly many-fld. hirsute, sepals and smaller petals oblong-obovate white, 
side lobes of lip broad midlobe ovate-oblong obtuse, spur shorter than the 
sepals saccate. Dot. Mag. t. 5030. S. Stowellianus, Batem. mss. 
TENAsSERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. : 
Stem short, as thick as the little finger. Leaves close set, 2-3 by $ in., recurved, 
coriaceous, Racemes 4-6 in., rachis slender purple; bracts minute; flowers $ in. 
diam. ; pedicel with ovary 3-$ in. ; side lobes of lip with acute outer angles, spu: wit 1 
asinuous ridge at the mouth, and with a broad plate extending downwards rom E 
base of the pink midlobe, dorsal callus didymous ; column stout, recurved, bea 
decurved, base broad; anther long-beaked, strap of pollinia very slender, gland 
minute, 
l0. S. laxus, Reichb. in Bot Zeit. 1886, 378; in Saunders Refug. 
Bot. t. 109; leaves very sheet broad fleshy, raceme 6-8 in., sepals broadly 
oblong obtuse, petals obovate-oblong, side lobes of lip erect, midlobe very 
short obtuse concave, spur broadly conical obtuse. 
TENASSERIM: at Moulmein, Griffith, Parish. ; 
Stem 0. Leaves 24-3 by 1-1 ne linear-oblong, obtusely 2-lobed, clouded with 
Purple beneath, Peduncle slender, branched at the base, very lax-fid. ; l Ges 
minute ; pedicel with ovary horizontal, 2 in. long; flowers yellow, ben 2 lab ons; 
with à narrow longitudinal plate at the base within ; dorsal callus 2-lobed, gla log, 
column rather long rostellum elongate, deflexed 3 strap of globose pollinia e WW 
sleuder, gland minute — Verv near S, erinaceus. There are two specimens " or 
ew., both from the Royal Gardens; in one the sepals and petals are of Chi TO? ies 
than in the other, and the raceme much longer. A drawing of a flower of t the. ec ur 
ban Herb. Lindl., marked ^ India (Griffith) Loddiges.” The ridge within VT 
ardly amounts to a septum, and the species is therefore intermediate betw 
Sarcanthus aud Cleisostoma. 
ll S. Parishii, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5217 ; leaves 4—6 in. lorate keeled 
unequally obtusely 2-fid, racemes or panicles elongate many an ax. d, 
Sepals ovate obtuse, petals smaller narrower oblong, side lo thay the 
Tounded, midlobe broadly ovate, straight or recurved, spur longer than 
Sepals narrowly conical curved. 
TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. imbricati 
-2 in., roots very stout. Leaves few, divaricate, bases closely A 
Racemes 6-16 in.; bracts minute, ovate, acute ; flowers } in. diam., go ral allus 
j Pals and petals striated with red; spur septate below the middle, dorsal callus 
arge; column short; anther acuminate, pollinia didymous oblong shortly stipit 
i ow the tip of the narrowly spathulate strap (as in sect. Uncifera of Saccolabium), 
Band minute, 
12. e lorifolius, Parish mss.; leaves very thick curved linear 
channelled keeled obtusely notched, scape flexuous and rachis of panic » 
ease-fid. spikes stout bracts reflexed, lateral sepals broadly o Wée e, 
Petals more oblong obtuse, side lobes of lip subulate, midlobe ovate concave, 
"Par longer than the sepals. Hook. f. Ic. Plant. ined. 
TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. : t 
P, 3-4 in., stout, few leaved. Leaves 4- by 3-4 in, sheath lato ; sepals 
*duncle 4 in., green, sheaths obtuse; spikes 3-4 in. ; bracts donna d sal callus 
e Petals yellow with red; spur white, half 2-celled by vertical lamella, € » not long 
YMous ; columa short; anther short, broad, pollinia didymous, strap 
