Tab. 5030. 



SARCANTHUS erinaceus. 



Hairy-stem med Sarcan th us. 



Nat. Ord. Obchide^e. — Uy.sammua Moxakdhta. 

 Gen. Char. {Vide supra, Tab, 1039.) 



Sarcanthus erinaceus ; pedunculo muriculato echinato racemoso, bract pis 

 triangulis abbreviatis echinulatis, ovariis pediccllatis nque eehinnlatis, 

 sepalis oblongis acutis seque echinatis, petalis Hgulatis obtusis, labello 

 excavato tridentato, utrinque sub columna plieato, dentibus lateralibus 

 bidentatis, dente medio producto triangulo, calcare rctrorso conico- 

 cylindraceo vacuo, gibbere pandurato sub columna, columna gracili 

 elongata, rostello deflexo subulato elongato apice bidentato, caudicula. 

 ab ovato basi lineari, polliniis in stipite bifido centrice caudicula; in- 

 sert© reflexis. liclib. in Oard. Chron. 1866. 



Aebides dasypogon. Sort., non Lindl. 



Saecanthus Stowellianus. Batem., mss. 



The first plant that I ever saw of this pretty Sarcanfhus 

 was bought, under the name of Aerides rubrvm, about ten 

 years ago, at one of Stevens's sales. After several years' culti- 

 vation, it flowered at Knypersley, and as I first noticed the 

 open blossoms as I was passing through the Orchid houses 

 in company with my lamented friend Hugh Stowell, I called 

 it provisionally after him. I did not, however, describe or 

 collate it at that time, and as I shortly afterwards met with it 

 in Messrs. Low's collection under the name of Aerides dasypo- 

 gon, I too hastily concluded that such was probably its 

 real name, and made no further inquiries into the matter. 

 In the autumn of last year, however, I met with the plant 

 again — a nd this time under the name of Sarcanthm erinaceus 

 — in the Royal Gardens at Kew, where it had been seen by 

 Professor Reichenbach, and named as above by him. This 

 name, which well describes the peculiarly shaggy or hedge- 

 hog-like appearance of the flower-stems, must therefore 

 march 1st, 1867. 



