. Structure from any member of that genus. The flowers 
of S. solomonensis, as is the case with many members of 
the genus Sarcochilus, are singularly fugacious, but after a 
short interval another crop of bloom is borne by the 
same inflorescence. The genus has a wide range in 
South-eastern Asia and extends from India to North 
Australia. - 
Description.—Herb, epiphytic, in habit resembling a Phalaenopsis; stem 
short, erect. Leaves distichous, recurved, oblong, obtuse or oblique and slightly 
2-toothed at the tip, 8-10 in. long, 2-2} in. wide. Sepals axillary, nearly straight 
or somewhat curved, occasionally slightly pendulous, 12-14 in. long ; racemes 
rather dense, very many-flowered ; bracts spreadin g, triangular-ovate, acuminate, 
Sa long, concave at the base ; pedicels spreading, slender, nearly 2 in. long. 
ers pale buff, with small brown Spots. Sepals somewhat. spreading, 
obovate, obtuse, 2~s in. long, cuneately narrowed at the base. Petals some- 
what spreading, about as large as the sepals. Lip shortly clawed, 8-lobed, 
+ in. long; claw linear ; lateral lobes somewhat spreading, oblong, obtuse 
or minutely toothed ; mid-lobe very small, quadrate, toothed at the tip ; disk 
crested; spur erect, oblong, obtuse. Column oblong, about 34, in. long. 
Pollinia 2, obovoid ; stipe clavate-oblong ; gland scale-like, 
TAR. 8787.—Fig. 1, lip and column; 2, part of lip ; 8, anther-cap ; 4, pollinia; 
5, sketch of an entire plant :—all enlarged except 5, which is much reduced, 
