892 ORCHIDES. 



SARCANTIIUS. 



Periaiuhiiim siibpatens , diam. 5 lin. Sepala et peiala conformia, obovata , flava, 

 purpurco marginata; sepalnm supremum in columnam incumbons. Pollitiia biparlibilia, 

 glanduia in appendice rosteili horizontalis sphaerica. Denles in labelli utioijue mar- 

 gitie iiarvi. iruncaii. Labcllutn b. albo violaceo pictum. — Crescit in arboribus pr. 

 vicum Virdee io regno Warreensi ; fl. Jul. el Aug. 



Huc: Sarcanthus pauciflorus Wight Ic. V. (1851.) 1747: 



Leaves linear, acute; spikes simple, pendulous, few flowered, much 

 biiorter Ihan Ihe leaves; sepals obovale, acute or somewhat boalshaped, 

 ii)tlexed on the margins: petals narrower, obovate lanceolalc; spur in- 

 lundiliuliform, conical, curved outwards; lamina of the lip 3-lobed, lobes 

 all obtuse, the middle one much shorler, larger. 



Sepals pale yellow, with a reit margin , lip white or slightly tinged with yellow. 

 Malabar. Jerdon. 



5. SARCANTHUS OXYPHYLLUS Wall. in B. Reg. XXVJ, (1840.) Misc. 123 : 



Calcutla iinp. flowered in the garden of the Hort. soc. and proves to be nothing 

 more ilian a nnrrow-lt>aved variety of Sarcanlhus rostratus , a species of no beauty, 

 iong since introduced by tbe Iloriic. soc. from China. 



«. SARCANTHUS DEALBATUS Rchb. fil. Mss. Huc: Cleisostoma dealbattm LindL 



D. Reg. XXiX. (1843.) Misc. 5: 



Foliis linearibus canaliculatis carnosis dealbalis, spicis simplicibus 



glaucis, sepalis petalisque rotundatis, labelli calcare ovalo eraarginato 



lobis laleralilius acutis inlermedio ovalo carnoso mullo majore incurvo, 



columnae dente bilobo. 



An 0. pl. of little beauty, obtained from Manilla by Mssrs. Loddiges, ihrougb 

 Mr. Cuming. — The flowers before ihey expand are almost white , when open they 

 are bright yellow, wiih a while lip; but they are too small to produce much appea- 

 rance. 



7. SARCANTHUS PUGIONIFORMIS Rchb. fil. Huc : Angraecum jmgioniforme Klolzscb 

 Mss. in Ind. sem. Berl. 1853: 

 Caulescens; foliis distantibus, lanceolatis, crassis, coriaceis, uni- 

 costatis, basi attenuato-excavatis, margine tumidis, apice pungenlibus; 

 spica oppositifolia , pendula , versus apicem incrassata , multiflora; 

 bracteis persistentibus, miuutis, ovalis, acutis, fuscis, pafentibus; flori- 

 bus parvis, aessilibus; perigonii foliolis anguste obovalis, brevissime 

 aciitis, ex albido-flavescenlibus, st)rdide rubro-bistriatis, interioribus 

 paululum minoribus; labello subcarnoso, trilobo, calcarato, lobis latera- 

 libus aculissimis rectis flavescenlibus, lobo medio dilute lilacino cavo 

 aruto; ralcare pendulo, conico, emarginalo, albo, ovarii longitudine; gy- 

 nosteujio albo, peibrevi; pollinariis 2 orbicularibus, bipartibilibus; cau- 

 dicula tilirormi; glandula alba, bipartita. 



Caulis compressiusculus , crassitudine pennae cygneae , 9 pollices longus. Folia 

 primum conduplicata, deinde plana, 8 pollices longa , 6 — 7 lineas lata , atro-viridia, 

 costn subius prominente. Spica 7 pollices longa. Flores 4 lineas in diametro. Ger- 

 nien 2 lineas loiigum. 

 Caracas. Wagnner 



Ohs. Ipsissiinus Cl. Rouch^, inspcctor Ilorti Schocncbergensis mc certiorcm 

 fecit, plaiitam a domino Low t.ondincnsi iiidicam niissam fuisse. Locus caracasanus 

 igitur oinnino aeque ficlus. ac lol alia. Rchb. fil. 



