Sarcanthus Lindl., Coll. Bot. t. 89B, Jan. 1826, not 
Lindl. 1824. 
Type: Sarcanthus rostratus Lindl. 
This generic name is a later homonym, hence illegiti- 
mate. It is a synonym of the earlier Cleisostoma BI. 
Sarcoglyphis Garay, gen. nov. 
Type: Sarcanthus mirabilis Rehb.f. 
Etymology: saraw= flesh and glyphon= carving, in 
reference to the more or less prominent, fleshy rostellum 
which sits on top of the clinandrium like a carved orna- 
ment upon which the pollinia recline so as to be in a 
dorsal position. 
Sepala petalaque libera, aperta, subsimilia, nisi petala 
minora vel angustiora. Labellum lobatum, calcaratum, 
basi columnae adnatum, intus dorsaliter callosum. Co- 
lumna humilis, apoda, plus minusve cylindrica. Clinan- 
drium humile. Rostellum carnosum, valde evolutum, 
arcuatum, apice acutum. Stigma suborbiculare sub ros- 
tello. Pollinia 4, distineta, globosa, per caudiculam 
prominentem stipiti lineari-spathulati angulatim affixa; 
glandula minuta, subglobosa. Anthera rostrata. 
Herbae epiphyticae; caulibus satis abbreviatis, folio- 
sis; foliis distichis, carnosis, apice inaequalibus; infloren- 
tiis axillaribus, pendulis, racemosis, laxe multifloris, 
basin versus infra folia natis. 
This new genus differs from Cleisostoma Bl. (Sarcan- 
thus Lindl.) in the shape of the fleshy rostellum upon 
which the pollinia archingly recline; the pollinia are dis- 
tinetly 4, each of which is attached to the slender stipe 
through a thin caudicle at aright angle. Cleisostoma has 
an entirely different rostellum and the pollinia are 2 in 
number, each separated into unequal halves. 
Sarcoglyphis flava (Hook.f.) Garay, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Saccolabium flavum Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 58, 1890. 
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