Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 175 



1. S. UNGUicuLATus, Liiidl. Bot. Eeg. 1840. Misc. 67. Stem 

 short stout, about 8 inclies long. Leaves lorate thickened coriaceous 

 blunt, 6 inches long 1^ inch wide, sheaths about | inch long. Raceme 

 5 inches long thickened upwards. Bracts ovate small. Flowers large 

 over an inch across, pedicel and ovary 1 inch long. Sepals and petals 

 lanceolate, petals subacute, acute white or yellow. Lip short lateral 

 lobes incurved oblong large, falcate, purple midlobe broad, at base 

 and abruptly narrowed to the blunt apex, a low callus between the 

 side lobes, and a large double one behind, all yellowish spotted purple, 

 spur short globose, narrowed in at tlie base. Column broad narrowed 

 at base dilate upwards, foot long white. Anther ovate shortly beaked, 

 var, aureus. Sepals and petals vellow. Sarcochilus aureus, Hook, 

 tn. Fl. Brit. Ind. YI. p. 35. Ann. lioy. Bot. Gard. Calc. V. 64. 



Perak (Kunstler). Distribution Borneo, Philippines. 



2. S. CALiGARis, Pidl. Trans. Linn. Soc. III. 373. Stem very 

 short. Leaves lorate falcate acute unequally bifid 3-5 inches long f 

 inch wide. Eaceme half inch long, rachis not thickened. Flowers 3 

 or 4 f-1 inch across fugacious. Bracts ovate acute. Sepals lanceolate 

 acute. Petals subspatlndate narrower, all white. Lip side lobes 

 quadrate or linear erect crimson, midlobe very small refuse white, 

 witli two yellow spots at its base, spur short broad clul:>bed. Column 

 beaked. Pollinia elliptic, pedicel broadly triangular spathulate disc 

 triangular small, liostellum bifid with acute lobes. Capsule linear 

 4 inches long. Phaktenopsis fugax, Kranzlin Gard. Chron. 1893. II. 

 p. 360. (e descr). 



Singapore in dense forest : Bukit Timah, Chan Chu Kang, etc., 

 (Eidley) ; Pahang: Pekan (Ridley) ; Selangor: Kwala Lumpur Caves 

 (Ridley); Perak (Herb. Bot. Gard. Singapore). 



3. S. CLADOSTACHYs, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 35. Stem 

 short, leaves crowded lorate apex bifid, 6-12 inches long l|-3 inches 

 wide. Peduncle 1-2 inches long, rachis thickened, few flowered. 

 Bracts ovate acute. Flowers 1^ inch across, cream colour. Sepals 

 and petals lanceolate acuminate. Lip shorter, side lobes oblong ob- 

 tuse pale purple midlol)e bifid lobes quadrate, spur globose spotted 

 with purple. Column short. Anther acute in front. Foot of column 

 spotted purple. Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc. p. 43. t. 64. 



Perak (Kunstler, Scortechini). Differs from S. caligaris in 

 its large leaves, thickened rachis, and acuminate sepals and petals. 



4. S. STENOGLOTTis, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 34. Stem short 

 and stout about 3 inches long. Leaves ol)]ong lorate coriaceous broad- 

 ly obtuse, 8 inches long 2| inches wide. Raceme 3 inches long 

 thickened upwards many flowered. Flowers half an inch across 

 opening one and 2 at a time fugacious. Bracts small ovate. Sepals 

 oblong obtuse, laterals broader. "Petals lanceolate obtuse, all -whitCj 



