SarcocMhts.'] OrcJiidece. 185 



and a callus in the sinus); column much shorter than its foot; 

 pollinia 4, pyriform, those of each pair closely appressed ; fr. 

 \\ in., sessile, cylindric, straight. 



Montane zone; very rare (?). Central Prov. (Gardner); above Dun- 

 sinane Estate, Gt. Western Mt. (Nevill). Fl. Feb.; sep. and pet. bright 

 pale green, lip white. 



Endemic. I have not seen Gardner's specimens (C. P. 3385), and 

 C. P. 4016 are without locality. 



3. S. pulchellus, Trim. Syst. Cat. Ceyl. 89 (1885). 

 Dendrocolla pulchella^ Thw. Enum. 430. Cylindrochilus pulchellus., 



Thw. 1. c. 307. C. P. 2354. 

 Fl. B. Ind. vi. 39. 



Stem 2-3 in., erect, slender, rather flexuous; roots very 

 long, slender, tortuous, branched; 1. few, sessile, 2-2| in., 

 linear-oblong or loriform, strict or falcate, thickly fleshy, 

 tip rounded, obliquely 2-lobed; ped. longer than the 1., greatly 

 elongate in fr., slender, striate, with i or 2 minute sheaths ; 

 fl. \ in. across the sep., in a very short terminal spike \ in. long, 

 with a thickened rhachis, bracts coriaceous, imbricate, acute, 

 persistent, much shorter than the hardly pedicelled ov. ; 

 dorsal sep. oval, obtuse, 3-5-veined, lateral larger, oblong- 

 ovate, subacute, 5 -veined, adnate by a rather narrow base to 

 the foot of the column; pet. oblanceolate, obtuse, i -veined; 

 lip shorter than the sep., shortly clawed on the foot of the 

 column, semi-orbicular when spread out, with a deep broad 

 sac on the disk, broadly truncate in front, surface pubescent, 

 with a thick scurfy callus between the mouth of the sac and 

 outer margins, outer angles acute; pollinia 2, orbicular, 

 2-partite, compressed, strap very short, gland small, orbicular; 

 fr. 2-3 in. long, subsessile, slender, straight, base and tip 

 narrowed. 



Moist low country to 2000 ft. ; rather common. Peradeniya Gardens, 

 wild on trees ; Hantane ; Kaduganawa ; Kurunegala ; Heneratgoda. Fl. 

 April-June ; pure milk-white, lip tinged and spotted with orange. 



Endemic. A very pretty little plant when in full flower, formerly 

 frequent on the stems of the coffee bushes on estates. 



4. S. pugrionifolius, Hk.f. in Fl. B. Ind. vi. 196 (1890). 

 Hook. Ic. Plant, t. 2125, f. B. 



Stem very short, compressed ; roots tortuous, simple ; 1. 

 few, \\-2 in., elongate-subulate, acuminate, thickly coriaceous, 

 deeply channelled on the upper surface, tip setaceous, green, 

 sheath very short; ped. shorter than the 1., rather stout, green 

 dotted with red ; fl. about \ in. across the sep., in a very short 

 terminal spike, with a thickened rhachis and small coriaceous 

 acute persistent bracts; sep. subacute, dorsal oblong, 3-veined, 

 lateral much larger, adnate by a rather narroA^ base to the 



