igb Orchide(S. \SaccoIahium. 



2. S. flllforme, Lindl. injourn. Linn. Soc. iii. 36 (1859). 

 Schcenorc/iis juftcifolia, Thw. Enum. 304 (non Bl.). C. P. 633. 

 Fl. B. Ind. vi. 56. Wight, Ic. t. 1684 {Sarcanthus filiformis). 



Stem 6-12 in., about as thick as a crow-quill, terete, purple- 

 spotted, strong^ly curved, rigid, simple, naked below; inter- 

 nodes \-\ in.; roots long, stout, terete or flattened; 1. 3-5 in., 

 about as thick as the stem, acute; raceme ii-2 in., very 

 shortly peduncled, simple, dense-fld., rhachis stout; bracts 

 minute, lanceolate, pedicel with ov. \ in., erect; fl. \ in. 

 long, sep. obtuse, 3-veined, dorsal ovate-lanceolate, erect, 

 lateral linear; pet. \ in., shorter than the sep., broadly oval, 

 obtuse, 3-veined; lip a large inflated spur longer than the sep., 

 base rounded, side lobes erect, rounded, mid lobe small, ovate, 

 deflexed; column with 2 erect curved arms; anth hemi- 

 spheric, pollinia 2, globose, yellow, strap narrow, dilated 

 upwards, gland very large; fr. \ in., turgidly pyriform, 

 pedicel as long, spreading. 



Montane zone, 4-6000 ft., on trees; rather common. Fl. May; yellow, 

 sep. and pet. with orange veins. 

 Also in S. India. 



3. S. gracile, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 225 (1833). 

 Thw. Enum. 304. C. P. 2528. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 57. 



Stem 2-8 in., as thick as a crow-quill, flexuous or zigzag; 

 internodes \~\ in.; roots very slender, flexuous; 1. 2^-4 by 

 \ in,, elongate linear-lanceolate, acuminate, flat, straight or 

 falcate, narrowed at base and tip, midrib obscure ; racemes 

 4-6 in., pendulous, ped. and rhachis very slender, many-fld., 

 bracts minute, subulate, pedicel with ov., -jVin.; fl. \ in. long; 

 sep. broadly oblong, obtuse, i -veined, lateral larger; pet. 

 rather narrower, oblong, obtuse, i -veined; lip a long sub- 

 incurved obtuse spur, three times as long as the sep., side 

 lobes o, mid lobe very small, lanceolate; anth. depressed, 

 long-beaked, pollinia 2, globose, strap very slender, gland not 

 seen ; fr. globose, \ in. diam., pedicel /j i'^-. slender. 



Montane zone, about 4000 ft.; very rare. Hantane; Horton Plains. 

 Fl. July, May; white. 

 Endemic. 



4. S. brevifollum, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 225 (1833). 



Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 35. Thw. Enum. 304. C. P. 2341, 488. 

 Fl. B. Ind. vi. 57. 



Stem 6-10 in., stout or slender, scandent ; internodes 

 \-\ in.; roots very slender; 1, distichous, \-\ in., linear-oblong, 

 channelled along the centre, coriaceous, unequally 2-lobed ; 

 raceme i-U in., shortly peduncled, recurved, few- or many- 



