215 



S. sordida, N.EBr, 



ing the grooves ; 

 at Kew. 



Fig. 8. 



Plant i nat. size; A^ section at middle of leaf, show- 

 B, fiower, both nat. size. From the type cultivated 



\ 



in a cluster, erect or ascending and pale dingy greenisli wlien 



becoming horizontal " * ' 



in 



bud. 



or distinctly 



IT T 1 -1 , ^ drooping when 



expanded; pedicels i-| m. lon^, jointed at or below the middle. 



with the persistent part i-^ in. long, slender; tube 3i-5 lin. 

 long, white or greenish; lobes 7-8 lin. long, rerolute, linear, 

 obtuse, white on the inner face, green with minute dull purplish 

 dots on the back. The inflorescence collectively is of a pale dull 

 greenish colour, 



Native cou^-try unknown-. Described from a living plant culti- 

 -vated at Kew, which flowered in March, 1910. 



