334 ORCHIDES. 
10. Anther seen from beneath, ditto vertically. 
1]. Lateral view of ditto. 
12. Back view of Pollinia etc. 
13. Lateral view of ditto. 
14. Inner view of one mass, shewing that it presents the 
usual composition. 
Has. In old orchards on trees. Malacca: Jan. 1842. 
Oss. It is a different speceis from the Mergue one. 
Herba rhizomata repente, fibro-squamata, pseudo-bulbis sul- 
catis confertis apice folia bina linearia coriacea canaliculata in- 
tegra gerentibus, 
OnNrTHIDIUM. 
Ornithidium coccineum Pl. CCCXVII. from the Epsom 
Garden 1831. 
]. Flower detached ; natural size. 
2-3. Flower viewed differently. 
4. Do. Sepals removed. 
5. Labellum and Column. 
6. Column and anther, labellum removed. 
7. Apex of the column with the pollinia attached. 
8. Anther with its cells. 
9. Pollinia and gland. 
10. Front view of the colamn and stigma. 
SARCOCHILUS. 
Sarcochilus lilacinus Gr. Pl. СССХХ. Fig. II. 
An irregularly decumbent Plant. 
Caulibus purparescent. (vaginis exceptis) vaginis medio 
cris, subancipitis. Foliis cordato-ovatis, apice recurvis carnos- 
sissimis, margine recurvis, basin auriculatis, auriculis amplexi- 
caulibus idoque fol. perfoliata videntur. 
Spica flexuosa compresa acute tetragona, angulis an- 
gustioribus excavatis, bracteis conduplico-carinatis, brevibus 
vaginantibus, distichis. 
