299 CXX. ORCHIDE. leee 
Pollen-masses 4 in pairs on a what flattened caudicle. —Epiphy- 
tical herbs. Stems short, gionis "i with the prominent persistent 
truncate bases of the leaves or leafless. Leaves flat and often falcate, 
or narrow-linear, or none. Racemesaxillary. Bracts small. Capsules 
usually linear or narrow-oblon 
The genus is spread over East India and the Archipelago, with one New Zeala nd 
nem. but the Au etg ones appear to be all endemic. Heichenbach having iden- 
ified Loureiro's Thrixspermum as a species of Sarcochilus has adopted his generic 
pebetivaied for the universally received one of Sarcochilus, nor can we corr 
ing to the rules of etymology without interfering with T'richospermum, pony in 
Leaves hiir, lanceolate or SEEN Middle lobe of the labellum 
.. short and toothlike, glabro: 
Lateral age adnate t the [ees only of the ro of the 
ich represents a claw to the labellu 
Sepals and jen narrow-linear, subulate- cies. 1 to 
‘ 1. S. di eei 
eph ud p? oblong, 6 to 7 lines lon ng 2. SS. fale 
Lateral sepals adnate to the whole of the projection "of the 
column. j 
Sepals (5 to 6 di twice as ONE as the labellum. i 
Pie and peta és ties ng . . 8. S. Fitzgeraldi. 
als and Leve linear-oblon ong 4. 8. olivaceus. 
Sepals (at bwin 5 lines) "ut little longer than the labellum 5. 8. parviflorus. 
Leaves narr lear or none, iddle 1 the labellum broad 
or éusbionlike and densely covered ih a white pubescence 
( Chiloschista). 
eaves linear. feiern qais adnate to the whole of the pro- 
n of the ec 
Be early 3 ume ong. Lateral lobes of the labellum 
m longer than be middle lobe and the dorsal ie m 
berance 6. S. Cecilie. 
M oe abont 1 1 lines... Lateral lobes of the labellum shorter 
an e broad middle lobe and the spurlike dorsal protu- 
7. S. Hillüi. 
No beris - Lateral sepals (about 2 lines) adnate only to the 
ase of the prdectin of the column ee momok tay a claw T 
to > the } abellum . 8. S. phyllorhizus. 
divitidorus, 1 F. Muell. Herb. Stems unknown. Leaves 
l. S. 
oblong, 3 to 4 in. long and nearly lin. broad, flat with prominent 
Scape or peduncle at 6 in. ae flowering from below the 
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