which are about one-sixth of an inch across. The tongue is short, very hirsute 
on the inside, and has prominent yellow glands. Treatment as for S. Ceciliae. 
Flowers in Spring and lasts two to three weeks. 
SARCOCHILUS OLIVACEUS. Native of Queensland and New South Wales. 
A pretty species which resembles S. falcatus in habit and form, the leaves being 
a little broader and darker in colour than those of that species. Racemes are short 
and bear three to five fragrant flowers about 3-inch in width. Sepals and petals 
are brownish-green, lip white streaked with red. Treatment as for S. falcatus. 
Flowers in Spring and lasts two to three weeks. 
SARCOCHILUS SPATHULATUS. Native of Queensland and New South Wales. 
A very small species found on Mt. Tambourine, the form and habit of which 
resemble those of S. Hillii. The racemes are short and very slender and carry 
one to three tiny flowers with oblong-ovate sepals and petals, and a large trilobed 
lip, the side lobes being erect and large and the front lobe spathulate. They are 
creamy or yellowish in colour. Flowers in Spring and lasts two to three weeks. 
Treatment as for S. falcatus. 
SARCOCHILUS UNGUICULATUS. Native of Burma, Malaya and Philippine 
Islands. 
Probably the finest of the genus, has short, thick stems and broad green leaves 
somewhat typical of Phalaenopsis. Flower spikes hang from the lower part of the 
stem and carry a number of pure white flowers about 1} inches across and of thick 
texture. The lip is fleshy and white, the side lobes being striped with red and the 
front lobe spotted with the same colour. Lip clawed. Flowers in Summer and 
lasts three or four weeks. Treatment as for S. Berkleyi. 
SATYRIUM 
A genus of terrestrial orchids chiefly from South Africa. They are not generally 
grown, but a few of the species are attractive and brilliant. They grow from a 
stout, tuberous root and have broad, handsome, fleshy leaves at the base of the 
stem. These are deciduous and perish as soon as the flowers have faded. Person- 
ally, I grow them out of doors under a tree, potted in a compost of leaf-mould, 
soil and dried cow-dung, with a little polypodium fibre mixed in. There is no 
reason why, in Brisbane and the North, they should not be treated as an ordinary 
bedding plant for a shady part of the garden. After flowering and when the 
leaves have died, it is prudent to remove the tubers from the compost and keep 
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