Plate 2122. 



SAECOCHILUS EECURVUS, Hooh. f. 



Orchide^. Subfcribe Sarcanthe^. 



S. (Fomicaria) recurvus, Jlooh. /. FL Brit, Tnd. vi. 39 ; caale brevi 

 radicante, foliis lineari-oblongis loriformibusve planmsculis aplce 

 rotundatis dorso costatis, scapis nudis erectis foliis multo longioribus, 

 spica (v. racemo) brevi cjlindracea, bracteis dense imbricatis ovato- 

 lanceolatis carnosulis recur vis. 



Hab. Malayan Peninsula : Perat, on the Limbo Hills in the Larut 

 Province, King^s Collector. 



Folia l\-2 polL longa, }^\ poll, lata, basi vix angustata, vaginis ^ poll, 

 longis striatis* Scapi axillares v. vaginas perforantes, 3-5 poll, longi, 

 strictiusculi, omnino nudi; spica i-f poll, longa, ^ diam. kta; bracte» 

 ^ poll, longre. 



Though flowerless, I have not hesitated to name and describe this 

 species, which is so marked in character that it cannot be confounded 

 "With any hitherto described. 



In a note attached to the specimen the flowers are described as light 

 red mottled with light brown. — J. D. H» 



