Plate 2123. 



SARCOCHILUS TRICHOGLOTTIS, TTaul. f. 



Orchide.e. Subtribe Sarcanthej: 



S. (Fornicaria) trichoglottis, HooJc f, FL Brit l7id.v],39i canle 



elongato foHoso, foliis distichis lineari-oblougis emarginatis coriaceas 

 dorso carinatis, scapis axillarlbus robustis medio l-bracteatis, racemo 

 brevi paucifloro, bracteis paucis irnbricatis, sepalis Hneari-oblongis 

 obtusis, petal is argustioribns llneari-lanceolatis, labello sessili saccato 

 orbiculari v. subspatbulato apiculato ciliato et parce hirsuto- 



Hab. Malayan Peninsula; Perak, Scortechini \ Singapore, Eidleij. 



I poll 



3-5-pollicares, inferno radicantes, vaginis foliorum J-^ 

 5atis obtecti. FoUa 2-2^ poll, longa, |-J poll, lata, cori 



coriacea. 



Catties 



longis stri ^ ^ _ .. - . 



planiuscula, enervia, basi angustata' Scapi axillis inferioribns erecti, 

 liorizontales, foliis breviores ; basi breviter vaginati ; vaginis tubu- 

 losis; bractea ad medium triangulari-ovata ; racemi bracteis ^ poll, 

 longis ovatis subacufcis carno&ulis undique insertis imbricatis. Floras 

 pallide flavi. SepaJa lateralia ^ poll, longa, basi columna? apodte 

 inserta. Lalelli saccus late conicns, obtasus, lobi laterales vix 

 conspicui terminalis apicaliformis. 



Allied to the Bnrman S. ni/strix, Relclib. f,, differing in the much 

 shorter and broader leaves, and in the form of the lip, which is not 

 glandular. I have seen no flowers, and have described them from 

 drawings by Father Scortechini and Mr. Ridley. — J. D. IT. 



Fig. L Flower. 2. Sepal. 3. Fetal. 4 Column aiul lip. 5. Lip. AU enlarged. 



