Platk 21:^4. 



SARCOCHILUS FILIFORMIS, JTool\ f. 



Orchide.e. Sabtiibe Yandex. 

 S. (Fornicar'a) filiformis, Hooh, f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 40; caule 



elongate terete vaginato, foliis elongatis filiformibus obtusiuscnlis, 

 scapia foliis multo brevioribus nudis apice panciflorls, bracteis paucia 

 minutis ovatis Imbricatis, floribus albis, sepalis petalisque subsimilibus 

 oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis, labello basi constrlcfo lateribus involutis 

 dein 3-lobo, lobis lateralibris aljeformibus rotandatis terminaliin saccam 

 oblongum pubernlum ore parvo producto. 



Hab. Malayan Peninsula; Perak, on trees, Kmg^s Collector, 



Gaulis 3-pollicaris, vagims inclusis ad \ poll, diam.yinferne radicans; 

 vaginge ^ poll, lougas, tnbulosfe, oblique truncatse, costatae. Folia 

 8-10 poll, longa, ^ poll, diam., teretia, Ifevia, erecto-patentia, Scapi 



2-3 poll, longi, basin versus caulis enati, vaginas perforantes, horizon- 

 tales, subflexuosi ; racemus ^-^ poll, longus, pauciflorus; bracteje 3-6, 

 •xV poll, longae, obtusae, carnosulae; Acres albt, pedicello unacnm ovario 

 ^ poll, longo. Sepala ^ poll, longa, petalaqoe 7-nervia. Labellum 

 parvuni, basi quasi in nnguem brevem (columnae pedem ?) constricta. 

 Columbia brevis. 



I have seen but one specimen of this singnlar species with a solitary- 

 flower available for analysis, and am not sure that the structure of the 

 base of the lip is accurately dcsciibed above, or represented in the 

 plate, its texture being exceedingly delicate. What appears in the 

 plate as a claw to the lip, I regard as the prolonged foot of the column, 

 to which the lateral sepals are adnate at their bases. — J. D. H. 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Lip. Both greatly enl org pd. 



