Plate 2125. 



A. SARCOCHILUS MERGUEl^-SIS, EooJc. f. 



B. SARCOCHILUS PUGrlONIFOLIUS, Tlooh. f. 



Obchide^. Subtribe Saucanthe^. 

 A.— S. (Fornicaria) merguensis, Booh, /. Fh Brit. Ltd. vl. 40; 



pusillus, caule brevi folioram vaginis disticbe imbricatis tecto, foliis 

 lincari-oblongis obtnsis, scapis axillaribus gracilibus, floribus in racbim 

 brevem compressam bracteis arete imbricatis subdisticliis pectiiuitim 

 dispositis, capsulis angnste fusiformibas scapos agquantibus r. iis 

 longioribus teretibus stylo brevi et stigmate capitellato terminatis. 



Hab. Tenasserim, at Mergui, Griffith (in Serb. LindL), 



Gardes |-| uuc, suberccti, compressi; vaginiB foliorum ^| unc, 

 truncatse, striata. Folia 1-1^ unc. longa, subcoriacea. Scapi plures, 

 filifornies, medio 1-bracteolati ; bracteos florales ovataa, acuta9, sub- 

 erect®, T^^ poll, longse. Capstdce 1-1^ poU.^ longje, } poll, diam., 

 utrincLue attenuate, breviter pedicellatee, striata, stylo tVtV P^'^* 

 longo- 



A curious little species, of wbicb tbe specimens are very incomplete, 

 and in fruit only. — J, D, H. 



B.— S. pugionifolius, iZoo£./.i^/.7?n^In(Z. I.e. 196; caule perbreyi 

 compresso, foliis elongato-subulatis v, pugioniformibus acummatis 

 crasse coriaceis punctatis supra canaliculars apicibus setiformibus, 

 scapis axillaribus foliis brevioribus, floribus in rachim brevem bracteis 

 squarroso-imbricatis dispositis, sepalis ovato-oblongis obtusis latere 

 inferiore gibbis petalisque oblongis obtusis stramineis, kbello albo 

 aurantiaco maculato basi columnee inserto breviter unguiculato oblongo 

 4Saccato truncato ore3-lobo ciliato, intus bimaculato et carunculo parvo 

 ciliato basin versus lobi medio instructo et basin versus disci setula 

 ciliata acuto. 



Hab. Ceylon; at Varunlya, in tlie IS'orth Central Province, 



Trimen. 



Ganlis vaginis disticbe imbricatis brunneis tectus, radicans, apice 

 paucifoliatus. Folia 1^2 poll, longa, supra profunde canaliculata, 

 saturate viridia. Scapi foliis paullo breviores, bracteie yV pol^- longie. 

 Flares \ poll. diam. 



The plate is from a drawing made in tbe Peradenja Botanical 

 Garden by W. de Alwis, kindly communicated by Dr. Trimen. 



^ Fig. 1. Front view of flower. 2. Column and lip. 3. Lip, laid open. 4. Column. 

 5. Pollinia. All enlarged. 



SEE. IV. VOL. II. PART I. ^ 



