Plate 2137 



SARCANTHUS INSECTIFER, UeU-U.f. 



OKCiiJDt;^:. Sabtribe SAKCANTHEiE. 



S. insectifer, Reichh. /. in BoL Zeit. 1857, 159; caulc robnsto 

 flexuoso scandente, foliis amplexicaulibas oblorigis obtuse 2-lobis, 

 racemis breviter pedunculatis paucifloris, sepalis ovato-oblongls obtusis 

 V. subacutis, petalis oblongis, labello late infuudibulari ore annulo 

 villoso ciucto in calcar conicnm atrenuato, lobis lateralibas brevibus, 

 terminali sepalis majore fcrian<rulari-ovato v. cordato sub apice attenuate 

 canioso. Hoohf. FL BriL Ind. vi. 68. 



Hab. Bebar (Western Bengal), /, D, H.; Cachar, Mann\ Chittagonj^ 

 {ic. in Herb. Calcutta) ; Tenasserim, Parish. 



Canles pedales et ultra, crassltie penna? anatinoe, flexuosi, radices 

 elongatas undique proferentes. Folia crebra, fere imbricata, distiehe 

 pateutia, 1^-2 poll, longa, rjgide coriacea. Racemi subsessilcs, foliis 

 miiltoties breviores, 3-5-flores, peduuculo racbique crasso decurvo ; 

 bructetu niinutce, decidneD ; flores \ poll. lati. Se^mla et jietala 

 3-ner\*ia, flavo-virldia, ratb striata. Labellwm albo-roseum v. pur2:)u. 

 ream, ore amplo, callo basi lobi terininalis crasso, intra eolumnaai 

 magno 2-fido ; ealcare septato- Colani'ita brevissima, lata, rostelli ? 

 bracbiis elongatis incurvis ; antbera Lemispherica ; pollinia. sulcata, 

 stipite brevi quadrato latiore quam longa, sessilia, glundula magna 

 niembranacea. 



The plate here given is taken from a portrait of a fine mass of this 

 species, attached to the bark of a billet of wood, which belongs to the 

 Ccilcutta Herbarium, and is marked as haviucr been procured at 

 Cnittagong. It represents a much larger state of the plant than that 

 Avhich I found in Behar, and of which the leaves were only about an 

 inch long; the lip is larger than in any of the specimens i have ex- 

 amined, and in which I have not been able to determiuc the nature of 

 the two hornlike processes projecting from the column represented iu 

 h*g. 2, and which I assume are the two arms of the rostellum. 



rig. 1. Side view; and 2, front view of flower, 3. Lip, cut open, showing the 

 septum. 4. Front and back views of author. 5. Two views of polliuia. All 

 ciilarfjcd. 



