Plate 2138. 



SAROANTHUS SCORTECHINII, Ilooh /. 



OfiCHIDEiB. Subtribe SARCANTHEyE. 



S. Scortechinii, Hook.f, Fl Brit. Lid, yI 6S; caule elongato robnsto, 



foliis elliptico-lanceolatis apiculatis basi acgustatis fere petiolatis crasse 

 coriaceis, racemis erectis folia a3qnantibns breviter peduncnlatis multi- 

 floris, rachi valida, bracteis ovario sequilongis, floribus parvis, sepalis 

 petalisque oblongis, labello infundibulari basi in calcar conicocylin- 

 draceum obfusiim producto, lobis lateralibus dentiformibus v. obsoletis, 

 intermedio parvo deltoid eo erecto obtuse. 



Eab. Malayan Peninsula; at Perak, Father Scortechm, Wray. 



Canlis crassitie pennos anseriiiEe. Folia 3-5 poll, longa, 1-1 1^ poll- 

 lata, crasse coriaceaj subtus costata, costa excurrente apiculata. Eacemi 

 oppositifolii; flores ^ poll. lati. Sepala et petala 1-nervia, sordide 

 purpurea, marginibus costaque purpureis. Lahellum sepalis longius, 

 ore ample, callo dorsali crasso, antico puberulo, calcare infra medium 

 septate. Gohimna brevis; anthera longe rostrata; poUinia biloba, 

 apiee stipitis anguste linearis sessilia, glandula minuta. 



I have seen only fruiting specimens of this species, the flowers and 

 analysis of which are from a drawing by Scortechini. — J. D. H- 



Fig. I, Flower. 2. Lip, laid open, showing the calli and position of the septum. 

 3,4, Column. 6. Anther-case. 6- Pollinia. All eiilarged. 



