Tlate 2130. 



SAHCANTHUS LORIFOLIUS, Parish. 



Okchide^. Subtribe Sarcanthe^. 



S. lorifolius, ParUt mss. in Hooh f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 69 ; caiilo 

 brevi craaso paucifoliato, folils elougatis lintaribus recurvis crassis 

 caualiculatis cariuatis obtusis v. breviter 2-lobis, scapo elongato 



fiexuoso parce ramoto, ramis spicas multifloras gerentibus, bracteis 

 reflexis, floribns parvis, sepalis lateralibns late obovatis petalis oblougo- 

 obovatis multo latioribns, labello in calcar crasBum Bubincurvum 

 sepalis longius apice rotundatnm producto, lobis luteralibus subulatis, 

 intermedio parvo ovato concavo. 



Hab. Tenasserim ; at Moulmein, Parish. 



Caidis crassitie fere digiti minimi, 2-3-polHcans. Folia 4-5-polli- 

 caria, i-f poll, lata; vagina brevi. Ptdunculus 4.polhcaris; racemi 

 3-4-pollicares, decurvi, racbi valida ; flores I poll. lati. Scpala ct 

 pttala flava, rubro irrorata. Lalellum album, lamella longitndmah 



semiseptatum ; callo infra eolumnam 2-lobo. Columna brevis, crassa ; 



anthera late ovaf a ; polliuia globosa didjma.. altero cujusvis niassffi 

 multo miuore, apice stipitis angusti sessilia, gltrndula ovata acumiuata. 



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The accompaujing plate is from an excellent drawing by tbe 

 Rev. C. Parisb made at Moulmein. Tbe nearest ally of the species 

 i.s Cleisostoma .spicatum, Lindl., in which the side-lobes of the lip are 

 rounded, and the spur suddenly infl-dted and lobulate at the base, 

 besides wanting the septum which distinguishes Stucauthus from 

 Cleisostonui. — J. D. H. • 



Firr. 1 FloMcr. 2. LiP aiuT column. S. Section of lip, shoeing tlie dorsal ciillus 

 aud longitudinal septum. 4. roUiuia. All cmargid. 



