Plate 2334. 



SAECANTHTJS QILBERTI, Hook.j, 

 Orchide^. Subtribe Sarcanthe^. 



mf;nH'l!''**'-^'u^'^"-/ ^'^' """^^'^ ^^'^^^ ^^«^i. foliis 2-3-polIicanbus 

 ac tdu'ITo "'-r ' lorifornnbus apice late 2-lobis lobisLatis si" 

 minuti? n • . ^ -f '^' pendulo, glabro, racemo laxe multifloro, bractem 



latera ihT.°r- '^"' oWongis, labello 3-lobis sepalis ^.quilongo, lobi 

 a We in *"^"S"laribus acutis, terminali oblongo ooncavo%btuso, 



Pouinus didymis canaliculae filiformi elongata. affixis, glandula minuta. 

 Hab. Tenasserirn ; at Moulmein, Gilhert 1 {Hort. Bot. Calc). 



omn^tl^ l^^k^?^^'^^^^'^^' crassitie pennge anseriniB. Folia rigida, 

 intus S-' f • ' ^^*^ viridia, lobis terminalibus acutis y. obtusis 

 basi ram^*^ ''etusis. ScapNs unacuin racemo 3-5-poIIicaris, interdum 

 PallideTr"'' .P?!'*'^^^^^ 6 poll, lo.igis. Se2yala obtusa v. subacuta, 

 calcare ^^^y]"^^}^^^' ^'i^'n versus roseo punctata. LaheUum roseum, 

 ^ntherah •\ ?^"^ 2-partito. Columna brevis, rostello promiiiente. 



asi globosa, dcin in rostrum gracile iiicurvum acutum producta. 



stemTil'n^^f C'tVi^r^z belongs to the group of this genus with a sliort 

 (' Bot. j^j^"^,^^"*^ leaves, and is most nearly allied to S. Farishii, Hook. f. 

 '"ound'ed t^' ■ ^ ^^' which has longer leaves, with very unequal, 

 ^^ort tria T^^^ •'^^*^^' S^^^^" yellow sepals banded with red, a very 



Polliniaa"^ f-^^-"^^^"^"^® "^ ^^® ^^P' ^ much shorter anther, and the 



re stipitate on a much broader straighter caudicle. 



rrn 



Calcutta t'^t^^^"* ^ drawing in the Herbarium of the Eojal Gardens, 



•~~~*^- -L'- Hooker. 



Fig, 1, p] 



*^^^tts at'thoT^^^* /' ^''^ ^^^ column. 3. Section of I5p, showing the septum and 

 ^ostellmn . '^^ ^/ the col limn. 4. Top of column with the anther arching over the 



"^- 0. Anther. All enlarged. 



