84 CXLVIII. ORCHIDE^). (J. D. Hooker.) \_Sarcochilus. 



elongate glabrous, side lobes of lip falcate, midlobe decurved with a re- 

 curved tip. ^Brides suaveolens, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 473. Ornitharium stria- 

 tulum, Lindl. in Paxt. Fl. Gard. iii. 473 (figure lad}. Ornithochilus 

 striatulus, Hort. Calcutt. Thrixspermum teres, Reichb. /. Xen. Orchid. 

 ii. 121, 123 t. 140 (excl. syn.}, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 136. 



CniTTAGONa, Roxburgh. TENASSEKIM; at Moulmein, Parish. 



Stem slender, scandent. Leaves 3-5 by -f-f in., many-nerved, coriaceous, base 

 contracted. Racemes 3-6 in., shortly peduncled, lax-fld. ; rachis stout; bracts small, 

 rounded ; flowers i j in. diam., yellow speckled with red, very fragrant ; lip rather 

 laterally compressed ; midlobe light purple or speckled with pink. Keichenbach has 

 referred this to the Javan P. radicans, Hassk. (Dendrocolla teres, Blume), a very 

 much larger plant, with oblong obtusely 2-lobed or notched leaves, racemes 2-3 ftu 

 long, and larger flowers (of which there is a drawing in Herb. LiudL). The lip is 

 curious, the limb being a terete spur with a minute mouth close to the claw, much 

 as in Micropera and Sarcochilus BerTceleyi. 



2. S. muriculatus, Reichb. /. in Gard. Chron. 1881, ii. 198; leaves 

 6-9 in. lorate, racemes very short, peduncle and rachis viscid, lip shortly 

 clawed saccate, side lobes broadly ovate obtuse, midlobe small, obtusely 

 2-partite pubescent. 



ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Kurz, Berkeley. 



Stem 6-8 in., stout, rooting below. Leaves 1-in. broad, obliquely notched or 

 2-lobed, lobes rounded. Scape with raceme 2^-3 in., strict ; bracts broad, obtuse ; 

 flowers about in. diam., light yellow, sweet-scented ; sepals and petals with two 

 purple bars ; column rather long ; anther ovate, pollinia globose, strap short flat, 

 gland small. The lip is that of Sect. II. 



3. S. stenoslottis, HooJc.f.; stem very short stout, leaves broadly 

 lorate, tip broad rounded emarginate, peduncle shorter than the leaves 

 pendulous many-fid., sepals subsimilar oblong obtuse, petals as long 

 narrower obovate-oblong acute, lip nearly as long as the sepals very narrow 

 laterally flattened curved shortly clawed, with two small rounded auricles 

 beyond the claw, an elongated cup with toothed margins along the top 

 and an ellipsoid compressed terminal spur. 



? PERAK, Scorteckini. DISTBIB. Sumatra, King's Collector. 



Stem as thick as the thumb. Leaves decurved, 6-10 by l-2 in., nearly flat. 

 Peduncle, 3 in., stout, deflexed, dull purple; bracts very small, ovate; pedicel with 

 ovary ^ in.; flowers -f in. diam., very pale primrose; sepals and petals many- 

 nerved; lateral sepals with faint red bars near the base; lip white, the elongated 

 cup on the upper margin is edged with pink, and extends for about two-thirds of its 

 length, a perforation at the distal end leads to the hollow compressed ellipsoid 

 straight spur, which is in a straight line with the body of the lip, and resembles a 

 terminal lobe ; column winged narrowly to near the base, tip acute, rostellurn beaked ; 

 anther shortly beaked, membranous ; pollinia long, strap spathulate, gland small. 

 Described from similar materials as 8. aureus. 



4. S. brachy glottis, Hook. f. ; stem very short, leaves elongate 

 oblanceolate acuminate, peduncle short few-fld., sepals spreading subequal 

 lanceolate acuminate, tips horned at the back, petals nearly as long oblong- 

 obovate obtuse, lip very small laterally flat as seen in profile subcuneate 

 and obtusely 3-lobed in front, column very short subglobose, foot 0. 



PEEAK, King's Collector. 



Stem 1-2 in., curved. Leaves 4-8 by 1-1 ^ in., pendulous, finely acuminate, 

 nearly flat, keeled beneath. Peduncle 1 in., stout ; bracts minute, broad, persistent ; 

 flowers % in. diam. ; sepals and petals white with a faint pink blush, nerves obscure; 

 lip not half the length of the sepals, adnate to the foot of the column, so compressed 



