Sarcorfiilu8.~\ CXLYIII. ORCHIDEJ;. (J. D. Hooker.) 35 



that the sides are almost in contact, leaving a narrow slit along the top as the opening 

 to the cavity ; of the three short lobes seen in looking sideways at it, that towards 

 the column represents the side lobes, a shorter below it a spur ? and the interme- 

 diate the apex of the lip ; there are no internal caruncles or sepals ; the edges of the 

 lip are smooth and yellow, and there are a few red spots on the side ; column with a 

 narrow base, very oblique top, sloping backwards, and very concave, face ; rostellum 

 minute, erect, 2-fid; anther shortly beaked, 2-celled; polliuia globose, strap short, 

 gland oblong. It is impossible to describe the form of the minute lip of this curious 

 species intelligibly. I shall hope to give figures of it and of S. aureus in King's 

 " Annals of the Calcutta Botanical Gardens." 



Sect. II. STEREOCHILUS, Lindl. (gen.). (See p. 33.) 



5. S. hirtus, Bentli. in Gen. Plant, iii. 576 ; leaves lorate very thick 

 straight horizontal, raceme pubescent, lip a conical sac with short acute 

 2-toothed side lobes and a large double callus below the column within. 

 Stereochilus hirtus, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 58. 



KHASIA Mrs., alt. 5000 ft., J. D. H. fy T. T. TENASSERIM, Parish. 



Stem very short. Leaves 3-5 in., very thick. Racemes 1-3 in., drooping j 

 peduncle and rachis slender; bracts short, broad, membranous ; flowers \-\ in. diara., 

 pink, pubescent ; lateral sepals adnate to the obscure foot of the column and base of 

 lip ; petals narrower, falcate, obtuse ; lip white and pink ; column white j anther purple, 

 long-beaked, 2-celled ; pollinia 4, oblong, stipitate in pairs on the spathulate end of a 

 very long slender strap, gland minute. Capsule not seen. Lindley errs in describing 

 the lip as solid with a pair of horns at the base ; it is a conical cup, the mouth oblong, 

 and the horns are the 2-fid side lobes which appear to rise out of the cup. The 

 callus below the column is that of Cleisostoma, and the strap and stipitate pollinia 

 are those of Saccolab. Uncifera. 



Sect. III. (See p. 33.) 



6. S. aureus, Jook.f.\ stem very short, leaves large long loriform 

 2-lobed, peduncle stout several-fid., flowers large, sepals lanceolate acumi- 

 nate many-nerved, petals subsimilar, lip shorter than the sepals, claw long 

 narrow rigid linear, side lobes falcately cuneate 3 midlobe a short erect crest 

 at the j^ase of the globose subdidymous spur. 



PEBAK, King's Collector. 



Stem as stout as the little finger. Leaves 4-10 by 1^-2 in., very coriaceous, 

 keeled. Peduncle from below the leaves, 2-7 in., stout, nearly straight ; flowers 

 scattered towards the end of the peduncle ; bracts very short, broadly ovate, per- 

 sistent ; pedicel with ovary f in., straight ; sepals 1 in., and petals golden yellow ; lip 

 about i shorter than the sepals, claw caruncled where it expands to meet the blade, 

 and then perforated for the passage to the globose spur ; side lobes erect, white barred 

 ''with dull pink ; disk with a caruncled transverse crest over the base of the spur ; 

 column stout, rostellum inconspicuous ; anther very shortly beaked, pollinia globose, 

 strap subspathulate, gland narrow. A beautiful species, described from several 

 drawings lent by Herb. Calcutt. and the analysis of dried flowers. 



7. S. cladostachys, Hook./.: stem very short, leaves loriform tip 

 narrowed bifid, peduncle much shorter than the leaves clavate few-fid., 

 sepals and petals narrowly elliptic-lanceolate finely acuminate, lip shorter 

 than the sepals, claw narrow rigid linear, side lobes oblong obtuse, midlobe 

 3-fid, side lobules quadrate retuse, mid-lobule (spur?) short rounded. 



MALAYA, Kunstler (Ic. in Herb. Calcutt.}. ? PEKAK, Ic. ScortecUni. 



Stem 1 in., not very stout. Leaves recurved and pendulous, 6-12 by 1^-2 in., 

 flat, keeled. Peduncle H in- or more, green ; bracts ovate ; pedicel with ovary in. j 

 flowers white, H in. diam.j sepals fin. long, and petals spreading, cream-cold.; 



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