38 CXLVIII. ORCHIDB.S]. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Sarcochilus. 



NICOBAR ISLANDS ;* Berkety. 



Leaves 6-9 by 1-1 in., lorate, narrowed from above the middle to the base, 

 obliquely obtusely 2-lobed. Peduncle short, compressed ; raceme 4-6 in., drooping, 

 with many erect white flowers ; bracts short, broad, membranous ; sepals \ in. long, 

 broadly ovate, lateral inserted on the long foot of the column ; petals broadly obovate ; 

 midlobe of lip violet; column rather long, rostellum 2-cuspidate ; anther broad, low; 

 pollinia 2, globose, strap short broad, gland orbicular. Capsule 5 in., narrow, curved. 

 The lip is unlike that of any other species of the genus, resembling rather that of 

 JErides. 



17. S* leopardinus, Par. & Reichb.f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 145 

 (Thrixspermum) ; stem short, raceme few-fld. much shorter than the leaves, 

 sepals broadly oblong, petals much smaller, lip sessile, side lobes wing-like 

 oblong obtuse, midlobe small, spur large urceolate. 



TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. 



Stem 2-3 in., curved. Leaves 4-6 by f-1 in., lorate, fleshy, narrowed from the 

 middle downwards, obtuse, many-nerved. Peduncle very stout; lower sheaths 

 annular ; bracts short, broad, obtuse ; flowers yellow spotted with purple ; sepals 

 i in. long, obtuse, lateral inserted on the long foot of the column, dorsal smallest ; 

 lip with a large dorsal callus over the mouth of the descending fleshy round-based 

 spur ; midlobe recurved, broadly ovate, caruncled, white spotted with purple ; anther 

 depressed, pollinia broadly pyriform, sessile on a small gland. 



18. S. viridiflorus* Hook. f. ; stem very short, leaves 2 by f in. 

 falcately oblong, raceme shorter than the leaves 4-8 fld., lip narrowly 

 clawed, side lobes falcate obtuse as long as the cylindric obtuse spur, 

 midlobe reduced to a broad humid carunculate lobe. ^Brides viridiflorum, 

 Thwaites Enum. 430. 



CETLON; on trees in the Central Province, Gardner (C.P. 3385), Trimen (C.P. 

 4016). 



Leaves sessile, fleshy, nerveless, obliquely notched. Raceme half as long, few-fld. ; 

 bracts small, broad, obtuse, membranous ; flower ^ in. diam. ; lateral sepals broadly 

 obliquely ovate, obtuse, 5-nerved, adnate to the short foot of the column for half 

 its length, the other half forming the claw of the lip ; petals linear oblong, obtuse, 

 1-nerved. I have seen only one small specimen and a coloured drawing. 



19. S. hirsutus, Hook. f. ; stem short, leaves lorate emarginate 

 base narrowed, peduncle and very short raceme hirsute, lateral sepals ovate 

 obtuse, petals oblong-obovate, lip very short stipitate on the prolonged foot 

 of the column, side lobes elongate falcate, midlobe laterally compressed, 

 disk with a broad transverse plate in front of the side lobes. 



PERAE, Kunstler (Sort. Sot. Gale.) 



Leaves 4-8 by L-H i n -> na t narrowed from beyond the middle downwards, tip 

 rounded with a notch. Peduncle with 4-6-fld. raceme 1-2 in. ; bracts ovate ; pedicel 

 with ovary | in. ; flower subglobose, expanded f in. diam. ; sepals and petals golden 

 barred with carmine ; lip pale, half as long as the sepals, claw dilated and concave at 

 the base of the side lobes, a short serrated cupular membrane rises between the base 

 of the side lobes over the base of the narrow compressed midlobe ; column rather 

 long, base contracted; anther shortly beaked, apiculate behind, 1 -celled; pollinia 

 globose, strap short linear, gland small. Described from drawing in Sort. Calcutt., 

 and analysis of dried flower. It is very difficult to describe the structure of the lip ; 

 its claw may be the base of the column produced beyond the insertion of the broad- 

 based lateral sepals. 



Sect. VII. FORNICARIA, Benth. in G-en. Plant, iii. 575. (See p. 33.) 



20. S. Hystrix, ReicJib.f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 500; peduncle about as 



