Sarcochilus."] OXLVIII. ORCHIDEJ:. (J. D. Hooker.) 39 



long as the short loriform leaves, bracts erect subulate-lanceolate, side 

 lobes of the lip glandular-hairy. Dendrocolla Hystrix, Blume Bijdr. 291. 

 ^Brides Hystrix, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 242. Thrixspermum Hystrix, 

 Reichb.f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 145. G-rosourdya Hystrix, Reichb.f. 

 Xen. Orchid, ii. 123 ; in Sot. Zeit. 1864, 297. 



TENASSERIM; at Mergui, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 5232), Parish. DISTRIB. Java. 



Stem 1-3 in. Leaves 2-3 by ^ f in., obtusely 2-lobed ; sheaths ribbed. 

 Peduncle 2-3 in., stout or slender, 2-3 sbeathed ; spike ^| in. ; flowers white ; 

 sepals and petals in. long, lanceolate, acuminate ; lip stoutly clawed, spotted with 

 yellow, base saccate, side lobes triangular, midlobe truncate glandular-pubescent 

 within ; column very short ; anther broad ; pollinia 2 bipartite or 4 in very unequal 

 pairs, strap broad, gland rounded. Capsule 2^-4 in., linear, straight. Eeichen- 

 bach is my authority for this being a Javan plant, and for the Javan synonymy. 



21. S. pulchellus, Trim. Cat. Geyl. Plants, 89; characters of S. 

 Hystrix, but side lobes of lip glabrous. Dendrocolla pulchella, Thwaites 

 Enum. 430. Cylindrochilus pulchellus, ibid. I.e. 307. 



CEYLON ; in the Central Province, ascending to 2000 ft. 



Bentham (Gen. Plant, iii. 575) suspects that this and Hystrix are one, but in the 

 absence of good specimens of either I hesitate to unite them. Capsule 2-2 in. ; the 

 sepals and petals are lanceolate, acute, lateral inserted on the very short foot of the 

 short column. Capsule 2|-3 in., slender, straight, subacute. 



22. S. hirtulus, HooTc.f. Ic. Plant. ined.; peduncles hirtulous, much 

 shorter than the falcately lanceolate obtusely acuminate leaves, bracts 

 minute, spur long incurved, column very long contracted at the base. 



PERAK, Scortechini. MALACCA, Maingay. 



Stem very short, or 0. Leaves 3-5 by -| f in., coriaceous, falcate, narrowed from 

 the middle downwards, tip recurved. Peduncle ^-1 in. ; spike -% in. ; bracts 

 spreading ; flowers membranous ; lateral sepals in. long, obovate- oblong, acute, 

 3-nerved ; petals narrower ; lip clawed, side lobes very narrow, elongate, recurved, 

 midlobe much broader than long, formed of two falcately recurved lobes with an 

 intermediate tooth ; spur swollen above the narrow apex ; anther shortly beaked ; 

 pollinia 2, globose, stipitate on the cuneiform strap, gland minute. Capsule 1^ in., 

 very slender. A curious little plant with a longer column than usual in the genus. 



23. S. recurvus, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; peduncles much longer than 

 the shortly loriform leaves, spike oblong, bracts broadly ovate densely 

 imbricate acuminate recurved. 



PERAK ; Limbo Hills, in Larut, King's Collector. 



Stem very short. Leaves 1-2 in., narrowed to the-, base, obtuse or retuse. 

 Peduncles 4-5 in., rather stout; spike ^-f in. ; bracts very coriaceous; flowers not 

 seen. 



24. S. trichoglottis, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; stem elongate, 

 peduncles shorter than the shortly loriform leaves, spike short, bracts 

 ovate-lanceolate, lip sessile saccate hirsute within, side lobes rounded hairy 

 on both surfaces, midlobe a minute tooth. 



PERAK, Scortechini, King's Collector. SINGAPORE, Ridley. 



Habit and foliage of S. Hystrix, but sepals and petals much narrower, and lip 

 hairy. Described from King's specimen and drawings by Scortechini and Ridley, 

 who has sent me a sketch of a flower of what appears to be this species from Singa- 

 pore. The lateral sepals are inserted at the base of the footless column. 



25. S. filiformis. Hook. /. Ic. Plant, ined. ; stem elongate, leaves 



