40 CXLVIII. ORCHIDE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Sarcochilus. 



8-10 in. filiform terete, peduncle much shorter than the leaves, lip a spur- 

 like cylindric sac with orbicular side lobes. 



PERAK ; at Larut, on branches of trees, King's Collector. 



Stem iu the only specimen 3 in. ; sheaths -^ in., strongly ribbed ; roots very long 

 and slender. Leaves about i in. diara., flexuous. Peduncles 1^-3 in. ; spike ^-i in. ; 

 bracts ^ in., broadly ovate, obtuse, fleshy; pedicel and ovary ^ in. ; flowers white; 

 sepals i in., oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, lateral adnate to the broad foot of the column ; 

 petals obtuse, 7-nerved ; lip sessile, side lobes large, midlobe the lunate apex of the 

 subcylindric round basal sac, calli ; column very short, foot broad fleshy. 

 Flowers much like those of S. Trimeni, but habit very different. 



26. S. mergnensis, HooJc.f. Ic. Plant, ined.-, stem short, peduncles 

 much shorter than the small linear-oblong leaves, bracts imbricate erect, 

 capsule 1-1! i* 1 - linear terete beaked. 



TENASSERIM; at Mergui, Griffith (in Herb. Lindl.}. 



A remarkable little species, with the stem ^ in. long, clothed with the imbricating 

 bases of the distichous leaves, which are about an inch long. Peduncles i- 1 in., fili- 

 form ; raceme ^ in. ; bracts ovate, acuminate. Capsule shortly pedicelled, in. 

 diam., striate, beak -^ in. 



Sect. VIII. CUCULLA, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 575. (See p. 33.) 



27. S. lilacinus, Griff. Notul. iii. 334 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 320, f. ii. ; 

 stem elongate, leaves amplexicaul ovate-cordate, peduncle very long, sepals 

 and petals broadly ovate many-nerved, lip saccate, side lobes falcate obtuse, 

 midlobe small recurved, disk with a prominent callus. Walp. Ann. vi. 499. 

 S. amplexicaulis, Seickb. f. in Walp. I. c. Dendrocolla amplexicaulis, 

 Blume Sijdr. 288. prides amplexicaule, Lindl. Gen. $ Sp.. Orchid. 239. 

 Orsidice amplexicaulis, ReicJib. f. in Bonpland. ii. 93. Thrixspermum 

 amplexicaule & lilacinum, Reichb.f. Xen. Orchid, ii. 121. 



MALAY PENINSULA ; from Perak to Singapore, in marshes. DISTRIB. Malay 

 Islands. 



Stem 2-3 ft., as thick as a goose-quill, decumbent, internodes 1-2 in. ; roots very 

 slender. Leaves 1^-2 in., tip rounded, sheaths smooth. Peduncle 8-10 in. ; sheaths 

 obtuse, appressed; raceme 1-8 in., few or many-fld.j rachis 4-angled ; bracts in., 

 obtuse, not imbricating; ovary very slender; sepals i in., lateral adnate to the 

 produced foot of the column, and petals white 4 lilac or bluish; lip white, yellowish 

 and pubescent within, base with a tuft of hairs ; column very short ; anther hyaline ; 

 pollinia 4, pairs very unequal, oblong, sessile on a reniform strap. Capsule 4-6 in., 

 linear, straight, angles narrowly winged. 



28. S. Scopa, Reichb.f. mss. in Herb. Keiv (Thrixspermum) ; leaves 

 linear-oblong sessile obtuse, peduncle rather longer than the leaves, sepals 

 and petals lanceolate with very long capillary tails^ many-nerved, lip 

 shortly stipitate saccate, side lobes falcate acute, midlobe small acute 

 papillose, disk with a columnar callus. 



PERAK ; at Larut, on branches of trees, King's Collector. 



Stem and roots like those of S. lilacinus ; internodes 2 in. Leaves 3-4 in., 

 coriaceous. Peduncle 2-3 in., at right angles to the stem ; raceme 1 in. ; bracts 

 i in., ensiform, subacute; sepals H long and petals many-nerved, margins of lip 

 papillose. 



29. S. Scortechini, Hook.f. ; leaves oblong lorate 2-1 obed, peduncle 

 very long rather slender, sepals and petals lanceolate with long narrow 

 tips, lip saccate, side lobes short, midlobe conical obtuse fleshy. 



