Sarcochilus.] CXLVIII. ORCHIDE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 41 



FERAE, ScortecMni. 



Stem 6 in., very stout, covered by the sheaths, internodes f in. Leaves 4-6 by 

 l-l in., coriaceous. Peduncle equalling or longer than the leaves (9 in. in Ic. Scort.) ; 

 raceme 2 in., bracts close set, f in. long ; sepals 2^ in. long, in. broad at the base 

 and petals yellow; lip yellowish, thickly mottled with rusty red outside; pollinia 



4, 2 much smaller, adnate to the larger ; gland lunate, strap oblong. Capsule 

 45 by -i- in. I know these noble species only from a drawing and description by 

 Scortechini. 



30. S. Arachnites, Reichb.f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 498 ; stem elongate, 

 leaves loriform, peduncles shorter than the leaves, sepals and petals linear- 

 lanceolate caudately acuminate 3-5-nerved, lip saccate, side lobes falcate, 

 midlobe tongue-shaped laterally flattened obtuse puberulous. S. serrae- 

 formis, JReichb. f. I.e. Dendrocolla Arachnites, Blume JBijdr. 287, t. 67. 

 brides Arachnites, Lindl. G-en. fy Sp. Orchid. 238. Liparis serrseformis, 

 Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1946; Gen. q Sp. Orchid. 33 (excl. Ceylon plant}. 

 Thrixspermum Arachnites, Reichb.f. Xen. Orchid, ii. 121. 



ASSAM, Jenkins, Mann. KHASIA MTS., alt. 4000 ft., Clarke. TENASSERIM and 

 TAVOY, Wallich, Parish. PENAN a, Kunstler (Ic. in Hort. Calcutt.). DJSTRIB. 

 Java. 



Stem 6-12 in., curved or tortuous, internodes short; roots most numerous and 

 long. Leaves 3-6 by |-| in. Peduncles many, 2-4 in., solitary or in pairs, bracts 

 ^ in. ; sepals and petals 1 in., yellow ; lip mottled with red ; column very short ; 

 pollinia oblong, curved, strap very small, quadrate, gland still smaller, lunate. 

 Capsule 2-2| in. 



31. S. complanatus, Hook. f. ; habit, foliage and inflorescence of 



5. Arachnites, but flowers very much smaller, sepals and petals 3 in. 

 acute not caudate, lip a small sessile cup with an incurved minute midlobe 

 and a callus in the concavity. Dendrocolla serrseformis, Lindl. Gen. fy Sp. 

 Orchid. 33 (the Ceylon plant only) ; Thwaites Enum. 307. Epidendrum 

 complanatum, Retz Obs. vi. 50. Limodorura complanatum, W$lid. Sp. PI. 

 iv. 126 ; Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 127. 



CEYLON, Macrae, Walker ; Ambagamowa and Saffragam districts, rare, Thwaites. 



Like S. Arachnites. I can distinguish it only by the very different flower 

 and form of the lip ; and for these characters I am indebted to a copy of a drawing 

 in the Peradeniya Bot. Garden. The leaves vary from 2-7 by i-f in., obtuse or un- 

 equally notched ; the peduncle from 1-3 in., and the raceme from 1-5 in. ; capsule 

 2-2^ in., linear, straight ; pollinia 4 in unequal pairs narrow, quite distinct, and without 

 strap or gland in the figure. There is a specimen of this in Herb'.' Bottler, without 

 habitat, named Epidendrum complanatum, Retz. Obs. vi. 50. 



32. S. brachystachys, HooJc.f. ; stem rigid, sheaths ^-f in. strongly 

 ribbed when dry, leaves oblong, peduncle with the few-fld. raceme much 

 shorter than the leaves, sepals oblong and obovate-oblong petals obtuse, 

 side lobes of sessile lip falcate incurved, midlobe as long fleshy oblong, 

 spur scrotiform. 



PENANG ; on blocks of stone amongst decayed leaves, Maingay. 

 Stem as thick as a goose-quill. " Leaves 2|-3 by -f-1 in., obtuse, notched. 

 Peduncles at every node with the raceme 1 in., very stout, rigid ; bracts 3-4, in. 

 long, rounded ; sepals and petals about 1 in. long, keel narrowly winged ; column 

 very short ; anther low, not beaked. 



33. S. pauciflorus, HooJc.f. ; stem rigid, leaves rather distant ob- 

 long obtuse, peduncle much shorter than the leaves 2-3-fld., sepals oblong- 

 lanceolate acute, petals nearly as large obovate-obloug obtuse, lip stipitate, 



