42 CXLVIII. ORCHIDE^!. (J. D. Hooker.) [Sarcochilus. 



side lobes broad rounded obtuse, midlobe small fleshy obtuse with a conic 

 callus at its base, sac or spur short recurved obtuse. 



PEEAK ; on the Larut range, alt. 3000 ft., ScortecJiini. 



Stem | in. diam., flexuous. Leaves 2|-3 by 1^-1$ in., coriaceous. Peduncle 

 with raceme 1 in., hasal sheaths imbricate ; bracts f in., "subacute ; sepals | in. long, 

 white ; lip yellow, with a broad lamella between the side lobes ; column very short ; 

 anther depressed ; pollinia 2, each 2-lobed, strap short. 



Sect. IX. EIDLEYA, gen. ? (See p. 33.) 



34. S. notabilis, Hook.f. Ic. Plant, ined.; sepals and petals filiform 

 from a narrowly lanceolate 3-nerved base, lip sessile at the base of the 

 column deeply saccate, mouth dilated, tip contracted into a capillary tail. 



SiNGAPOBE, Ridley. 



Stem very short. Leaves lf-2 in., subsessile, elliptic oblong, strongly striate 

 when dry. Peduncles 3 or more from one point on the stem, 4^ in. long, curved, 

 naked ; raceme 2| in., rachis in. diam. across the ovate incurved coriaceous subacute 

 bracts ; pedicel and ovary very slender, % in. long ; perianth very membranous, 

 white ? sepals and petals f in, long, 3-nerved at the base ; lip a large sac rounded at 

 the base, delicately veined ; column very short, foot ; anther low, Membranous, 

 2-celled ; pollinia 2, clavate, sessile on a rather large gland. A very singular and 

 beautiful little plant, which I hesitate to remove from Sarcochilus as a genus, and 

 dedicate to its discoverer. It closely resembles in flower 8. Arachnites, but the 

 stemless habit, foliage, inflorescence and footless column are very different. 



SPECIES UNKNOWN TO ME OB, IMPEEFECTLY KNOWN. 



THEIXSPEEMUM FREEMANI, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1877, 749; dwarf, 

 roots warted, leaves 6-7 by 1| in. ligulate unequally 2-toothed, racemes many-fld., 

 bracts semiovate larger than the small ovary, sepals linear long narrow, petals a 

 little shorter, lip small saccate 3-toothed, with 4 small stipitate globose warted bodies 

 before the base, centre white, lateral parts yellow with brown streaks. Assam, 

 Freeman. Raceme like a yellow-brownish spotted broom. 



S. SILLEMIANUS, HeicTib.f. in Gard. Chron. 1882, i. 524 ; habit of Vanda teres, 

 leaves slender elongate terete, peduncle 2-fld., bracts very short triangular, flowers 

 milk-white suffused with yellow, mentum long, dorsal sepals elliptic, lateral cuneate- 

 oblong, petals obtusely rhomboid, lip erect trifid, spur corniforrn nearly as long as 

 the pedicel of the ovary, side lobes subquadrate striped with purple, midlobe shorter 

 thick retuse 4-grooved, white outside with 2 purple blotches, yellow within, calli 0, 

 column short thick, anther inappendiculate. Burma ? 



S. Sect. Cuculla ; resembles S. brachystachys, but stem much more slender, 

 internodes f-1 in., not strongly ribbed when dry. Mergui, Griffith (No. 1124). 



S. Sect. Cuculla; resembles S. Arachnites, but capsule 4 in. long and. pro- 

 portionately stout. Perak, Scortechini. 



S. Sect. Cuculla; a very small species ; stem 1-2 in., curved, peduncle 1 in., 

 slender, bracts few distant acute, young capsule 1 in., very slender. Khasia Hills, 

 at Amwee, J. D. H. # T. T. 



57. TRXCHOGXiOTTZS, Blume. 



Epiphytes ; stem elongate, leafy. Leaves distichous, flat, narrow. 

 Flowers in branched panicles or solitary or few in very short racemes. 

 Sepals and petals widely spreading oblanceolate or subspathulate. Lip 

 adnate to the sides of the very short column, narrow, base saccate or 

 spurred ; side lobes one or. two pairs of narrow processes ; midlobe straight, or 

 decurved from the middle, hairy. Column very short, sides produced into 



