Safcanthiis.] oxLViit. OSCHIDE^:. (J.I). Hooker.) 69 



TT Stem short or 0. 



9. S. erinaceuSj Reichb.f. in Sot. Zeit. 1864, 298 ; leaves linear- 

 oblong subacute channelled, racemes longer than the leaves pendulous 

 laxly mauy-fld. hirsute, sepals and smaller petals oblong-obovate white, 

 side lobes of lip broad midlobe ovate-oblong obtuse, spur shorter than the 

 sepals saccate. Sot. Mag. t. 5630. S. Stowellianus, Batem. mss. 



TENASSERIM: ; at Moulineiu, Parish. 



Stem short, as thick as the little finger. Leaves close set, 2-3 by % in., recurved, 

 coriaceous. Racemes 48 in., rachis slender purple; bracts minute; flowers -| in. 

 diatn. ; pedicel with ovary ^-f in. ; side lobes of lip with acute outer angles, spur with 

 a sinuous ridge at the mouth, and with a broad plate extending downwards from the 

 base of the pink midlobe, dorsal callus didymous ; column stout, recurved, beak 

 decurved, base broad; anther long-beaked, sjbrap of pollinia very slender, gland 

 minute. 



10. S. laxus, ReicM.f. in Sot Zeit. 1886, 378; in Saunders Refug. 

 Sot. t. 109 ; leaves very short broad fleshy, raceme 6-8 in., sepals broadly 

 oblong obtuse, petals obovate-oblong, side lobes of lip erect, midlobe very 

 short obtuse concave, spur broadly conical obtuse. 



TENASSEKIM ; at Moulmein, Griffith, Parish. 



Stem 0. Leaves 2-3 by 1-li in., linear-oblong, obtusely 2-lobed, clouded with 

 purple beneath. Peduncle slender, branched at the base, very lax-fld. ; bracts 

 minute; pedicel with ovary horizontal, -| in. long; flowers yellow, resupinate ; spur 

 with a narrow longitudinal plate at the base within ; dorsal callus 2-lobed, glabrous; 

 column rather long rostellum elongate, deflexed ; strap of globose pollinia very long, 

 slender, gland minute. Very near 8. erinaceus. There are two specimens in Herb. 

 Kew., both from the Royal Gardens ; in one the sepals and petals are much broader 

 than in the other, and the raceme much longer. A drawing of a flower of this species 

 is in Herb. Lindl., marked " India (Griffith) Loddiges." The ridge within the spur 

 hardly amounts to a septum, and the species is therefore intermediate between 

 Sarcanthus aud Cleisostoma. 



11. S. Parishii, Hook. Sot. Mag. t. 5217 ; leaves 4-6 in. lorate keeled 

 unequally obtusely 2-fid, racemes or panicles elongate many and lax-fld., 

 sepals ovate obtuse, petals smaller narrower oblong, side lobes of lip 

 rounded, midlobe broadly ovate, straight or recurved, spur longer than the 

 sepals narrowly conical curved. 



TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. 



Stem 1-2 in., roots very stout. Leaves few, divaricate, bases closely imbricating. 

 Racemes 6-16 in. ; bracts minute, ovate, acute ; flowers in. diam., golden yellow ; 

 sepals and petals striated with red ; spur septate below the middle, dorsal callus 

 large; column short ; anther acuminate, pollinia didymous oblong shortly stipitate 

 below the tip of the narrowly spathulate strap (as in sect. Uncifera of Saccolabium), 

 gland minute. 



12. S. lorifolius, Parish mss. ; leaves very thick curved linear 

 channelled keeled obtusely notched, scape flexuous and rachis of panicled 

 dense-fld. spikes stout, bracts reHexed, lateral sepals broadly obovate, 

 petals more oblong obtuse, side lobes of lip subulate, midlobe ovate concave, 

 spur longer than the sepals. Hook.f. Ic. Plant, ined. 



TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. 



Stem 3-4 in., stout, few leaved. Leaves 4- by |-f in., sheath very short. 

 Peduncle 4 in,, green, sheaths .obtuse; spikes 3-4 in. ; bracts ovate-subulate; sepals 

 and petals yellow with red; spar white, half 2-celled by vertical lamella, dorsal callus 

 didyinoud j columa short ; anther short, broad, polliuia didymous, strap not long 



