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284. ScH(ENORcms, Blume. 



One species, wild in Java (? Australia), resembling 

 Saccolabium. 



285. Schomburgkia, Lindley. 



Twelve species, from Tropical and Central America. 

 8. tibicinis has hollow pseudo-bulbs, and is the 

 " Cow's-horn Orchid " of Honduras, and difficult to 

 collect, owing to the ants which infest its sheltering 

 stems. See Gard. Chron., 1879, xii., 107; Bot. 

 Mag., 3729, 4476, 5172. 



286. Scuticaria, Lindley. 



Two or three species, from Brazil and Guiana. 

 Epiphytes with curious thong-like or terete drooping 

 leaves. S. Steelii and S. Hadweni have long been 

 grown in gardens. See Orchid Album, t. 55 ; Bot. 

 Mag., t. 4629 (Bifrenaria), 3572, 3573 ; Bot. Beg., t. 

 1986 (Maxillaria). 



287. Selenipedium, Eeichenbach f. 



Ten species, from mountains of South and Tropical 

 America. They are mostly grown as Cypripediums. 

 S. caudatum is one of the most remarkable of Orchids, 

 its petals growing 20 to 30 inches in length, a large 

 proportion of which growth elongates after lower bud 

 expansion. In Uropedium Lindeni the lip is' petaloid 

 instead of saccate, and three stamens are present. 

 See Gard. Chron., 1879, xii., 107; Bot. Mag., t. 

 5466, 5614, 5970, 6217 (Cypripedia). 



288. Seraphyta, Fischer and Meyer. 



One species, from the West Indies, resembling Amblostoma. 

 See Gard. Chron., 1883, xix., 700; Bot. Mag., t. 

 3565 (as Epidendrum diffusum). 



289. Serapias, Linnaeus. 



Four or five species, wild in the Mediterranean region and 

 extending to the Azores. They are so closely linked 

 together by natural hybrid intermediates as to be 

 scarcely distinguishable from a purely botanical 

 point of view. See Bot. Mag., t. 5868, 6255 ; Bot. 

 Beg., t. 1189 ; Moggr., Flor. Ment., t. 16, 94, 95, 

 *S. cordigera, Gard. Chron., 1883, xx. ; 341. 



