240 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA. 
1. SARCANTHUS APPENDICULATUS, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 67. 
Stem erect, rigid, as thick as a goose-quill, 8 to 15 in. long, with a few sheaths 
near the base. Leaves fleshy, terete, obtuse, 3 or 4 in. long and about '15 in. thick. 
Inflorescence extra-axillary, longer than the leaves, drooping; the peduncle with a few 
distant small sheaths, as long as the lax few-flowered raceme. Flowers “6 in. long; 
floral bract triangular, blunt, minute. Sepals unequal, spreading; the dorsal broadly 
oblong, 3-nerved, the apex rounded; the lateral pair smaller, acute. Petals smaller 
than. the lateral sepals, narrowly oblong, acute. Jip longer than the sepals, jointed 
to the foot of the column; the base with a long, somewhat compressed, narrowly 
infundibuliform spur with an obtuse, somewhat dilated, slightly emarginate tip; the 
side lobes broad at the base but suddenly narrowed to a conical point; the apical lobe 
fleshy, broadly triangular, decurved ; the interior of the spur with a large projecting 
callus on both front and back walls near the mouth. Column short with a thick 
short foot. Anther depressed, its anterior edge produced into a short broad erose 
appendage; pollinia two, broadly triangular, their apices divaricating ; caudicle abruptly 
contracted between the pollinia; the gland quadrate, at right angles to the caudicle. 
Capsule fusiform, boldly ridged, 1 in. in length. Hook. fil. іп Ann. Bot. Gard. Cale., 
Vol. V, pt. 1, 51, t. 76; Ic. Plantar. t. 2136. 5. terctifolius, Reichb. fil. in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. ХХХ, 136 (not of Lindl.) rides appendiculatum, Wall. Cat. 7315 ; Lindl. 
Gen. and Spec. Orch., 242. 
Sikkim, in tropical valleys; in flower during August; Pantling No. 241. In Assam, 
Burma and Mysore. | 
The ground colour of the flowers is а warm buff with many longitudinal purple 
or brownish-purple markings, the apical lobe of the lip being pale lavender or pink. 
. PLATE 318.—Sarcanthus appendiculatus, Hook. fil. A plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 a flower, 
Jront view, 2 profile view of floral bract, stalked ovary and flower, 3 longitudinal section of apex 
of ovary, column and lip, 4 callus on the back wall of the spur, 5 transverse section of spur, 
6 lower surface of anther, 7 pollinia, caudicle and gland; all enlarged. 
2. SARCANTHUS FILIFORMIS, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1842, Mise. 61. 
Stems slender, terete, distantly sheathed near the base, pendulous, 10 in. to 6 
feet in length. Leaves hanging more or less to one side, terete, fleshy, obtuse, 8 to 
10 in. long and about :2 in. thick, Inflorescence extra-axillary, slender, shorter than 
the leaves; the peduncle short, sheathed at the base only, the raceme long and lax. 
Flowers 745 in. long; floral bract short, broadly oblong, obtuse, scarious. Sepals oblong, 
blunt, the dorsal concave towards the apex, all reflexed. Petals linear, much smaller than 
the sepals, also reflexed. Гір fleshy, adnate to the foot of the column; the base 
with a long infundibuliform compressed sac; its mouth with auriculate infolded side 
lobes; the apical lobe small, triangular, horizontal; the interior of the spur 2-celled 
because of the septum passing between its front and back walls, and with a large 
triangular lobed hispid callus projecting from the latter and narrowing the cavities. 
Column with a broad base, tapered to the apex. Anther depressed, beaked. Pollinia two, 
elliptic, grooved, attached obliquely to the somewhat twisted caudicle; the gland small, 
oblong. Capsule clavate, about “5 in. long. Bot. Mag., t. 4639; Walp, Ann. VI, 891; 
Lem. Jard. Fleur. I, 266; Hook. fil. Fl Br. Ind. VI, 66. 
