249 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA. 
oblong, acute ; the base with a short blunt infundibuliform spur parallel to but much 
shorter than the ovary, with two short broad triangular side lobes at its mouth ; 
its interior with an antero-posterior septum and a bulbous projecting callus from the 
front and back walls. Column very short and stout, without a foot. Anther depressed 
and with a long beak; pollinia two, ovoid, bifid; caudicle tapering; gland round, 
minute. Capsule ellipsoid, faintly ridged, ‘5 to ‘75 in. long. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 
VI, 67; in Ann. Bot, Gard. Cale. V, 51, t. 77. ЖА. ozyphyllus, Wall MSS. in 
Herb. Cale. Micropera pallida, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7321 (in part, not of Gen. and 
Spec. Orch.). 
Sikkim, at the base of the range and in the lower parts of hot valleys; Pantling 
No. 151. Sylhet, Assam, Khasia Hills, Chittagong. 
The sepals and petals of this are pale yellow with intramarginal bands of brown. 
The lip is white, except its apical lobe which is pink. Grriffith’s specific name is 
inappropriate, as the flowers are not secund. 
Prate 321.—Sarcanthus secundus, Griff. А plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 a flower, 2 bract, stalked 
ovary, column, anther and lip, 3 section of part of the foregoing, 4 apex of column with pollinia in 
position, 5 pollinia removed, 6 empty anther from below; ай enlarged. 
56. Dendrocolla, Blume. 
Epiphytal. Stem elongate, leafy, erect and with many roots. Leaves coriaceous, 
narrow. Raceme leaf-opposed, its rachis bearing large persistent equitant bracts, 
proliferous. Sepals and petals sub-equal, spreading, often linear, the lateral petals adnate 
to the foot of the column. Lip short, jointed to the column, with a sae or spur at its 
base, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes small, the apical lobe oblong. Column short, broad at the 
base, with a short foot. Anther depressed, 2-celled; pollinia four, in pairs, unequal, or two 
‘and deeply bifid, attached by a short caudicle to a small often curyed gland. Capsule 
narrow, elongate: Species about six, mostly Malayan, one Indian. 
The genus, as above limited, includes only the plants put by Blume into his first section, Cuculla ; 
those of his sections Tulera and Fornicaria bemg excluded by their differently shaped lips. 
DENDROCOLLA ARACHNITES, Blume Bijdr. 287, t. 67, 
Stem erect, rigid, rather stout, 6 or 8 in. long, bearing six or eight horizontal leaves 
and many roots. Leaves coriaceous, narrowly oblong, minutely bifid at the apex, not 
narrowed at the slightly sheathing base, 3-or 4 in. long and “б to ‘75 in. broad. 
Inflorescence leaf-opposed, slightly longer than the leayes, spreading, rigid; the peduncle 
with one or two short sheaths, persistent and bearing flowers for about three years; the 
raceme shorter than the peduncle; floral bracts distichous, equitant, broadly triangular, 
persistent. Flowers about 1 in. across, the stalked oyary about twice as long as the brací. 
Sepals and petals sub-equal, linear-oblong, acuminate, 1:25 in. long. Гір jointed to the 
column, less than one-third of the length of the sepals and petals, with a short wide | 
posteriorly projecting sac at the base, 3-lobed; the lateral lobes small, their truncate 
apices directed forwards; the apical lobe oblong, tumid, blunt, puberulous; disc between 
the side lobes with a fleshy callus. Column short, broad at the base, narrower at the 
apex and with a short foot, Stigma small, Anther depressed, truncate in front; pollinia 
