PtATE 193. 



SARCANTHUS EEINACEUS. 



Hairy-stemmed SarcantJms. 



Gen. Char.^ Perianil 



uLsequalia. LaheUum breve 



ratum, trilobimi, carnosum, cum column^ articulatum ; cakare intus |.biloculari. Gohimna erecta, 

 semiteres. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, postice lobata, caudiciiU glanduldciue varlis.— Herba? 



een 



Folia disticha, ]jlana v. teretia. Eacemi oppositifoUL Flores spedosL 

 LindL 



Sargan 



ecbinnlatis^ ovariis 



^^ — — ^-v*i.a^^ vvo/iXAo jJcu.iijt?iiciLis ct?i|ue eciiixiuiat/iSj sepaus ouioiigis acucis a?qut^ ecumai/js^ petaiiH 



hgulatis obtusisj labello excayato tridentatOj utrinque sub columna plicato^ dentibus latera- 



lilinc V\i A i:iy^ 4- n 4-^ n Jl^-,-.i-^ ^1 : - ^ i. _ J.* i_ _-i _.^j. "^^ ir^jj ^, — «,,^ 



medio 



inserto reflexis, Echh. in Gard. Chron 



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Saecanthus Stowell 



The first plant that I ever saw of this pretty SarcantJms was bought, imcler tlio 

 name of Aerides rubrum, about ten years ago, at one of Stevens's sales. After several 

 years' cultivation, it flowered at Knypersley, and as I first noticed the open blossoms 



passing through the Orchid houses in company with my lamented friend 



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to ^^^^'^"6 



last 



Hugh Stowell, I called it provisionally after him. I did not, however, describe or 

 collate it at that time, and as I shortly afterwards met with it in Messrs. Low's collec- 

 tion under the name of Aerides dasijpogon, I too hastily concluded that such was pro- 

 bably its real name, and made no further inquiries into the matter. In the autumn of 



year, however, I met with the plant again— and this time under the name of 

 ^(ircanthus erinaceus—m the Eoyal Gardens at Kew, where it had been seen by Pro- 

 fessor Reichenbach, and named as above by him. This name, which well describes the 

 peculiarly shaggy or hedgehog-like appearance of the flower-stems, must therefore 

 stand. It is a rare plant and, always excepting Saccolabmn giganteum, the slowest 

 grower of its tribe. My plant, which is about four inches high, has at length begun 



