Saraoehilus.'] oxlviii. obohidej). (J. D. Hooker.) 35 



that the sides are almost iu contact, leaving a narrow slit along the top as the opening 

 to the cavity j of the three short lobes seen in looking sideways at it, that towards 

 the column represents the side lobes, a shorter below it a spur ? and the interme- 

 diate the apex of the lip ; there are no internal caruncles or sepals j the edges of the 

 lip are smooth and yellow, and there are a few red spots on ttte side j column with a 

 narrow base, very oblique top, sloping backwards, and very concave face ; rostellum 

 minute, erect, 2-fid; aother shortly beaked, 2-ceJledj pollinia globose,'strap short, 

 gland oblong. — ^It is impossible to describe the form of the minute lip of this curious 

 species intelligibly. I shall hope to give figures of it and of S. aureus in King's 

 " Annals of the Calcutta Botanical Gardens," 



Sect. II. Steeeochiltts, £in(i^ (gen.). (See p. 33.) 



5. S, hirtus, Benih. in Gen. Plant, iii. 576 ; leaves lorate very thick 

 straight horizontal, raceme pubescent, lip a conical sac with short acute 

 2-toothed side lobes and a large double callus below the column within. 

 Stereochilus hirtus, Lindl. in Jowrn. Linn. Soc. iii. 58. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 5000 ft., J. B. S. ^ T. T. Tenasseeim, Parish. 

 Stem very short. Leaves 3-5 in., very thick. Racemes 1-3 in., drooping ; 

 peduncle and racbis slender ; bracts short, broad, membranous ; flowers \-i in. diam., 

 pink, pubescent ; lateral sepals adnate to the obscure foot of the column and base of 

 lip ; petals narrower, falcate, obtuse j lip white and pink ; column white ; aether purple,, 

 long-beaked, 2-celled ; pollinia 4, oblong, stipitate in pairs on the spathulate end of a 

 very long slender strap, gland minute. Capsule not seen. — Lindley errs in describing 

 , the lip as solid with a pair of horns at the base j it is a conical cup, the mouth oblong, 

 and the horns are the 2-fid side lobes which appear to rise out of the cup, Tlie 

 callus below the column is that of > Cleisostoma, and the strap and stipitate pollinia 

 are those of Saccolab. § Uncifera. 



Sect. III. (Seep. 33.) 



6. S. aureus, Sook.f.; stem very short, leaves large long loriform 

 2-lobed, peduncle stout several-fid., flowers , large, sepals lanceolate acumi- 

 nate many-nerved, petals subsimilar, lip shorter than the sepalsj claw long 

 narrow rigid linear, side lobes falcately ouneate, midlobe a short erect crest 

 at the base of the globose subdidymous spur. 



Pebae, King's Collector. , 



Stem as stout as the little finger. Leaves 4-10 by 1^2 in., very coriaceous, 

 keeled. Peduncle from below the leaves,' 2-7 in., stout, nearly straight ; flowers 

 scattered towards the end of the peduncle ; bracts very short, broadly ovate, per- 

 sistent ; pedicel with ovary f in., straight; sepals 1 in., and petals golden yellow; lip 

 about -I shorter than the sepals, claw caruncled where it expands to meet the blade, 

 and then ;^erforated for the passage to the globose spur j side lobes erect, white barred 

 with dull pink ; disk witli a caruncled transverse crest over the base of the spur ; 

 column stout, rostellum inconspicuous; anther very shortly beaked, pollinia globose, 

 strap snbspathnlate, gland narrow. — A beautiful species, described from several 

 drawings lent by Herb. Calcutt. and the analysis of dried flowers. 



7. S. cladostachyS; JB.ooJc. f. : stem very short, leaves lorlforni t;ip 

 narrowed bifid, peduncle much shorter than the leaves clavate few-dd., 

 sepals and petals narrowly elliptic-lanceolate finely acuminate, lip shorter 

 than the sepals, claw narrow rigid linear, side lobes oblong obtuse, midlobe 

 3-fid, side lobules quadrate retuse, mid-lobule (spur?) short rounded. 



MAI.AXA, Kunstler (Ic. in Serb. Calcutt.). ? Pbeak, Ic. Scortechini. 



Stem 1 in., not very stout. Leaves recurved and pendulous, 6-12 by 14-2 in., 

 flat, keeled. Peduncle 14 in. or more, green ; bracts ovate ; pedicel with ovary i iu. ; • 

 flowers white, 1^ in. diam,; sepals fin. long, and petals spreading, cream-cold.; 



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