40 cxxviii. OEOHIDE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Sarcochilus. 



8-10 in. filiform terete, peduncle much siorter than the leaves, lip a spur- 

 like cylindric sac with orbicular side lobes. 



Perak ; at Larut, on branches of trees. King's Collector. 



Stem in the only specimen 3 in. ; sheaths ^ in., strongly ribbed j roots very long 

 and slender. Leaves about ^ in. diam., flexuous. Peduncles 1^-3 in. j spike i— J in. ; 

 brScts J^ in., broadly ovate, obtuse, fleshy j pedicel and ovary -^ in. ; flowers white ; 

 sepals A in., oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, lateral adnate to the broad foot of the column ; 

 petals obtuse, 7-nerved; lip sessile, side lobes large, midlobe the lunate apex of the 

 subcylindric round basal sac, calli ; column very short, foot broad fleshy. — 

 Flowers much like those of S. Trimeni, but habit very diflferent. 



26. S> mergruensis, Soolc.f. Ic. Plant, ined.; stem short, peduncles 

 much shorter than the small linear-oblong leaves, bracts imbricate erect, 

 capsule 1-1^ in. linear terete beaked. 



Tenassebim; atMer^m, Griffith (in Herb. Lindl.). 



A remarkable little species, with the stem J in. long, clothed with the imbricating 

 bases of the distichous leaves, which are about an inch long. Peduncles i-1 in., fili- 

 form ; raceme ^ in. ; bracts ovate, acuminate. Capsule shortly pedicelled, i in. 

 diam., sMate, beak xa in. 



Sect. VIII. OcrcTJUA, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 575. (See p. 33.) 



27. S. lilacinus, Griff. Notul. iii. 334; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 320, f. ii.; 

 stem elongate, leaves amplexicaul ovate-cordate, peduncle very long, sepals 

 and petals broadly ovate many-nerved, lip saccate, side lobes falcate obtuse, 

 midlobe small recurved, disk with a prominent callus. Walp. Ann. vi. 499.. 

 S. amplexicaulis, Beiclib. f. in TValp. I. c. DendroooUa amplexicaulis, 

 Plume Bijdr. 288. brides amplexicaule,£mrfL Gen. Sf Sp.. Orchid. 239. 

 Orsidice amplexicaulis, Beichh. f. in Bonpland. ii. 93. Thrixspermum 

 amplexicaule & lilacinum, Reichh.f. Sen. Orchid, ii. 121. 



Maiat Peninsula j from Perak to Singapore, in marshes. — Distrib. Malay 

 Islands. 



Stem 2-3 ft., as thick as a goose-quill, decumbent, internodes 1—2 in. ; roots very 

 slender. Leaves 1^-2 in., tip rounded, sheaths smooth. Peduncle 8-10 in. ; sheaths 

 obtuse, appressed ; raceme 1-8 in., few or many-fld.; rachis 4-angled ; bracts J in., 

 obtuse, not imbricating ; ovary very slender ; sepals i in., lateral adnate to the 

 produced foot of the column, and petals white lilac or bluish ; lip white, yellowish 

 and pubescent within, base with a tuft of hairs J column very short ; anther hyaline; 

 poUinia 4, pairs very unequal, oblong, sessile on a reniform strap. Capsule 4-6 in., 

 linear, straight, angles narrowly winged. 



28. S> Scopa, Peichb.f. mss. in Merb. £^ew {ThTixs-peTmnw.); leaves 

 linear-oblong sessile obtuse, peduncle rather longer than the leaves, sepals 

 and petals lanceolate with very long capillary 'tails many-nerved, lip 

 shortly stipitate saccate, side lobes falcate acute, midlobe small acute 

 papillose, i'sk with a columnar callus. 



Peeak ; at Larut, on branches of trees, King's Collector. 



Stem and roots like those of S. lilacinus ; internodes 2 in. Leaves 3-4 in. 

 coriaceous. Peduncle 2-3 in., at right angles to the stem ; raceme 1 in. ; bracts 

 ^ in., ensiform, subacute; sepals 1^ long and petals many -nerved, margins of lip 

 papillose. 



29. S. Scortechini, .Sbo^./. ; leaves oblong lorate 2-lobed, peduncle 

 very long rather slender, sepals and petals lanceolate with long narrow . 

 tips, lip saccate, side lobes short, midlobe conical obtuse fleshy. 



