Sarcanthus.'] oxLViii. orchidbj:. (J. D. Hooker.) 67 



2. S. Wmiamsonl, Beichb. f. in Hamb. Ga/rtenzeit. 1865,333; m 

 Gard. Ghron. 1865, 674 j leaves 4-5 in., racemes long laxly many-fld., 

 sepals ovate-oblong, petals smaller oblong, side lobes of lip erect oblong 

 obtuse subfalcate, midlobe incurved fleshy thickly clawed acuminate, spur 

 globose. 



Tekasseeim ; at Moulmein, Parish. Andaman Islands, Berkeley. 



Stem nearly as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves \ in. diam., curved, obtuse. 

 Saoemes 6-8 in., slender, sometimes branched ; bracts ovate-lanceolate ; flowers J in. 

 diam., pedicelled, amethystine j spur with a narrow lamella from the base of the lip 

 downwards and a large lobed pubescent dorsal callus; anther short; poUinia very 

 minute subglobose, strap broadly obcordate (short, slender in lo. Parish). 



3. S< appendlculatus, Sook. /. ; leaves 3 in., racemes short few- 

 fld., sepals oblong, petals smaller and narrower, side lobes of lip triangular 

 acuminate, midlobe short incurved, column pubescent at the base in ftront, 

 spur funnel-shaped slightly curved obtuse. S. teretifolius, Beichb. f. 

 in Trans. Linn. Soe. xxx. 136 {not of Lindl.). Aerides aptiendiculatum. 

 Wall. Cat. 7315 ; Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 242. 



Tavot, Wallich. Tbnassebim ; at Moulmein, Griffith, Parish. 



Stem as thick as a duck's quill, rigid. Leaves ^ in. diam,, obtuse. Saoemes 

 1-2 in. i bracts minute ; pedicels short ; flowers ^ in. diam. ; petals and sepals re- 

 flexed, yellow-green ; lip rose-pink, spur 2- celled below the middle by a lamina 

 descending from the base of the midlobe ; dorsal callus very large, lobed, pubescent 

 at the base ; anther short ; poUinia very large, strap broadly triangular-ovate. — 

 Very near B. teretifolius of China, but flowers very much smaller and spur longer. 



** Leaves flat or channelled. 



■f" Stem elongate, scandent or pendulous. 



4. S< secundus, Griff. Notul. iii. 362 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 336 ; stem 

 slender elongate, leaves 4-7 in. narrowly linear-lanceolate acuminate, 

 racemes slender, flowers subsecund, sepals oblong obtuse, petals smaller, 

 side lobes of lip tooth-like, midlobe small ovate acute concave, spur conico- 

 infundibular obtuse gibbous dorsally. Micropera pallida, Lindl. in Wall. 

 Cat. 7321 [in part), (not of Gen. & Sp. Orchid.). 



SiiHET, Wallich. Upper Assam-, Griffith. 



Leaves J-J in. broad, rigid, 5-nerved ; sheaths |— 1 in., deeply grooved when dry. 

 Racemes shorter than the leaves, peduncle and rachis slender ; bracts minute, 

 pedicel with ovary \ in. ; flowers \ in. diam. ; sepals and petals red with white or 

 yellowish margins and central band ; lip rose-cold., very fleshy, spur white with a 

 longitudinal septum, dorsal callus 2-lobed ; column stout, short, rostellum subulate ; 

 anther lobg-beaked, strap of globose pollinia slender, dilated above, gland minute. 

 Capsule J-J in., ellipsoid or oblong, ribs low. — Referred to under S, peninsularis as 

 possibly that plant by Lindley (in Journ. Linn. Soo. iii. 39), but is very diflerent. 

 From a so-named drawing in Herb. Oalcutt. this would seem to be the original 

 S. oxyphyllus, of Wallich's mss. ; and that Lindley inadvertently transferred that 

 name.to No. 16. 



^. S. penlnsularis, Balz. in HooTc. Kew Journ. iii. (1867), 243; 

 racemes 1-6 in., flowers deflexed, sepals and smaller petals obovate-oblong 

 obtuse, side lobes of lip short erect subacute, midlobe small incurved acute, 

 spur conical subacute dilated above. Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 39 ; 

 Walp. Ann. vi. 891 ; Valz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 264. S. pauciflorus, Wight 

 Ic. 1. 1747 (pad). Saccolabium acuminatum, Thwaites Enum. 34. 



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