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Sarcochiliis. 

 small ; sepals and petals spreading, the lateral sepals 

 often more or less adnate to the foot of the column ; lip 

 witliout a spur, three-lobed, the lateral lobes petaloid or 

 tooth-like, the middle one variable, flesh}' ; column erect ; 

 pollen-masses two, globose, or four more or less connate, 

 in a pair ; peduncles lateral, simple or rarely branched. 

 Leaves coriaceous or flesh}-, oblong or linear, distichous, or 

 sometimes \er}' few or delicient. The plants require liberal 

 moisture, both at the root and in the atmosphere, during 

 the growing season ; while at rest onl}* sufficient moisture 

 should be given to maintain them in their normal con- 

 condition. The genus is also known as Tlirixspenuiini. 



SARCOPODIUM (LiiidL). See Bulbophyllum and Den- 

 drobium. 



SATYRIUM. 



Stove, greenhouse, or half-hard}-, terrestrial Orchids, 

 belonging to the tribe Ophrydecv. The name given b}' 

 Swartz is from saturos, a sat}-r ; alluding to the supposed 

 aphrodisiacal properties. The species are nati\'es of the 

 East Indies, the Rlascarene Islands, and, for the most part, of 

 Southern and tropical Africa. Flowers mediocre, or rather 

 large, rarel}- small, in dense spikes ; sepals and petals free, 

 much spreading or reflexed ; lip sessile at the base of the 

 column, broad, conca\e, galeate or cucullate, undivided, 

 double-spurred, or bisaccate ; bracts membranous or some- 

 what leaf}-. Leaves 'i<t\\ on the lower parts of the stem, 

 rarely many at the sides of a tall stem. Tuber undivided. 

 Many of the species will thrive under the same conditions 

 as those recommended for Disa. The}- are rarel}- met \\\\\\ 

 in cultivation. 



SAUNDERSIA. 



This monotypic genus, of the tribe Vaiidea\ was founded 

 by the }-ounger Reichenbach, the name being a compli- 

 mentary" one to Air. W. W. Saunders, an ardent collector 

 of rare and curious plants. S. mirahilis is a stove 

 epiphytal Orchid seldom seen in cultivation. It is 

 greenish-yellow, flushed with yellow and purple, and is 

 produced upon a very short, one-leaved stem, that is 

 scarcely or not at all pseudo-bulbous. 



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