SarcocMlm.] CXXVII. ORCHIDE^. 1551 



Leaves narrow-linear or none. Middle lobe of the labellum broad or 

 eushion-like and densely covered with a white pubescence. 

 Leaves linear. Lateral sepals adnate to the whole of the projection of 

 the column. 

 Sepals nearly 3 lines long. Lateral lobes of the labellum much longer 



than the middle lobe and the dorsal protuberance. On rocks ... 8. S. Cecilite. 

 Sepals about IJ line. Lateral lobes of the labellum shorter than the 

 broad middle lobe and the spurlike dorsal protuberance. On stems of 



trees 9. .9. Hillii. 



Ho leaves. Lateral sepals (about 2 lines) adnate only to the base of the 

 projection of the column which represents a claw to the labellum. 

 Eoots very flat and thin 10. S. phyllorhizue. 



1. S. Hartmannii (after C. H. Hartmann), F. v. M. Fragm. viii. 248. 

 Stems numerous, stout, 2 to 4in. high, clothed with the strongly ribbed bases of 

 the old leaves. Leaves almost fleshy, 4 to 7in, long, about fin. broad, the apex 

 very shortly obliquely emarginate. Peduncles erect, stout, and often longer than 

 the leaves, bearing from 12 to 14 flowers. Pedicels about |^in. long. Sepals oblong, 

 about 4 lines long, narrowed and red-spotted towards the base. Petals ovate, about 

 3 lines long, spotted like the sepals. Labellum short, with a band of red across 

 the front, lateral lobes rhomboid-ovate middle lobe conical, small, yellowish, spur 

 obtuse. The large gland on the disk deeply cut to half its length, the small 

 gland at the base also more deeply cut. Column spotted with red. Pollen- 

 masses pyriform. — 8. rubricentnwt, Fitzg. Austr. Orch. ii. Pt. 1. 



Hab.: On rocks Southern ranges. 



2. S. platystachys (broad spike). Bail. 1st Suppl. Syn. Ql. Fl. 66. 

 Plant epiphytal, with flattened stems extending to nearly 2ft, in length, 

 well furnished throughout with leaves, flower-racemes, and roots. Leaves deep- 

 green, oblong, 3 to Sin. long and from 1 to nearly 2in. broad. Racemes 

 axillary on flattened peduncles of 4 or 6in., with an empty bract near the 

 base and 1 or 2 higher up ; raceme about Sin. long, flat, with a row on 

 either edge of obtuse, imbricated, slightly falcate bracts which subtend the 

 delicate flowers. Flowers on slender pedicels. Segments about 6 lines long, 

 forming at their base a blunt spur similar to that in a Dmdrobmm flower, 

 from which they taper to filiform points. Labellum 3-lobed, the lateral 

 lobes broad and wavy with a small curved ealus on the disk between them, 

 middle lobe subulate. Column very short, white, winged ; anther-lid ovate. 

 Capsule erect, with numerous fine ribs, about 5in. long, ending in a prominent 

 beak. 



Hab.: Johnstone Biver, Dr. T. L. Bancroft. 



The flowers are described from a few dry ones found on the live plants ; they appear to be of 

 a yellow and pink. 



3. S. divitiflorus (flowers rich looking), F. Muell. Herb. ; Benth. FL Aiistr. 

 vi. 292. Stems a few inches long, flat, clothed with thebasfes of old leaves ; roots 

 flattened upon the branches or stems of the supporting plants, of a dark colour 

 and rough like a rasp. Leaves oblong, 8 to 4in. long and nearly lin. broad, flat 

 with prominent nerves. Scapes or peduncle about 6 to ISin. long, flowering 

 from below the middle, with a few empty sheathing scales or bracts below the 

 inflorescence. Flowers from few to 60, on short pedicels, the subtending bracts 

 ■ovate, 1 to 1-i- lines long. Sepals and petals very narrow, tapering into a filiform 

 point, 1 to over l|-in. long, spangled, with pale yellow white and dark blotches 

 near the base, the lateral sepals narrow-lanceolate towards the base, but without 

 any prominent spur or point. Labellum with a narrow claw of about 1 line, the 

 lamina with an erect central saccate lobe of about 1 line, the lateral lobes 

 twice as long, oblong, obtuse, clasping the very short column. Pollen- 

 masses 2 on a short caudicle, the pollen somewhat mealy. — Fitzg. Austr. 

 Orch. i. Pt. 6. 



Hab.: Brisbane scrubs. 



