340 G. King & R. Pantling — Neiv Orchids from Sikkim. [No. 3, 



J. A. Gammie, Deputy Superintendent of the Government Cinchona 

 Plantation in Sikkiin, whose work in the cultivation of the medicinal 

 species of Cinchona and in the local manufacture of Quinine is so well- 

 known and so highly appreciated. The species is allied to G. Mastersii, 

 Benth. and G. offine, Warn. 



SARCOCHILUS, R. Br. 



Sarcochilus retro-spiculatus, n. spec. Leafless; the roots large, 

 numerous and flat. Scape about '75 in. long, bearing at its apex 1 or 2 

 green, minutely bracteolate flowers *2 in. long. Sepals and petals sub- 

 equal, linear-lanceolate, wide-spreading, the laterals inserted on the 

 sides of the lip. Lip sessile, linear-lanceolate, the apex with a retrorse 

 tooth ; the base sub-gibbous, side lobes none : the spar globose, its 

 mouth contracted. Column very short. Pollinia 4 : the caudicle short, 

 dilated below the pollinia, the gland ovate. 



Sikkim : at elevations of about 5,000 feet ; flowering in June. 



A very inconspicuous species, remarkable for the curious retro- 

 fiexed apical spicule- like appendage of the lip. 



SarcoOHILDS ckepidiformis, n. spec. A minute leafless plant with 

 comparatively large spi'eading roots. Raceme erect, '35 in. long, flowers 

 •15 in. long, bracteate, disticlious, opening singly. Sepals sub-equal, 

 ovate, blunt. Petals shorter than the sepals, lanceolate. Lip sessile on 

 the column, forming a roundish cup with entire edges, about equalling 

 the dilated horizontal spur which is pilose just inside its mouth. Column 

 very short. Anther thin, with a slightly deflexed fleshy lip. Pollinia 4, 

 all attached to a single thread-like caudicle : gland ovate. Ovary long, 

 sub-sessile : fruit 1 in. long, cylindric. 



Sikkim: in tropical valle}'S: flowering in September. 



The sepals and petals of this curious little plant are greenish, the 

 lip is white, and the stigma has purple margins. It is named from the 

 resemblance of the combined lip and spur to a slipper or last. 



Sarcochilus bimaculatus, n. spec. Stem very short. Leaves linear- 

 oblong, narrowed to the base, sub-falcate, the apex obliquely bifid, 2 in. 

 long, and 35 in. broad. Raceme stout, - 75 in. long, compressed, and 

 with persistent triangular bracts. Flowers confined to the upper half 

 of the racliis, distichous, "3 in. in diam., sessile. Sepals sub-equal, 

 ovate-lanceolate, apiculate, the laterals attached to the base of the 

 column. Petals shorter than the sepals, ovate, sub-acute. Lip springing 

 at right angles from a short mentum, and lying parallel to the column ; 

 its side lobes nai-row, elongate, falcate, acute at the apex : apical lobe 

 triangular, very fleshy and with two flat calli at its base where the side 

 lobes end : the centre of the body of the lip with larger elongate calli 



