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CXXXVI. ORCHIDEiE. 
\Sar copodium. 
7 . SARCOPODIUM, Lindl. 
Epiphytic and rock plants; rhizome long; pseudobulbs conic 
distant. Leaves 2 coriaceous, oblong or elliptic. Racemes terminal 
of few 3 to 10 flowers. Sepals lanceolate, laterals falcate. Petals 
usually narrower. Mentum short. Lip 3-lobed. Column short. 
Species about 20, Indo-Malaya to Fiji. 
Tip with 2 rows of tubercles on midlobe 
Lip with 3 keels and 2 calli at base 
Lip with thickened ridges, no calli. 
Midlobe narrow acuminate . 
Midlobe tongue-shaped 
(1) S. longipes 
(2) S. macropodum 
(3) S. geminatum 
(4) S. citrino-castaneum 
(1) S. longipes Kranzl., Pflanzenreich, l.c. 324. Dendrobium 
longipes Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 713; Ic. PI. 2017; Ridl. Mat. i. 34. 
Rhizome stout; pseudobulbs pyramidal, 1 to 1-25 in. long, 
covered with brown sheaths. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 1-5 to 3 in. 
long, sessile or short petioled. Raceme 6 to 8 in. long, 3- to 5- 
flowered. Bracts lanceolate. Pedicels stout with ovary 1*5 in. 
long. Sepals linear or oblong-lanceolate, 1 in. long, laterals falcate, 
white tinted rose, mentum short blunt. Lip ovate-oblong, side- 
lobes round, midlobe ovate or lanceolate mealy with 3 rows of 
tubercles, white streaked brown, orange-yellow blotch on midlobe, 
tip white. Hab. Mountains, at 3000 to 7100 ft. altitude, Pahang, 
Gunong Tahan; Telom on Gunong Berumbun. Selangor, Sempang 
Mines, Semangkok; Gunong Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson). Perak, 
Gunong Batu Putih (Wray); Gunong Kerbau. 
(2) S. macropodum Kranzl. l.c. 324. Dendrobium macropodum 
Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 713; Ic. Pl. 2020; Ridl. Mat. i. 34. 
Pseudobulbs conic, deeply grooved, 2 in. long. Leaves elliptic 
blunt, thick, 2 to 3 in. long. Racemes 6 to 8 in. tall. Flowers 6 
to 12. Bracts ovate-lanceolate; ovary with short pedicel 2 in. 
long. Flowers i*5 in. wide. Sepals lanceolate acuminate; mentum 
very short. Petals linear-lanceolate acute. Lip side-lobes round 
blunt, midlobe orbicular, keels 3 on disc and 2 ear-shaped calli at 
base. Column rather long. Capsule fusiform. Hab. Mountains, 
Pahang, Gunong Tahan; Kluang Terbang (Barnes). Perak, Thai- 
ping Hills. Distrib. Sumatra. 
(3) S. geminatum Kranzl. l.c. 26. Dendrobium geminatum 
Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 713 ; Ridl. Mat. i. 35; Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 77. 
Rhizome very long, over 2 ft.; pseudobulbs remote, conic, 
5-angled, 1 to i*5 in. tall, -5 in. through, red or reddish yellow. 
Leaves stiff lanceolate or elliptic, 1*5 to 3 in. long, -25 to *75 in. 
wide. Panicles few branched, 3 to 4 in. long, red. Bracts lanceo¬ 
late acute, -25 in, long. Pedicel and ovary -75 in. long, pink. 
Sepals lanceolate acute, reddish yellow, 75 in. long. Petals nar¬ 
rower pale yellow. Lip *5 in. long, side-lobes broad round yellow, 
midlobe narrow acuminate with orange red blotch at base, 2 thick 
