Saccolabiumi] cxxxvi, orchide^e. 169 
Racemes 2 in. long. Flowers scattered, -36 in. long. Sepals linear- 
oblong, blunt. Petals narrower, olive yellow. Lip pale violet, 
side-lobes erect oblong, truncate, midlobe much longer, hastate- 
triangular acuminate, blunt; spur short curved blunt, olive yellow, 
upper callus in mouth hemispheric with an anchor-shaped process 
on tip, lower callus conic ending in a lamina running to back of spur. 
Column stout sigmoid, yellow. Anther hemispheric, caudicle broad 
elongate narrowed to tip, disc saddle-shaped. Hab. Rare. Johor, 
Batu Pahat. Negri Sembilan, Port Dickson (Williams). 
(16) S. Kunstleri Ridl. Mat. i. 163. Sarcanthus Kunstleri 
King. Journ. /Is. Soc. Beng. lxvi. 594. 
Stem 4 to 6 in. long, often branching. Leaves terete fleshy stout, 
2'5 to 3 in. long, *25 in. thick. Panicle 6 in. long. Flowers numer¬ 
ous, -25 in. wide. Sepals sub-equal elliptic blunt. Petals narrower, 
all white with a pink mid-line. Lip side-lobes erect broadly oblong 
blunt, midlobe ovate acute pink; septum running to the back of 
the spur half dividing it, a large callus on back wall, spur short 
thick blunt slightly curved. Column thick, foot short. Anther 
truncate in front. Hab. Negri Sembilan, Port Dickson (Williams' 
drawing). Perak (Kunstler). Drawings only seen. 
Near S f Machadonis, but without the peculiar anchor-shaped callus. 
(17) S. secundum Ridl. Mat. i. 168. Sarcanthus secundus 
Griff. Notulce, 362; Ic. PI. As. t. 326; Hook. fil. Ann. Roy. Bot. 
Gard. Calc. v. 51, pi. 77 (not of vol. viii. pi. 321). 
A foot or more tall ; stem stout. Leaves linear acuminate 
flat, tip terete pungent, 1 ft. long, *5 in. wide, sheaths 1 in. long. 
Raceme dense pendulous, 2 to 4 in. long. Bracts ovate very short. 
Flowers -25 in. long. Sepals oblong-obovate blunt. Petals nar¬ 
rower. All green with 2 red bands . Lip side-lobes oblong with 
terete points, midlobe ovate fleshy, white tinted violet and yellow; 
spur horn-shaped white, septum running from a keel on the mid¬ 
lobes across spur, callus in mouth short clubbed. Anther quad¬ 
rate beaked. Capsule cylindric, -75 in. long. Hab. On trees often 
near sea or over rivers. Johor, Batu Pahat. Malacca, Sungei 
Kesang (Derry); Sungei Rambei. Sungei Ujong (Cantley); 
Siliau, Seremban (Williams). Perak, Thaiping Hills (Hervey). 
Lankawi (Curtis). Dislrib. India, Sumatra, Borneo, Saigon. Native 
name: Sakat Ular. 
(18) S. Scortechinii Ridl. Mat. i. 167. Sarcanthus Scorte- 
chinii fil. F.B.I. vi. 68; Ic. Pi. 2138. 
A climber, about 6 ft. tall; stem *2j in. through. Leaves 
lanceolate acute or obtuse, base narrowed petiolate, 5 in. long, 
1 in. wide, sheaths ribbed, 1 in. long. Flowers numerous sub- 
sessile, *5 in. wide. Upper sepal oblong, laterals obovate blunt. 
Petals narrower dark purple with yellowish central bar. Lip side- 
lobes low indistinct, midlobe broader triangular-hastate, violet 
