cxxxvi. orchide^e. 
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Sarcochilus.] 
Flowers 3 or 4, -5 in. wide. Sepals lanceolate acute. Petals sub- 
spathulate, narrower, all white. Lip side-lobes quadrate or linear 
crimson, midlobe very small retuse white with 2 yellow spots at 
base, spur short broad, clubbed. Column pale green. Anther 
ovate beaked yellow. Pollinia elliptic, caudicle broad triangular- 
spathulate, disc triangular small. Capsule linear, 4 in. long. Hab. 
On trees and lianes, dense forest. Hab. Singapore, Bukit Timah; 
Chan Chu Kang. Pahang, Pekan. Selangor, Batu Caves. Negri 
Sembilan, Labu Reservoir. Seremban (Williams). Perak. 
(4) S. cladostachys Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 35. 
Stem stout. Leaves lorate bifid crowded, 6 to 12 in. long, 1*5 to 
2 in. wide. Peduncles 1 to 2 in. long, rachis thickened. Flowers 
1-5 in. wide, cream-colour. Sepals and petals lanceolate acuminate. 
Lip shorter, side-lobes oblong blunt pale purple, midlobe bifid, 
lobes quadrate, spur globose spotted purple. Foot of column 
spotted purple, rather long. Hab. Perak (Kunstler, Scortechini, 
drawings only). 
(5) S. stenoglottis Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 34; Ridl. Mat. i. 175; 
Hook. Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. v. 41, pi. 62. S. sigmoideus Ridl. 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxi. 298. 
Stem stout, 3 in. long. Leaves oblong lorate broadly blunt, 
8 in. long, 1-5 in. wide. Raceme 3 in. long, thickened upwards. 
Flowers -5 in. wide, white. Sepals oblong obtuse, laterals broader. 
Petals lanceolate blunt, all white, base yellow with transverse 
crimson streaks. Lip shorter sigmoid, flattened laterally, side-lobes 
low with 2 short points, midlobe ovate, spur long curved upwards, 
white. Column foot short. Pollinia reniform, caudicle oblanceo- 
late, disc shield-shaped. Hab. Perak (Scortechini). Disirib. 
Borneo, Sumatra. 
(6) S. virescens Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. By. 37, p. 8 5; 
Mat. i. 176. 
Stem very short. Leaves lanceolate sub-acute, 1-5 in. wide or 
less. Raceme 1 in. long. Flowers 1 in. wide. Sepals ovate acute. 
Petals narrow lanceolate. All light green. Lip very short white, 
side-lobes short rounded, midlobe represented by an orange 
callus, spur short broad conic. Column foot as long as column. 
Anther orange, beak triangular. Hab. Rare. Perak, Tapah 
(Aeria), a drawing only seen ; Tanjong Malim (Williams). 
(7) S. tanyphyllus Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 372. 
Stem hardly 1 in. long, stout. Leaves 4 or 5 lorate, 1 to 2 ft. 
long, 1*5 in. wide, unequally blunt bilobed. Racemes 4 to 5 in. 
long, hardly dilate. Bracts lanceolate. Flowers white large on 
pedicels 1 in. long. Sepals lanceolate acuminate. Petals broader 
lanceolate. Lip shorter, clawed, side-lobes lorate falcate large, 
midlobe shoe-shaped blunt, a large keel at base. Rostellum long 
bifid acuminate. Capsule oblong, 1-5 in. long. Hab. Rare on 
limestone rocks. Pahang, Kota Glanggi (Ridley). 
