dark purplish. Sepals, tepals, column and spur whitish; anterior 
lip amethyst-colour. ; 
Materials :—Inspection of the living plant at the Royal Kew 
Gardens; sketches prepared in the Kew Herbarium; description 
prepared there, and a few dried single (') flowers. 
Tab. 109.—Plant. The leaves are represented to a surprising 
extent. 1, side view of flower +; 2, front view of flower + ; 3, side 
view of lip, slit +; 4, pollinarium +. Fig. 3 given by Professor 
Reichenbach. 
This pretty species of Sarcanthus should be grown upon a 
block in the East-India house. It likes heat and moisture, with 
moderate ventilation. The figure was drawn from a specimen 
which flowered in the Royal Collection at Kew.—W. W. S. 
