981 veoy 
SARCANTHUS rostratus. 
Long-beaked Sarcanthus. 
~ GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. — 
Nat. ord. Orncutprm. Tribus Vande Lindl. 
_ SARCANTHUS.—Pollinia 2, cereacea, posticé sulcata v. lobata: cau- 
teuld yarid. Anthera bilocularis. Stigma excayatum vy. quadratum : 
Tostello vario. Columna semiteres inappendiculata. Labellum subintegrum 
ifforme cum columna articulatum, calcaratum: calcare intis appendiculato. 
epala patentia subsequalia. Herbe epiphyte (Indie orientalis et Chine) 
 Caulescentes, radicibus caulinis tortuosis, folis distichis planis v. teretibus, 
_ S0ribus vittatis v. fasciatis, racemis foliis oppositis. Lindl. coll. bot. 
. ast: &) B. S 
N Wie, 4 
S. rostratus ; foliis lanceolatis planis subrecurvis, spicd simplice horizontali 
foliis subsequali, sepalis ovalibus patentibus subsequalibus, labello anthe- 
raque rostratis. Lindl. l.c. 
anda rostrata. Lodd. bot. cab. tab. 1008. 
anda recurva. Hook. ex. fl. tab. 187. 
Epiphyta ramosa. Caules crassi, purpurei, teretes. Folia lanceolata, 
Carnosa, subrecurva. Spica pedunculata, oppositifolia, horizontalis, foliis 
Subequalis. Ovarium teres, album. Sepala patentia, equalia, ovalia, lutes- 
Centia, rubro-vittata. Labellum carnoswm, amene purpureum, calcaratum, 
“pice rostratum, incurvum; clacar obtusum, ovario brevius, intas 1-loculare, 
Anticé valde carnosum appendice operculart glabro simplice. Columna 
erecta, clavata, semiteres. Stigma subrotundum, wecaag Bi rostello in 
"ostro longo producto. Anthera conformis, bilocularis. Pellinia 2, biloba ; 
Candicula subulatd elongatd ; glandula parva. Lindl.l.c. 
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This plant belongs to the same genus as the Aerides 
Paniculata of fol. 220 of this work, and has been separated 
ftom Vanda, to which it w quently referred, by the 
WItemOf this attIClCAl aga: tare ones OMNI a 
The species of Sarcanthus “ differ from Vanda in the 
form and structure of their labellum, which is never saccate, 
but has always a spur with one or more appendages in its 
Mside, in the texture of their perianthium, and in habit. 
