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SARCANTHUS succisusy. ~ | 
_ Bitten-leaved Sarcanthus. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Orncuipex. Tribus Vande Lindl. 
SARCANTHUS. Supra, fol. 981. 
S. succisus : foliis oblongis apice preemorsis dentatis, spicd simplice horizon- 
tali foliis longiore: rachi compressa, sepalis obtusis, calcare apice 
didymo inflato, stigmate fornicato. 
S. succisus. Lindley coll. bot. sub fol. 39. B. sine charactere. 
Caulis compressus, erectus, foliosus, flecuosus, purpureo-maculatus, in- 
ternodiis nunc planis, nunc sulcatis, radices pallidas tortuosas promentibus. 
Folia disticha, vaginantia, cum vagina articulata, oblonga, subundulata, 
apice emarginata, succisa et erosa, avenia, purpureo paululum ad costam et 
margines superiorum maculata. Spica oppositifolia, foliis longior, horizon- 
talis, v. dependens, pedunculatus, pedunculo purpureo terete, distanter vagi- 
nato, racht compressd, clavatd. Flores magnitudine S. teretifolice, extds 
livide purpurei, intiis pallide lutet, pauld purpureo maculati. Sepala 2 
exteriora lateralia patentia, subrotunda, subunguiculata, supremo erecto 
fornicato. Sepala interiora superiort appressa et conformia paululum minora. 
Labellum cucullatum, calcaratum, dependens, cum columna non articulatum, 
pallide luteum, trilobum, lobis lateralibus columne longitudine truncatis 
anticé vittd unicd sanguinea, intermedio ovato acuto carnoso convexo, caput 
aviculi simulante. Calcar ad faucem fornicibus duabus semiclausum, apice 
didymum ventricosum. Columna parva, erecta, cum bast labelli connata, 
postice sursim arcuata, marginibus rnflexis antice carnosis luteis approxi- 
matis fornicem super stigma formantibus, ad latera bicallosa; postice multd 
evectior. Clinandrium excavatum, arcuatum, modo curris antique. An- 
_ thera anticé elongata, subquadrata, unilocularis, membranacea. Pollinia 
duo, oblonga, dura, cereacea, intds alte sulcata apicibus caudicule adheren- 
tibus filiformi cartilaginee diaphane pallidé lutee in glandulam parvam 
denudatam desinenti. 
Native of China, whence it was brought for the Horti- 
cultural Society, in 1824, by Mr. John Damper Parks. 
Flowers in the stove in June and July. It thrives in a 
mixture of rotten wood and decayed vegetable mould, and. 
