ANNALS OF EOYAL BOTAKIC GAEDEN. CALCUTTA.
spur slightly incurved, with a very large 3-lobed comprcssed caruncle iinder tho column
-n-itbiu, and a vertical plate descending from the base of the luidlobe to below the
middle of the spur, dividing the base of the latter into two parallel colls; the upper
part of tiiis plate fits into the cleft of the 2-lobed caruncle. Column very stout,
rostellum subulate. Anther broad, flut, suddenly contracted in front into a long subulate
beak; polliuia large, globose, cleft; strap slender, gland minute. Capsule i—f in.
ellipsoid or oblong, ribs not prominent.
A little known plant, referred to t y Lindlej- in his paper on Indian orchids in tlie Journal of
the I^innsian Society (iii, 89) under S. pnniusularis aa possibly that plant; to which it is indeed closely
allied, but S. penvmdaria differs in the ribbed stem and much smaller flowers.
The drawing here reproduced is insoribod "Sarcanthxis osypyhlius, "Wall." in Wallich's handwriting;
to wHcb is added " Duj-hla Uills, Mr. Lister, fid. June 1875."
Fig. 1, flower; 2, columD nod lip; 3, section ot iip; 4, antlier; 5, polliuia;—ai/ eitlai-gsd.
SARCAKTHUS INSECTIFER, Reickb. f .
B. iìiìcctifer-, caule robusto compresso elongato radicante folioso, foliis brevibus distichis
oblongis 2-lobis crasse coriaceis amplcxicaulibus, spicis subsessilibus brevibus
paucitìoris sepaHs late oblongis petalisque obovato-oblongis obtusis patentibus rubro
strÌ3lis labelli calcare brevi conico-infuudibulari, lobis lateralibus bre^nssimis rotundatis,
terminali triangulari-ovato carnoso roseo, columna brevissima apice 2-aristata aristia recurvis.
Reicìib. f . in Boi. Ze.it. 1857, 159; Hoolt. f . PL Brit. Ind. vi. 68.
BEHAE, J. D. H. CACHAR, Mann. CHITTAGONG (/C. in. Hurt. Calcutta).
TEN.\SSERlMj Fumh.
Stem scandent, as thick as a swan's quill or less, green. Leaves - J — b y |
in., many and sometimes almost imbricating, deeply channelled, nerveless, terminal
lobes unequal with sometimes an interposed mucro. Spikes ^ in., subsessile ; bracts
minute deciduous ; ovary short ; flowers ^ in. diam. Sepals and petals greenish yellow,
with red stripes. Lip rather longer than the sepals; terminal lobe as long and as
broad as the spur-, bright rose-coloured or purplish, sometimes margined with white ; spur
with a large 2-iid callus below the column within, semiseptate by a plate descending
from the base of the midlobe. Column very stout, clinandrium horizontal or reclinate,
with the two awns from the sides of the column in front arched over it; rostellum
obscure. Anther fiat, subquadrate, truncate or broadly retuse in front ; pollinia large,
globose ; strap very short and broad ; gland transverse.
A lemarkable and esceptionally bright-flowered species, of which I have seen seve
displaying a good deal of variation io the colour of the flowers. That here reprodueed (for the
origiaal is a full-sized folio) is inscribed "Saccolab. carinatura, Hot Springs near Hatgur and
Seetakoond HiU"—the latter is one of the Chittagong Hills.
Fig. 1, side and 2, front T 1Í flower ; 3, colmnni 4 and 6, antlier; 6, polliuiii.
A CENTUUT OP INDIAN ORCHIDS ; (J. D. HOOKER).
P L A T E 79.
SARCANTHUS PALLIDUS, Lindi.
S. pallidtisj caule valde robusto, foKis eIongati.s late loriformibus inaiqualitcr 2-
lobis, panicula ramosa effusa longe peduneulata, ramis patentibus multi-laxifloris, eepalis
jjetalisque oblougis obtusis rubro-purpureo striatis, labelli carnosi albi calcare subcylindraceo
incurvo subtruncato, lobis lateralibus brcvissimis truhcatis, terminali brevi ovato
incurvo apice rostrato. Lindi, in Bot. Re;/., 1840, Mise. 78 et in Jnum. Linn. Soc. iii. 39;
Ilook. f . FI. Brit. Lid. vi. 68. S. tricolor, Reichh. f . in Bonplandia il 219. Saccolabium
racomiferum, Lindi. Gen. and Sp. Orchid., 224. Aerides racemiferum, Wall, mas.
HAB.—EASTEKN NEPAL, alt. 4,000 ft. J . D. IT. BHOTAN and the KHASIA HILLS, alt.
4—6,000 ft., WallieL EURJIA, Berkeley.
Stem very short, as thick as the thumb, leafy to the base ; roots as thick as a
goose-quill. Leaves 10—14 by 2 in., spreading and recm-ved, thickly coriaceous,
deeply channelled, dark green, terminal lobes rounded ; sheaths short, open. Fanide
with pcduncle 2—3 ft., nodding ; branches spreading, 2—3 in. long, slender,
laxly many-fld.; bracts at the forks and floral veiy small, ovate-lanceolate or
subulate, persistent ; pedicels with ovaiy spreading, i in. ; flowers about | in. diam.,
fleshy, dark or palo reddish-pui-ple with a median broad pale band. Spur with very
tliick walls, septate and 2-celled longitudinally below tho middle, and with a large 2-
iid. caruncle below the column nearly closing the mouth. Column very short and
stout, rostellum obscure; anther broadly ovate, acuminate, flat; polliuia large, oblong or
globose, cleft; strap slender, dilated above, gland small. Capsule f in. ellipsoid or
davate.
Ooe of the largest species of the geniis.
The drawing from which the plate is taken is inscribed "Mr. Gibson's Cburra collection. Sarcanthns
affinis, \Aall. (Yanda paniculata Br.?)" in "WaUicb's handwriting.
Fig. 1. flower; 2, sectioD tlirou^i flo<vor; 3 and 4, anther; 4, pollinia :—aH enlarged.
P L A T E 80.
CLELSOSTOSÍA ANDAÍIANICUM, Sook. f .
C. andmnaniemn-, caule crasso elongato, foHis loriformibus coriaceis 2-lobis, pedúnculo
agato, floribus parvis racemosis, racemis spÍcÍformÍbus ramos panicula lax?e
terminantibus viridi-flavescentibus brunneo suSusis, sepaHs petalisque late obovato-oblono-i«
obtusis, labello sacciforme cyliudraceo lobis lateralibus truncatis, terminali btevissfmo
erecto. Book. / . Fl. Bnt. Ind. vi. 71.
H A B . — S O U T H ANDAMAN LUD., Kurz.
^ Stem as thick as a goose-quill, rooting, groen; intemodes 1 - l i in. Leaves 4 - 6 bv
channelled; tenninal lobes unequal, rounded. Fedunlu
b l ; ' 1 ' ' ; branches
about I ,n. long; racemes (or sprkes) 1 - 1 . i.., ovoid, many-fld.; bracts small, ovate;