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170 CXXXVI. ORCHIDElE. [Saccolabium.<br />
tip white; spur conic nearly straight shorter than ovary white,<br />
callus clubbed, septum thin nearly complete. Capsule oblong,<br />
'75 in. long. Hab. Johor, Temeoh River, Kota Tinggi. Pahang,<br />
Tahan River; Kota Glanggi. Perak (Scortechini); Batu Togoh<br />
(Wray); Teluk Anson (Williams). Penang (Curtis).<br />
(19) S. densiflorum Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. Pl. 220; Ridl.<br />
Mat. i. 167. Cleisostoma spicatum Lindl. Bot. Reg. sub. t. 32;<br />
Hook. fil. Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. v. 55, pl. 83; King, Ann. Bot. Gard.<br />
Calc. viii. 311. Sarcanthus castaneus Ridl. 1 rans. Linn. Soc.<br />
xxx. 136.<br />
Stem stout, I ft. long. Leaves oblong or linear, very coriaceous<br />
blunt bilobed, 6 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide, sheaths 1 in. long. Raceme<br />
stout decurved, 4 to 8 in. long, sometimes branched; rachis pubescent.<br />
Bracts'5 in. long. Flowers'5 in. wide; pedicel and ovary<br />
'25 in. long. Sepals ovate-Ianceolate, blunt yellowish with 2 red<br />
bands or thickly dotted red. Petals lanceolate smaller. Lip sidelobes<br />
oblong blunt, midlobe lanceolate blunt yellow tinted red;<br />
spur '25 in. long, tip dilate bilobed; callus thin forked, septum more<br />
or less developed. Hab. Singapore, Dalvey Road. Selangor.<br />
Rawang. Perak (Scortechini). Penang Hill (Wallich, Curtis),<br />
Dtstrtb. India, Tenasserim, Borneo.<br />
(20) S. pensile Ridl. Mat. i. 168. Sarcanthus pensilis Ridl.<br />
Jount. Lmn. Soc. xxxii. 369.<br />
Stem 3 in. long, stout. Leaves lorate obtuse bilobed, 6 in. long,<br />
I in. thick. Raceme long slender, lower half nude. Flowers<br />
scattered, '5 in. across. Pedicels'5 in. long. Sepals oblong-ovate.<br />
Petals smaller oblanceolate blunt greenish tinted red. Lip pink,<br />
side-lobes horn-shaped, midlobe short ovate blunt; spur cylindric,<br />
septum complete, callus long thick blunt. Hab. Rare. Johor,<br />
Batu Pahat (Ridley).<br />
(21) S. ftssicors Rldl. Mat. i. 169.<br />
Stem 4 to 5 in. long. Leaves linear-oblong rounded emarginate,<br />
4 to 5 in. long, I in. wide, thick coriaceous. Raceme 10 in. long,<br />
very slender. Peduncle 6 in. long, nude purple. Flowers distant<br />
small; rachis black scurfy; pedicel and ovary '2 in. long, yellow<br />
green. Sepals ovate-oblong, '1 in. long, dark red brown. Petals<br />
linear. Lip side-lobes truncate yellowish, midlobe cordate acute<br />
centre violet, edge white; spur cylindric flattened white, nearly as<br />
long as pedicel; callus an oblong truncate fleshy decurved lamina,<br />
no septum. Column tall, violet. Anther truncate, emarginate in<br />
front. Hab. Rare. Perak, Kamuning (Machado).<br />
(22) S. bicarinatum Ridl. Mat. i. 169. Sarcanthus rostellatus<br />
Ridl. Journ. Bot. 1900, p. 13.<br />
Stem 6 in. long. Leaves lorate bilobed flaccid, 7 in. long, '75 in.<br />
wide. Panicles of few branches, 6 in. long. Flowers about 20,<br />
distant, '25 in. wide; pedicels '25 in. long. Sepal oblong-ovate<br />
blunt deep red, with a median green line. Petals linear. Lip