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THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

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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

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