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260. E. quscicoLA ; foliis binis lanceolatis basi angustatis scapo apice 
bifloro æqualibus, bracteis cucullatis membranaceis cuspide herbaceo 
flore breviore, sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis squalibus ascen- 
dentibus, labello lanceolato canaliculato dorso pubescente. 
Dendrobium muscicola, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. 75. 
Ceylon, Champion, Gardner (853). 
I can only find 4 pyriform pollen-masses in the single flower 
at my disposal. The whole plant not more than 2 inches high. - 
Flowers resemble those of Eria nana on a very small scale. 
Since it has never been found among collections from the N. of 
India, it is probable that the old locality “ Nepal,” was erroneous. 
261. E. microchilos. (Dendrobium microchilos, Dalzel, in Hooker's 
Journ. iii. 345.) 
On Mango trees in Western Bengal, Dalzell, Stocks (28). 
I have this as D. fimbriatum of Dalzell out of Stocks’s her- 
barium; it is certainly distinct from that plant, although very 
much like it. The flowers are smaller, more fleshy ; and the lip 
is slightly unguiculate, then irregularly widened and thick-edged, 
after which it contracts into a thin-edged acute apex. Only two 
pairs of pollen-masses could be found in the flowers I dissected. - 
The tubercles at the base of the lip, spoken of by Mr. Dalzell, I 
have not sueceeded in finding. 
262. E. Dalzelli. (Dendrobium Dalzelli, Hooker, Journ. Bot. iv. 292. 
Dendr. fimbriatum, Dalzell, 1. c.—Dendr. filiforme, Wight, Ic. 1642.) 
Western Ghauts, on trees, Dalzell; hollow trees in the ruins, Stocks 
(27); Concan, Law (hb. Hooker. 166, 91); Bombay Presidency, 
Dalzell (hb. Hooker. 167). 
I am not surprised at Mr. Dalzell’s having taken this for Æ. 
microchilos, as he tells us was the сазе; for the two are exceed- 
ingly similar, as is indeed shown by so accurate an observer as 
Stocks having given the name of microchilos to specimens now 
before me. The flowers are, however, rather larger and less fleshy ; 
the lip is membranous, ovate-lanceolate, and distinctly serrulate to- 
wards the point. As to the marginal glands of the sepals, which 
gave rise to the name fimbriatum, they are very evanescent, and I 
suspect sometimes altogether absent. They are hardly discover- 
able in Mr. Law’s Concan specimens, Imperfect specimens from 
Ceylon (2353 Hb. Hooker.) probably belong here. Of the eight 
pollen-masses, four are quite rudimentary. | 
263, E. ARTICULATA"; pseudobulbis oblongis in eatens specie arti- 
`  eueullatis, i із multo brevi 8: cots ET СҮ 
' Ceylon, e зу рае ooker.); Gardner. 
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