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283. E. convallarioides, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. p. 70; Bot. Reg. 1841. 
t. 62, 1847, t. 63. 
Khasija, Grifith; at 4000-6000 feet, J. D. H. (60); Sikkim, at 5000 
feet, Id., valleys 3000-4000 feet, Id. 
Varies in the colour of the flowers, and in their size. 
284. E. excavata, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. p. 67. | 
This differs from Е. alba chiefly in having the middle lobe of 
the lip cordate, acute, ribbed, and much smaller than the middle 
lobes which are broad, falcate, and acute. 
285. E. alba, Lindl. 1. с. p. 67. 
a. Lip white. 
Sikkim; Darjeeling, in valleys at 3000-4000 feet, J. D. Н. (142). 
B. Lip yellow. | 
Sikkim, 4000-5000 feet, J. D. H. (68) ; Mussooree, Edgeworth. 
In £ the lateral lobes of the lip are shorter and blunter than in 
a, and the leaves are thinner and more acuminate. 
286. E. LINEATA; foliis oblongis subcoriaceis acutis, racemis multi- 
floris, bracteis ovalibus membranaceis reflexis, ovario tomentoso, 
sepalis ovatis subsecundis, labelli lobo medio subrotundo retuso plano 
lateralibus obtusis minoribus, axi lineis 3 crassis elevatis ad isthmum 
evanescentibus. ` 
Java, hort. (Veitch); Continent of India, hort. | 
This is very like Е. alba a, and may be a variety; but the 
flowers are dirty yellow with distinct purple stripes, not white, 
and are much smaller, the leaves are twice as broad and more co- 
riaceous, and the dull purple blunt lateral lobes of the lip are not 
wider than the yellow almost 3-toothed middle lobe. It is a 
garden plant of doubtful origin. 
287. E. obesa, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. p. 68. (Eria Lindleyana, Griff. Not. 
iii. 300.) 
Moulmein and Mergui, Griffith. 
l have no doubt about the correctness of this identification, 
i notwithstanding that in Griffith’s Мойше it is said to be 554 of 
his Mergui herbarium, for I have from himself a drawing, made 
in Moulmein in February 1834, and a specimen from Mergui 
numbered 374, which agree with his description. Neither Wal- 
lich's bad old specimens, nor that from Griffith, have any leaves. 
He states them to be “lanceolata v. ovato-lanceolata integerrima 
Blabra venosa apice recta v. torta." Ву a typographical error in 
the Botanical Register, the stems are said to be 27 in stead of 2} 
inches long. There is а variety with larger flowers and the cmi 
half of the lip very gredually passing into the upper, formerly 
