178 F. Fedde: Species novas in Gardeners Chronicle etc. 
elongate-linear, acute, 10 to 15 inches long by about half an inch broad, 
arcuate, sheathed at the base, Inflorescence axillary from the base of 
the pseudo-bulb, over a foot long, with several Janceolate acute sheaths 
near the base, raceme at present four-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, acute, 
| to 1!/ inches long. Pedicels 1!/, to 13/, inches long. Sepals elliptical, 
apiculate, concave, 1?/, inches long by 1 inch broad, white, the lateral 
pair somewhat keeled behind. Petals obovate-elliptical, apiculate, rather 
shorter than the sepals, white, with about three rows of minute purple 
dots down the centre of the basal half. Lip broadly obovate, three- 
lobed at the apex, as long as the petals, 1!/ inches broad at the apex, 
much narrowed towards the base, side lobes obtusely rounded, front lobe 
short, broad and obtuse; colour, yellowish white, rather deeper towards 
the apex, and lined throughout with red-purple, the lines breaking up 
into dots at the margin of the side lobes, and more or less thickened 
and somewhat villous on the disc and front lobe; disc with five slender 
keels, thickened about the middle into a prominent three-lobed crest, the 
middle lobe exceeding the lateral pair. Column clavate, arcuate, an inch 
long, and wholly crimson in colour- a striking feature, in allusion to 
which the name is given. 
Native of Annam. 
30. Eria globifera R. A. Rolfe, l. c., p. 449. 
Rhizomes creeping, stout. Pseudobulbs ovoid-globose, 6—8 lines 
broad, monophyllous, approximate, or less than their diameter apart, 
bearing at their base a pair of ovat-eoblong veined sheaths, which en- 
velop the base of the leaf and scape, but soon perish. Leaves oblong to 
linear-oblong, apiculate, narrowed at the base, coriaceous, 2—5 inches 
long, 4—6 lines broad; scapes erect, slender, 1!/,—2 inches long, densely 
white-tomentose, one-flowered. Bracts ovate, apiculate, about 2 lines long. 
Sepals densely white-tomentose outside; dorsal elliptical-oblong, obtuse, 
7—8 lines long; lateral oblique and broader at the base; colour inside 
light yellow, with three light red-purple lines at the base. Petals elliptical- 
oblong, obtuse, light yellow, lined with red-purple at the base. Lip 
recurved, about as long as the petals, three-lobed: side lobes rounded at 
the apex, narrowed below, white, closely striped with red-purple; front 
lobe elliptical-oblong, obtuse, yellow at the margin and somewhat thickened; 
disc white, lower half bearing a pair of broad undulate keels, somewhat 
clavate at the apex, with a slender intermediate keel. Column clavate, 
three lines long, white, its foot rather longer. 
Annam: Found at Lang Bian, at 1400 m elevation (W. Micholitz). 
The species is allied to E. leiophylla Lindley, which its author re- 
ferred to the section Trichotosia, and for which Sir Joseph Hooker pro- 
posed a new section, under the name of Pellaianthus, though the plant 
is now better referred to the section Dendrolirium. It is not a showy 
plant, but is distinguished by its globose pseudo-bulbs, which are borne 
at short distances apart on a stout creeping rhizome, and bear a single 
oblong leaf at their apex-closely resembling those of E. leiophylla- and 
