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APOSTASIACEX OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 299 
The conical portion at the end was intended evidently to 
represent the upturned side of the broad ovate portion. I see 
nothing like the process on the side of the column below the 
stelidia. 
There being already an Eria pauciflora, I have been unable 
to use this specific name in transferring the species to the 
genus Hria. 
Bria (§ Bampusiroti#) priirera, Ridl., sp. nova. Caules 
1} ped. longi, debiles, subteretes. Folia 24 poll. longa, 3 poll. 
lata, lanceolata acuminata, tenuia, pallide viridia, apice 
inwqualiter biloba, lobo altero } longiore acuto; vagine ferme 
] poll. long, ore integre. Lacemi brevissimi, pauciflori. 
Flores parvi, tenues, singulatim expansi. Bracter } poll. 
long, lanceolate, patentes, persistentes, pubescentes, pallide 
flavee. Ovariwm cum pedicello 3 poll. longum, tortum, parce 
pubescens, flavum. Sepala 3 poll. longa, oblongo-lanccolata, 
obtusa, tenuia, alba, lateralia falcata, magis acuta; mentum 
cum 4 parte sepalisubequilongum, obtusum. Petala cum sepalis 
zequilonga, lanceolata, subobtusa. Labellum petalis brevius, 
angustum, cuneatum; lobi laterales apice rotundati, medius 
lateralibus vix longior crassus subtrilobus a pilis brevibus 
flavis tectus. Coluwmna curva, basi angustata, superne incras- 
sata, alba. Anthera brevis, rotundata, albescenti-ochracea, 
bilocularis; pollinia 8, admodum inequalia. Stigma pro- 
fandum, transverse ovatum; rostellum lingueforme, obtusum, 
decurvum ; stelidia dentiformia, incurva. Capsula (immatura) 
2 poll. longa, teres. 
Hab. Perak: Maxwell’s Hill! On trees in thick jungle. 
A slender, leafy-stemmed plant, with thin textured white 
flowers, which are produced singly in racemes bearing four 
yellow empty bracts beneath the flower. The lip has the apex 
covered with mealy yellow hairs like those of Dendrobium 
eriniferum, Lindl. The column has two small tooth-like 
processes which curve in over the large stigma. The pollinia 
are remarkably unequal, the upper four being four times as 
large as the others. The capsule splits for its whole length 
along one side only. It belongs apparently to the section 
Bambusifoliv. 
The next four species form a good sub-section of Nutantes, 
distinguished by a tall somewhat terete (i.e., not pseudo- 
