Eria.) CXLVIII. ORCHIDEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 791 
elliptic ; lip very curious, like a short round-bottomed eup attached by the margin 
with a broad oblique mouth produced in front.—Only one specimen scen. 
Sect. V. MYcARANTHES (see p. 785). 
21. B. stricta, Lindl. Coll. Bot. t. 4A B; in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 52; 
pseudobulb elongate cylindric, spikes 1-2 terminal, lip 3-lobed with a basal 
oblong and subapical globose woolly callus. Walp. Ann. vi. 271. E. 
secundiflora, Griff. Notul. ii. 302; Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 30. Mycaranthes 
stricta, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1970; Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 63; Wight Ic. 
t. 1763. Octomeria secunda, Wall. mss. 
EASTERN HIMALAYA; Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim, Griffith’s collectors, alt. 37 
4000 ft., J. D. H. Naga Hills in UPPER Assam, Griffith. KmastiA HILts, alt 
4000 ft., J. D. H. § T. T.—DisTRr&. Siam (alt. 7000 ft., Murton). 
Pseudobulb 1-5 in., from a stout oblique rhizome, as thick as a goose-quill, basal 
sheaths very large, membranous. Leaves 3-4 in., oblong-lanceolate. Scape and 
raceme 3-5 in. ; bracts cupular ; petals oblong, 3-nerved.— The Siam specimen has a 
panduriform lip. 
22. E. merguensis, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 52; pseudobulb 
clavate, spikes lateral, lip 3-lobed with a pubescent callus on each side lobe. 
Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1880, 616. 
TENASSERIM ; at Mergui, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 5120), Helfer (Kew Distrib. 
9381), Parish, &c. 
Pseudobulb 2-3 in., stipitate. Leaves as long, linear-lanceolate, obtuse or 
acute, Scape with raceme 2-5 in. ; bracts obsolete ; petals elliptic, 1-nerved. 
Sect. VI. Hymeneria (see p. 785). 
* Flowers small or minute in dense spikes or racemes. See also 46. 
E. recurvata. 
23. E. convallarioides, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1975; Gen. § Sp. 
Orchid. 70; in Bot. Reg. 1841, t. 62, Misc. 58; in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 53; 
stem after flowering very stout, leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate plicate, 
wers in nodding oblong spikes small densely crowded concealing the 
membranous bracts, sepals very broad obtuse 5-7-nerved, mentum rounded, 
Petals 3-nerved, lip cuneate truncate or with a broadly triangular warted 
tip. Walp. Ann. vi. 276. Octomeria spicata, Don Prodr. 31. O. con- 
"allarioides, Wall. mss. Pinalia alba, Ham. mss. 4 Winterbott 
OPICAL HIMA aon, alt. 4000 ft., Strachey interbottom, 
eastwards to the K masia and Naca Hits ascending to 5000 ft. TENASSERIM, P Mi h. 
1 Stem after flowering 2-8 in., sometimes 1 in. diam, Leaves 4-1 by 1-2 1n., 
Cosely sheathed, Scape 2-3 in., stout; spike as long, ovoid ; flowers subglobose, 
glabrous or sparsely pilose, white or straw-cold.; bracts equalling the ovary, lon est 
gest, Capsule į in., ellipsoid.—Var. major, Lindl. in Bot, Reg. 1847, t. 28, is 
only a large specimen. 
. 24. E. pumila, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1972; Gen. & Sp, Orchid. 68; 
le Bot, Reg. 1838, " Misc. 79 : pseudobulbs 2-3 in. subcylindric or clavate, 
faves lanceolate acuminate, flowers minute subcapitate on a short lateral 
-.UDele, sepals very broad obtuse 3-nerved, mentum rounded, petals 
ear acute 1-nerved, lip broadly oblong 3-nerved, side lobes long spreading 
np olate acuminate close under the small orbicular midlobe. Walp. 
- vi. 278. 
Knasia Hirrs, Wallich. '[ENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. 
