793 CXLVI. ORCHIDEF (J. D, Hooker.) [Eria. 
Pseudobulbs 4-3 in. diam., tufted. Leaves petioled, acuminate. Spike à ite 
oblong ; bracts very broad, membranous ; flowers 3 in. diam., subglobose. Capsule 
4 in., pubescent, f 
25. E. floribunda, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7408; Bot. Reg. 1843, 
Misc. 48; 1844, t. 23; in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 60; stem very stout, 
erect terete fleshy, leaves subterminal linear-lanceolate to elliptie, fonts 
small very many in leaf-opposed or lateral decurved spikes, lateral al 
very short and obtuse, mentum deeply saccate, side lobes of lip ba 
acute separated from the small fan-shaped truncate midlobe by a strong 
ridge. Walp. Ann. vi. 276. 
MALAYAN PENINSULA; from Tenasserim to Singapore.— DISTRIB. Sumatra, 
Siam, Borneo. : 
Stem 10-18 in., as thick as the thumb or less. Leaves 2-5, 5-10 by 4-24 d 
many-nerved. Scape short and rachis stout, pubescent; spike 3-6 in.; Le 
è in., broadly ovate, reflexed ; flowers 1—1 in. broad, white tinged with pink ; p 
sepal small, broad, obtuse, 3-5-nerved ; petals ovate-oblong, obtuse; column M 
Short; pollinia very narrow. — The specimens present great differences in size, riapre 
of leaf, and the tip of the lip, but T am unable to find specific characters for 
orms. 
26. E. bipunctata, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841, Misc. 83; stem oval 
compressed, leaves lanceolate acuminate ll-nerved, racemes axi ate 
cylindric densely many-fld., flowers very minute subglobose, sepals T i 
obtuse broadly oblong and acute, petals 3-nerved, mentum roundes du 
Short, side lobes rounded spreading narrower than the rounded fleshy 
convex midlobe. 
KnasrA Hirrs, Gibson. i 
Stems 2-3 in., flat, green, old light purplish. Zeaves as in E. florian 
Racemes drooping, slightly pubescent; bracts ovate, acuminate, reflexed ; broa 
very shortly pedicelled ; sepals membranous, 4 in. long; lip peculiar, claw long 
short continuous with the foot of the column, the lateral ribs of which d oem 
its sides, diverge opposite the side lobes enclosing a sunk space, and there pem 
thickened margin to the midlobe meeting at its apex; a strong ridge Orid seen 
traverses the axis of the lip.— I have examined flowers only (in Herb. Lindl.), an 
no leaves. 
ves . quite 
97. B. scabrilinguis, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 5l; d ach 
glabrous, leaves 2 broadly elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, scape St acute, 
spike dense-fld., bracts minute, sepals } in. oblong-lanceolate A tong as 
mentum rounded incurved, petals nearly as broad falcate, hip a3 rbiculat 
the sepals, side lobes narrow with two mesial ridges, midlobe © 
hispid with lines of purple papillae. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, Ie, Cathcart in Herb. Kew. 5-7 by li- 
Pseudobulbs 14-2 in., ovoid or ellipsoid, green, sulcate. Leaves « urplish ; 
24 in., 3-nerved. Scape from between the leaves, very short, and rac {obes an 
spike 2} in.; ovary 4 in.; sepals and petals white; lip with pale rosy S! 
purple midlobe.—Described from Ic. Cathcart. 
, Loa ; racemes 
** Flowers small or medium-sized, in lax many-fld. spikes oF 
ifera) 
t Lip entire or nearly so. (See also 37. E. vittata and 49. E. saccif. 
y i 0, t. 9; 
28. E. polystachya, A. Rich. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2, nni the 
pseudobulbs 2-4 in. as thick as the thumb, racemes from pee sepals 
lanceolate leaves suberect densely pubescent, flowers 4 1n : 
