794 OXLVIII, ORCHIDER. (J. D. Hooker.) (Eria. 
1-3 in. very stoutly clavate silvery green and with scarious sheaths, 
racemes lateral subcorymbose few-fid. puberulous, bracts large, flowers $ in. 
long, sepals lanceolate acuminate falcate 5-nerved, mentum subconic, 
petals oblong-lanceolate 3-nerved, lip nearly as.long as the sepals linear- 
oblong, sides obscurely lobed, disk with 3 thickened ridges. alp. Rep. 
vi. 277. E. Lindleyana, Griff. Notul. iii. 300. 
MARTABAN, Wallich. TENASSERIM ; at Mergui, Griffith, Parish. 
Leaves “ lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate," Griffith. Flowers white, lip pale yellow 
with purple lines. Capsule 14 in. long, slender. 
Tt Lip 3-lobed. 
§ Flowers sessile or subsessile. 
34 E. elata, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. t. 1848; leaves coriaceous 6-12 in. 
oblanceolate acuminate, sheaths at their base 4-5 in., scape 12-14 in. very 
stout lax-fld., bracts 2-1 in. glabrous, lateral sepals % in. strongly faleate 
5-7-nerved, petals oblong 5-nerved, lip semilunar with a short rough 
midlobe in the sinus and 8 ridges in the axis. 
PERAK, Scortechini. : 
Pseudobulb 4-5 in. base tuberous. Bracts lanceolate, much exceeding the 
broad incurved flowers; ovary and base of sepals pubescent; mentum rounded, 
incurved; column very long and slender, foot with a few hairs at the base. —A vey 
peculiar species, quite unlike its allies, with much the habit of sect. Xiphosium. 
Perhaps referable to sect. Dendrolirion, but is nearly glabrous. 
35. E. fragrans, Reichb.f. in Bot. Zeit. xxii. 415; leaves lanceolate 
acuminate, spikes long drooping pubescent, bracts lanceolate equa rA 
the ovary, sepals }-1 in. and narrower, .petals lanceolate acuminate Tai 
5-nerved, lip with 5 crenulate ridges from the base nearly to the tip, 81% 
lobes ear-like, midlobe as long lanceolate. 
TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Falco , ish. : 
Pseudobulb 2-3 in., ovoid, sheathed. Pirates 8-12 in., variable 1n bres 
Spikes longer ; flowers very sweet, white; side lobes of lip red; mentum round’ 
incurved ; column very short. 
36. E. vittata, Lindl. in Journ. Lin». Soc. iji. 51; leaves 2 elipt 
or lanceolate, spikes decurved glabrous, base sheathed, lateral sepals i in. 
short strongly decurved acute 5-nerved, petals linear-oblong falca he 
nerved, lip sessile oblong with 5 crenulate ridges from the base a x 
apex, margins waved contracted towards the tip into a very sho 
broad midlobe. Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1882, i. 330. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, Jc. Cathcart & Hort. Kew. MUNNIPORE, alt. 4000 ft. 
"att . 
; . ; achis 
Pseudobulbs 2-5 in., oblong or cylindric. Leaves very variable, 4-8 in. Rac 
: as 
of spike stout; flowers broad, green striped with red; mentum nearly as be y 
the sepals, broadly conic or saccate; column long.— Bracís not seen, p 
deciduous., 
_ 97. B. graminifolia, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii, 54; leav? e 
linear-lanceolate, spikes erect puberulous, bracts broadly ovate § a 
than the pubescent ovary, lateral sepals À in. ovate-lanceolate Su lobes 
3-5-nerved, petale linear-lanceolate acute 3-nerved, lip short, $! wi 
oblong recurved with a short ridge or auricle, midlobe orbicular, ax! 84. 
sometimes a crenulate ridge from base to tip. Hook.f. Ic. P tants? 
E. alba, var. B., Lindl. l. c. 
