796 CXLVIII. OROHIDEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Eria. 
4l. E. Eriopsidobulbon, Par. & Reichb. f. in Trans. Linn, Soe. 
xxx. 148; leaves 2-3 narrow, spike short puberulous, bracts equalling the 
very small glabrous flowers, lateral sepals ovate-lanceolate obtuse and 
linear-oblong acute petals 3-nerved, mentum short incurved, lip obovate 
with 2 thickened arched ridges on the disk, side lobes above the middle, 
midlobe small semicircular 5-ridged, column long. 
TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. 
Pseudobulbs 2 in., oblong or ovoid. Leaves 4-6 in., linear-lanceolate, nerves 
slender. Spike 2 in.; nerves of sepals and petals quite simple. 
§§ Flowers pedicelled. 
a. Bracts large, lanceolate or ovate-oblong. 
42, E. confusa, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. t. 1850; pseudobulbs elongating 
into cylindric stems, leaves 2-8 narrow rigid strongly nerved, racemes 
lateral tomentose, bracts large lanceolate pubescent, sepals 3-3 1n. broadly 
ovate-oblong obtuse 5-nerved pubescent, mentum broadly conic, petals 
elliptic-lanceolate 3-5-nerved, lip broadly obovate, side lobes ineurv 
with 3 thick middle ridges, midlobe orbicular or ovate thickened, column 
rather long. E. excavata, in part, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 67, and in 
Wall. Cat. 1974. 
NEPAL, Wallich. SikKIM, alt. 4—6000 ft., J. D. H., &c. (E. alba). i 
Pseudobulbs 2-4-nodal, lengthening into terete striate stems 3-10 in. long; a 
as thick as the finger. Leaves lanceolate. Racemes 2-4 in., inclined ; now 
white, lip yellow ; pedicel with ovary $-1 in.; bracts 3 in.; nerves of perianth no 
branching.—Near Æ. bractescens, differing in the stiff narrow leaves and bra but 2 
drawing of it in Herb. Calcutt. shows no ridges on the side lobes of the lip, bu 
small spots on the disk and a mesial crest on the yellow midlobe. 
43. E. acervata, Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc. 1851, 57, with sooda: 
and in Part, FI. Gard.i. 170; pseudobulbs crowded, leaves 3-5 oblsao n 
late flaccid, racemes and flowers glabrous, scape interfoliar, bracts ta 
ceolate, lateral sepals ovate-lanceolate acuminate 5-7-nerved, pe ip 
linear-oblong or -lanceolate 5-nerved, mentum rounded or broadly com in 
oblong or obovate with 3 median ridges, side lobes about the m! e i 
curved, midlobe ovate or orbicular, column very short. Reichb. f. in adro- 
Chron. 1878, 106; Hook. f. Ic. Pl. +t. 1849; Walp. Ann. vi. 269. ^? 
bium seriatum, Wall. mss. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA (Ic. in Hort. Bot. Calc.)  KmasrA HIILIS, alt. 
J. D.H. T. T. ? TENaAssERIM, Parish. 
Pseudobulbs 1-2 in., ellipsoid, grooved or flask-like and flatten 
not lengthening into long stems. Leaves 4—8 in., obtuse or acute, 
nerved, Racemes 2-3 in., slender ; pedicels with ovary $-1 in. ; b leaves Í 
flower broad, white or yellowish, membranous.— The texture of the ke to 
peculiar. In Herb, Caleutt. is a drawing of a Sikkim plant which I ta Jant bas 
form of this with a more conical incurved mentum. Parish’s Tenasserim P 
short broad leaves of a different texture. 
4-5000 ft. 
ed if too crowded, 
ale green, maby” 
icta half as longs 
. . ,. H , t. 29; 
44. E. bractescens, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841, 1 ise. 185 die dorem 
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glabrous or puberulous, bracts large, lateral sepals 1-3 iv. ovate- ‘cal sub 
