800 CXLVIII. ORCHIDE®. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Eria. 
56. B. amica, Reichb. f. Xen. Orchid. ii. 168, t. 3, f. 6-9; stem cylindric, 
leaves cuneately oblong-ligulate, raceme few-fid., rachis and sepals puberu- 
lous, bracts large ovate acute, lateral sepals triangular, petals | linear- 
lanceolate, lip cuneately dilated 3-fid, side lobes obtusely angled, isthmus 
narrow, midlobe obcordate, disk 3-keeled. 
Assam, Hort. Day. | 
Pseudobulb cylindric, 4-5 by 1 in. Leaves acuminate.  Bracts 7-nerved, j as 
long as th^ pedicel with the ovary. Flowers pale straw-colour with red nerves i 
lip dark purple, midlobe pale yellow ; androclinium immersed, foot with two sma 
horns in the hollow.— Description from Reichb. 
57. E. acutifolia, Lind/. in Bot. Reg. 1842, 38; stem short oblong, 
leaves fleshy lanceolate coriaceous very acute as long as the te 
5-6-fid. pubescent scape, bracts oblong retlexed, flowers glabrous, side lo - 
of hypochile very acute, epichile oblong obtuse concave with 3 fleshy 
nerves, column deeply hollowed. Walp. Ann. vi. 278. 
Inprta (Hort. Loddiges). ; 
Near É clavicaulis. penes 2-3 in. Flowers white, veined with violets 
lip with purple base and dull yellow tip.—Deseription from Lindley; I find no 
specimens in his Herbarium. 
58. E. marginata, Rolfe in Gard. Chron, 1889, i. 200; stem clavate 
slender below, leaves 3 linear-oblong obtuse, scape short 9-fid. and S 
white-tomentose, bracts large oblong, lateral sepals triangular-Janete : 
acuminate 5-nerved, petals oblong obtuse 7-nerved, mentum rounded, e 
chile oblong, side lobes uncinate much shorter than the rounded € 
pubescent epichile, disk with a tomentose ridge and tubercle at the bas 
the epichile. 
Burma (Hort. Bonham Carter), wi 
Stem 3 in. Leaves as long. Scape 1l in., bracts 1 in., petaloid, glabrate, ral 
pedicel with ovary as long; flower 1 in. diam., white flushed with pink; ^P 
yellow, margined with red.— Described from one specimen. 
99. E. nutans, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1840, Misc. 83; in Journ. Linn. 
ni. 58 ; stem terete leafy sheathed throughout, leaves lanceolate E ate 
bracts broad flat fleshy acute, flower pedicelled solitary campan sgile 
glabrescent, lateral sepals broad and petals obtuse, hypochile 1 ridge 
lunate embracing the small orbicular epichile, disk with a centra 
from base to apex and two short lateral ones. Walp. Ann. Vt. 272. 
PENANG, Maingay (Kew Distrib, 1679, 1679/2). Perak, Scortechint. 
PORE, Cuming (Hort. Loddiges). cu 
Stem 6-10 in. ; sheaths imbricate, acute. Leaves 4-7 in., lanceolate, a . 
Bracts flesh-cold. ; pedicel 3—3 in. ; flowers white tinged with bright r ike this 
petals and lip yellow.—Amongst Scortechini’s Perak drawings 38 on d a muc 
( Dendrobium, 892), but with ovate-lanceolate spreading side lobes of lip, 2^ 
larger orbicular midlobe. 
Six6^- 
minate. 
. 60. E. biflora, Grif. Notul ii. 302 (not of Lindl); $ 
internodes very short, leaves elliptic-lanceolate, scape very ls 
2-fld., bracts ovate-cordate, flowers very small glabrous, sepa e 
lanceolate and linear-oblong petals obtuse 3-nerved, mentum. ridge 
curved, lip elliptic obtuse, disk with 2 broad lamellæ and a mee 
column very short. ; Griffith. 
STKKIM HIMALAYA (Ic. Herb. Calcutt.). '(TENASSERIM; at Mergi aves gi 
Stems 4-6 in., tufted, slender below; internodes 4 iu. terete, 
