806 CXLVIII. ORCHIDEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Eria. 
brown, cream-cold. within ; pedicel and ovary 1 in.; lateral sepals } in., fale 
anther completely 4-celled; capsule strict, } in. diam., angled.— The long capsule 
resembles E. nutans, 
Sect. IX. TrIcHoTOsIA (see p. 786). 
* Large more or less hirsute species. Column long. 
80. E. vestita, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1844, Misc. 76; 1848, t. 2; [vas 
stout rufously bispid, leaves 5-7 in. thickly coriaceous glabrous M M 
nerveless, spike long laxly many-fld., bracts large ovate, sepals lancet 2 
petals linear obtuse, lip oblong shortly clawed 5-7-lamellate. Bot. Mag. 
t. 5807 ; Walp. Ann. vi. 274; Blume Mus. Bot. ii. 184 _Dendrob. vestitum, 
Wall. Cat. 2005 (in part); Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid, 82. 
SINGAPORE, Wallich. Maracca, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1626). PER:3%, 
alt. 4200 ft., Curtis.— DISTRIB. Borneo. +7 +t raised, others 
Stem as thick as a swan’s quill. Leaves tomentose beneath, midrib raised, ite : 
wise nerveless. Spike 6-10 in.; bracts À-j in.; sepals within and petals ‘trae, 
mentum half as long as the sepals; side lobes of lip narrow, obtuse ; midlobr lin 
verse, crisped, emarginate; column glabrous; pollinia very slender. Capsu d fruit. 
oblong, walls very thick.— Wallich's 2005 consists of detacbed stem, leaves “Lindley 
of this ; a good fruiting specimen of E. ferox, and leaves of a third species. — ^^ 
received from him a good specimen of this, and none of feroz. 
81. E. ferox, Blume Mus. Bot. ii. 184; stem stout hispidly hirsute 
leaves 3-4 in. many-nerved, spikes 2-3 in., bracts ovate-lanceolate, § ri- 
ovate obtuse, petals subspathulate 3-nerved, lip cuneate-spathulate, 
chotosia ferox, Blume Bijd. 342; Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 192 
Vriese Ill. t. 9 and t. 11, f. 5. 
PENANG; Lobb, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1625). PERAK, ascending to 4500 d^ 
Wray, &c.—DisTRIB. J ava, Borneo. Flowers 
Stem 4-6 ft., very stout. Leaves with very distinct nerves when dry. te, nearly 
rather close set; -bracts equalling the flowers; mentum broad, une midlobe 
equalling the sepals; lip very variable, veined, side lobes waved, cre umn at, 
emarginate, with 2-3 rough calli; disk with 2-3 rugose nerves; foot o co 
glabrous. 
. te 
82. E. monticola, Hook. f.; stem below and narrowly lano y 
leaves glabrous, flowers 2-nate on a short peduncle, bracts lanceo i oblong 
equalling the glabrescent rigid keeled lateral sepals, petals narrow, y piflora, 
3-nerved, lip narrowly spathulate pubescent all over within. fl ra, Grif’ 
Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 56 (not of Griff.). Trichotosia biflora 
Notul. iii. 931, t. 315, 
MALACCA ; Mount Ophir, Griffith, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1628/2). 
Stem 12-18 in., as thick as a goose-quill, upper sheaths and young te; 
or villous. Leaves distinctly nerved when dry. Bracts ovate, acumina cave; 00 
not half as long as the sepals; lip with terminal rounded lobes, disk on dovbtfully 
of column pubescent. Capsule 4 in., subglobosely ellipsoid.—Gri 
refers Blume's T. pauciflora to this, but in that the lip is emarginate. 1s not keeled, 
Var. ? hirsuta ; leaves softly tomentose beneath, flowers birsute, sepals 
lip broader more obcuneate, lobes broader.—Perak, Scortechini. 
leaves hispid 
mentum 
leaves 
83. E. gracilis, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. ined.; stem slender. id 
i-2 in. narrowly lanceolate glabrous above and beneatb, Jl etals linea 
2-3-fld., bracts ovate-lanceolate, sepals narrow 3-9-nervec, P 
