808 CXLVIII. ORCHIDE®. (J. D. Hooker.) [Eria. 
hispid, bracts long narrow recurved, sepals lanceolate, petals oblanceolate 
acute 3-nerved, lip glabrous except the ciliate base, claw broad, limb 
obcordate. E. annulata, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 57 (not of Blume). 
SikxiM Hixazaxa, alt. 5000 ft., J. D. H. CACHAR, Keenan. ? TENASSERIM, 
Helfer. . 
Stem 10-12 in., about as thick as a duck's quiill. Leaves subfalcate, usually (in 
Sikkim) loaded with concretions. Flowers } in. long, smaller than in the foregoing 
species; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, falcate; mentum much shorter than 
the sepals; lip much thickened along the mesial line and tip; foot of column 
glabrous. 
89. E. aporina, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. ined. ; short, villously hirsute, 
leaves 3-1 in. close-set lanceolate, flowers solitary sessile, bracts sm? 
ovate acute, sepals broadly ovate obtuse 3-nerved, petals narrowly sub- 
spathulate 3-nerved, lip broadly clawed panduriform ciliolate, surfaces 
glabrous. 
PERAK, alt. 83-4000 ft., King’s Collector, Scortechini. 
_ Stem 6-8 in., uniformly clothed with close-set distichous leaves ; 
iin. Leaves with revolute margins. Flowers i in.’ long, glabrescent; 
as long as the sepals; side lobes of lip small, rounded ; midlobe larger than 
emarginate, crenate; column and its foot glabrous.—Habit of sect. Aporu 
Dendrobium. 
internodes 
mentum 
both, 
m of 
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** Small species with procumbent or creeping stems, hirsute, column very 
short. 
, 90. E. dasyphylla, Par. 4 Reichb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. TM 
hirsute all over, stems interlaced, leaves }—% in. sessile fleshy etip 
obovate, flowers very small solitary shortly peduncled. hills 
Sikkim Hrmatava, Herb. Griff. (Kew Distrib. 5131); at the foot of thè e. 
J. D. H. KnastA Hitts, alt. 1-2000 ft., J. D. H. T. T. PEGU, Kurz. 
SERIM, Helfer (K. D. 5382), Parish. urfaces. 
Stems as thick as a sparrow-quill. Zeaves subacute, convex On bolt ngular, 
Scape }-} in.; bracts cupular ; sepals 5-nerved, dorsal very small, lateral ps Farge, 
acute; mentum large, rounded ; petals broadly oblong, 1-3-nerved ; » 'P aked; 
cuneately obovate, side lobes small, midlobe broader, nerves strong ; anther 
pollinia equal, pyriform.—Near Zrichotosia microphylla, Blume, of Java. 
Sect. X. Xrpuosium (see p. 786). 
91. E. carinata, Gibs. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 9603 ^p f 
Journ. Linn. Socii. 50. E, rosea, Wall. Cat. 7409 (not of Lindl); S09 ean 
- in Walp, Ann. vi. 269 (in part). E. Fordii, Rolfe in. Gard. Chron, Jun. 
ii. 584 (evel. habitat). Xiphosium acuminatum, Griff. Notul. we 0 
Notes 78, No. 1153; Ie. Plant. Asiat. t. 316. -p Distr. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, King, Elwes. Kuasta Mis. Griffith (Kew 
5121). . lon sulcate. 
Pseudobulbs on a stout or slender rhizome, 2-4 in., ovoidly oe ‘eluded "p 
Leaf thickly coriaceous, with the stout petiole 6-18 in. Scape 6-8. ar-lanceolate i 
to the raceme in the sword-shaped upper sheath; bracts lj in., ne eel serrate; 
sepals ovate or ovate-lanceolate, green and white with red nerves» 7" side 10 
mentum rounded ; petals rhombic, acute; lip obovate-oblong, red-brow jong Kong 
PHA midlobe rounded or ovate; column short.— Very near t 
. rosea, 
