certainly very closely allied, but in the Philippine one the 

 bracts are narrower at the base than they are in E. ornata, 

 and yellow rather than orange, while the lip is somewhat 

 different in shape. On this account, and also because of 

 the occurrence of another nearly allied but equally 

 distinct species, E. hainanensis, Eolfe, in the island of 

 Hainan, it is preferable to adopt Ridley's view. The 

 original E. ornata now figured occurs in Sumatra and 

 Borneo as well as in Java, and has been also met with 

 by Curtis at Pungah in Siam. The plant figured is 

 the one from Borneo, which was presented to Kew in 

 May, 1915, by Mr. H. J. Elwes, Colesborne, Cheltenham ; 

 it thrives well in a tropical house under the conditions 

 suitable for Malayan species of Dendrobium and Eria. 

 The more striking features of E. ornata are its robust 

 habit, its large rather coriaceous leaves, its large reddish- 

 orange bracts and its densely tomentose brownish-grey 

 flowers. 



Description. — Herb, epiphytic ; rhizome stout, woody ; 

 pseudobulbs discrete, wide-ovoid or ovoid-oblong, some- 

 what compressed, l^-2§ in. long, three-leaved. Leaves 

 shortly petioled, elliptic-oblong, rather acute, coriaceous, 

 recurved, 8-10 in. long, 1J— 2 in. wide. Scapes rather 

 erect, 1-1| ft. long, clothed at the base with a number of 

 imbricate sheaths, tomentose especially towards the top, 

 many-flowered; bracts large, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 rather obtuse, slightly reflexed along the edge, 1|— If in. 

 long, glabrous or sparingly pubescent, bright reddish- 

 orange; pedicels 1$-1| in. long, tomentose. Flowers 

 medium -sized, brown-tomentose outside. Sepals 'some- 

 what connivent; the posterior ovate-oblong, somewhat 

 obtuse, J-J in. long ; lateral about as large but much 

 dilated at the base where they form a short rounded 

 mentum. Petals linear-oblong, ^ in. long or rather less. 

 Lip recurved, 3-lobed, j in. long or rather less, narrowed 

 at the base ; middle-lobe deltoid-ovate, rather obtuse, 

 with undulate margin; lateral lobes wide-triangular, 

 obtuse ; disk 3-keeled. Column clavate, |~ in. long. 

 Pollinia 8, ellipsoid. 



Fig. 1, flower; 2, petal; 3, lip; 4, column; 5, anther-cap; 6, pollinia; 

 7, sketch of an entire plant: — all enlarged except 7, which is much reduced. 



