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268. E. flava, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1973. 

 Sikkim, hot valleys, 1000-2000 feet, /. D. H. (63). 



iS. rubida; floribus minoribus, petalis virescentibus, labelli lobis late- 



ralibus rotundatis. 

 Sikkim, Cathcart. 



The type of this plant is the Dendrobitmi pubescens of Sir AV. 

 Hooker, well figured and. described in the ' Exotic Flora,' t. 124. 

 It is important to observe this, if we are to determine to which of 

 the other nearly-allied woolly species tlie name belongs. In that 

 plant the lip has scarcely any hairs on the inner surface, and the 

 lateral lobes are extremely short, which is the case with the 

 plants above quoted. The variety /3 is only known from a native 

 figure ; and the account given of it must be judged of accordingly. 

 It looks different, especially as the pollen-masses seem to be long 

 and tapering, not roundish, and plano-convex. 



269. E. ELONGATA ; pscudobulbis ovalibus, foliis lato-lanceolatis cori- 

 aceis acuminatis basi angustatis, raceme niveo lanato elongate distan- 

 tifloro, bracteis ovatis acutis Isevibus dorso lanatis, petalis ovalibus 

 subtrinerviis, labelli lobis lateralibus scabro-tomentosis intermedio 

 subcuneato multo brevioribus rotundatis, clinandrio alte marginato.— 

 (E. flava, Griffith, Not. iii. 301.) 



Burma ; Moulmein, on trees in damp woods, Griffith (346) ; in woods 

 at Zimjaik, Id. (347) ; Moulmein, T. Lobh. 



As in U.Jlava, the clinandrium is surrounded by a membrane, 

 which in this species is remarkably deep ; the lip has rounded 

 lobes, clothed inside with coarse, scattered felt, and the middle 

 lobe has two obscure raised lines as well as a distinct middle 

 line. That it is perfectly distinct from the last is certain ; but 

 it varies in the form of its lip, the 34(5 of Griffith having the 

 lateral lobes rather acute and falcate instead of rounded, and the 

 middle lobe larger, with a more distinct superficial lamella in the 

 middle. 



270. E. lanata, Griffith, Not. iii. 301. 

 Mergui, Griffith (810). 



So much is this in habit like the Sikkim Eria flava, that it may 

 be easily mistaken for it ; but its petals are linear lanceolate-acu- 

 minate, and the long narrow lip has a quadrate cuspidate middle 

 lobe, a long isthmus, and a narrowly wedge-shaped hypochilium 

 with small rounded lobes and three distinct elevated distant ribs. 

 The pseudobulbs are ovate, not oval. 



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