THE OECHIDOLOGT OE INDIA. StSi- 



283. E. convallarioides, Lindl. Gen. 8f Sp. Orch. p. 70 ; Bot. Reg. 1841. 

 t. 62, 1847, t. 63. 



Khasija, Griffith; at 4000-6000 feet, J.D.H. (60); Sikkim, at 6000 

 feet. Id., valleys 3000-4000 feet, Id. 



Varies in the colour of the flowers, and in their size. 



284. E. excavata, Lindl. Gen. 8f Sp. p. 67. 



This differs from U. alha chiefly in having the middle lobe of 

 the lip cordate, acute, ribbed, and much smaller than the middle 

 lobes which are broad, falcate, and acute. 



285. E. alba, Lindl. 1. c. p. 67. 

 a. Lip white. 



Sikkim; Darjeeling, in valleys at 3000-4000 feet, J. U. H. (142). 



^. Lip yellow. 



Sikkim, 4000-5000 feet, J. D. H. (68) ; Mussooree, Edgeworth. 



In P the lateral lobes of the lip are shorter and blunter than in 

 a, and the leaves are thinner and more acuminate. 



286. E. LiNEATA; foliis oblongis subcoriaceis acutis, racemis multi- 

 floris, bracteis ovalibus membranaeeis reflexis, ovario tomentoso, 

 sepalis ovatis subsecundis, labelli lobo medio subrotundo retuso piano 

 lateralibus obtusis minoribus, axi lineis 3 erassis elevatis ad isthmum 

 evanescentibus. 



Java, hort. ( Veitch) ; Continent of India, hort. 



This is very like JE. alba a, and may be a variety ; but the 

 flowers are dirty yellow with distinct purple stripes, not white, 

 and are much smaller, the leaves are twice as broad and more co- 

 riaceous, and the dull purple blunt lateral lobes of the lip are not 

 wider than the yellow almost 3-toothed middle lobe. It is a 

 garden plant of doubtful origin. 



287. E. obesa, Lindl. Gen. Sf Sp. p. 68. (Eria Lindleyana, Griff. Not. 

 iii. 300.) 



Moulmein and Mergui, Griff th. 



I have no doubt about the correctness of this identification, 

 notwithstanding that in Griffith's NotulaB it is said to be 554 of 

 his Mergui herbarium, for I have from himself a drawing, made 

 in Moulmein in February 1834, and a specimen from Mergui 

 numbered 374, which agree with his description. Neither Wal- 

 lich's bad old specimens, nor that from Grriffith, have any leaves. 

 He states them to be " lanceolata v. ovato-lanceolata integerrima 

 glabra venosa apice recta v. torta." By a typographical error in 

 the Botanical Eegister, the stems are said to be 27 instead of 2^ 

 inches long. There is a variety with larger flowers and the lower 

 half of the lip very gradually passing into the upper, formerly 



