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labelli inter crura inserto?), a parte superiore flavescenti-albida valde distiiic- 

 tus, c. 0.8 cm., Lisque ad apicem crurium 0.55 cm. lonj^us. Ovariiim 

 pedicellatiim tortuni, ôsulcatum, viride, c. 1.75—2.4 cm. lon^um. 



Celebes: Makasar. (Cuit, in Hort. J. OOSTENBKOEK, Makasar). 

 Goenoeiig Pasangmalambe. (Exp. L. VAN VUUREN, Rachmat ii. 964, 

 December 1913). 



The variety differs from Blume's description and figure of the type 

 from Timor in the bkint petals, the midlobe of the lip being as broad as 

 the hypociiyl, the colour of the h"p and the triangular polliiiia. 



The description was drawn up from a single living spécimen, which was 

 purchased by Mr. J. OOSTENBROEK, Makasar, afterwards bought by Mr. 

 J. Seth Paul, who finally presented me with it. 



Rachmat n. 964 consist of two dried inflorescences. 



Eria (sect. Mycaranthes) obliterata RCHB. F. in Bonpl. V (1857), 55 ; 

 etc.; J. J. S. in FI. Buit. VI, Orch. (1905), 391; Atlas Fig. CCXCVl ; 

 KRZL. in Pflanzenr. IV. 50. II. B. 21 (1911), 89. 



var. sumatrana J. J. S. n. var. 



Planta validior. inflorescentiae ad fere 50 cm. longae. Flores majores, 

 c. 0.75 cm. diam. Sepalum dorsale c. 0.35 cm. longum. Sepala lateralia 

 0.45 cm. longa, 0.35 cm. lata. Petala 0.375 cm. longa, 0.13 cm. lata. 

 Labellum explanatum c. 0.6 cm. longum, 0.67 cm. latum ; lobus intermedius 

 porrectus, angustus, infra apicem lobulis 2 distinctis recurvulis trapeziformibus 

 apice irregulariter dentatis albis atroviolaceo-maculatis instructus. Pes gyno- 

 stemii ruber, bene 0.3 cm. longus. Ovarium pedicellatum purpurascens, 

 c. 1.25 cm. longum. 



'fcb' 



Sumatra: Padangsche Bovenlanden, Agam, Boekit Batoe Banting. 

 (E. JACOBSON, cuit, sub n. 1133). 



Korintji Peak, 1700 m., epiphytical in forest. (H. A. B. BuNNEMEljER 

 n. 8909, March 1920). 



This differs from the Javanese type principally in the robust habit, 

 larger flowers and distinct lobules of the midlobe. 

 Description from a plant cultivated in Buitenzorg. 



o Eria (sect. Urostachya) crosula J.J. S. n. sp. 



Gaules approximati, satis longi, tenuiusculi, non clavati (sicco), c. 32 — 

 33.5 cm. longi, apice 1.5—6 cm. longo 6— 7folii. Folia linearia, apicem 

 versus angustata, acutiuscula, 7 — 9nervia cum nervis tenuibus interpositis, 

 sicco coriacea, c. 29—20 cm. longa, 1.5—0.85 cm. lata (sicco), inferiora 

 maxima; vaginae brèves. Inflorescentiae e caulis parte foliata ortae, sub- 

 sessiles vel breviter pedunculatae, densius multiflorae, c. 11 — 12 cm. longae. 



