174 THE JOl'KNAL OF BOTANY 



augustatis, quam sepala minoribus ; labello, petalis duplo minore, 

 obtuse, rhoinboideo-spathulato, disco depresso, lobis lateralibus 

 obsoletis ; columnaB brachiis elongatis, acumiuatis, clinandrio 

 postice valde evoluto, trapezoideo, cum denticulo miiiuto lateral! 

 et supenie in deiites parvos aristuliformes producto; anthera hemi- 

 spliserica. 



Strong woody rhizome about 3 mm. thick, the short internodes 

 enveloped by scarious ovate light brown scales. Pseudobulbs 

 l'6-3 cm. long by 'o cm. or less in thickness. Leaf 4-7 cm. 

 long, including a short petiole of 2-4 mm., 8-14 mm. broad, muhi- 

 nerved, 5 veins standnig out more prominently than the rest on the 

 dorsal surface. Scape 10-11 cm. long, bracts 1-5-2 mm. long, 

 pedicel with ovary 2-3 mm. long. Sepals 5-5-6 mm. long, the 

 lateral barely shorter than the dorsal; petals 4-5-5 mm. long, 

 narrower than the sepals ; lip 2 mm. long by 1-25 mm. broad below 

 the apex; column including clinandrium 25 mm. long. 



A very distinct little species, characterized by its short blunt 

 leaves, and small trapezoid-spathulate lip with obsolete lateral 

 lobes. 



Baram, Oct. 25, 1894 ; no. 52. 



Dendrobium (§ Aporiim) Serra Lindl.? No flowers present. 

 Baram, Nov. 8, 1894 ; no. 153 in part. 



D. (§ V'mfatcB) conostalix Reichenb. f. 

 Baram, Nov. 1894 ; no. 148. 



Not hitherto recorded from Borneo, though a wide- spread Malayan 

 plant (Malacca, Singapore, Java, Philippines). 



D. (§ Banthusifolia) f/emellum Lindl. 

 Baram district, Miri river, Feb. 1895 ; no. 511. 

 A wide-spread Malayan plant, not previously recorded from 

 Borneo. 



BuJhophyllnm clandestlnum Lindl. 

 Baram, Nov. 23, 1894 ; no. 152. 



B. elatius Ridl. 



Baram, Dec. 1894; no. 234. 



The flowers in Mr. Hose's specimens differ from those on which 

 the species was founded (see Journ. Linn. Soc. xxKi. 275) in their 

 more acute sepals. Is the species distinct from the little-known 

 B. odoratum Lmdl. ? 



Eria (§ Hi/meneria) Hosei, sp. nov. Planta caule crasso, 

 vaginis pallide bruneis tecto ; foliis in specimine 5, ad apicem 

 caulis congestis, oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis, 9-11-nerviis ; racemis 

 axillaribus, quam folia duplo brevioribus, multifloris ; bracteis 

 saepe ellipsoideis, reflexis ; floribus inter mediocres, longius pedi- 

 cellatis, pedicellis gracilibus, veluti rhachi puberulis ; sepalis sub- 

 £equilongis, acutis, lateralibus ovato-rhomboideis, basi secundum 

 columnae pedem longum extensis; petalis angustis, sepalum dorsals 

 ovatum ut apparet longitudine aequantibus ; labello cum basi trape- 

 zoideo, lobis lateralibus oblongis ascendentibus, lobo medio multo 

 majore, rotunde ellipsoideo, obtuso. 



