98 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



27. E. BRUXEA, Ridl. .Tourn. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 297. Leaves 

 narro\\;ly lanceolate acute narrowed at the ha^c, coriaceous, 9 inches 

 long ^- inch wide. Scapes 8 to 1'^ inclns lonri-. lower lialf nude covered 

 with red wool, raceme very dense flowers small outside brown, inside 

 yellowish. Bracts ovate acute, red tomeutose very small. Ovary and 

 pedicel fV long. Sepals sparingly red tomentose outside, upper one 

 small elliptic obtuse, laterals much larger ovate oblique mentum long. 

 Petals linear obtuse curved. Lip thin, claw long narrow, blade 

 ovate spathulate edges undulate. 



Perak: Hermitage Hill (Curtis), Larut Hills (Ridley); Selan- 

 gor: Bukit Hitam (Ridley). Endemic. 



28. E. LORiFOLiA, Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXII. 296. Rhi- 

 zome nearly an inch thick woody pseudobulbs an inch long covered 

 with large sheaths. Leaves lorate acute 15 inches long 1-1^ inch wide 

 coriaceous. Scapes 18 to 24 inches long, lower half nude glabrotis, 

 raceme pubescent rather lax. Flowers very numerous ^ inch long 

 yellow. Bracts minute ovate. Pedicel and ovary I inch long pubes- 

 cent. Sepals red pubescent outside, ujjpcr one short ovate, laterals 

 broader, mentum long pendulous clubbed. I'etals wider ovate thinner 

 glabrous. Lip shorter oblong, side lobes very short, midlobe longer 

 oblong obtuse edge undulate. Column very short, foot long. 



Kedah : Gtmong Jerai (Ridley) ; Selangor: Bukit Kutu (Ridley). 

 Endemic. 



29. E. DASYSTACHYS, Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc, XXXIII. 296. 

 Rhizome thick woody, pseudobulbs ;> inches long conic cylindric, 

 covered with thin papery sheaths. Leaves al)out 4 oblanceolate nar- 

 rowed into a petiole, 8 inches long an inch wide, thinly coriaceous. 

 Scapes 2 erect 7 to 8 inches long, base stout nude with 6 or 7 scattered 

 ovate bracts. Flowers crowded iii a dense raceme about 3 inches long, 

 rusty pubescent ^ inch long. Bracts j inch long, ovate lanceolate 

 acute as long as the ovaries. Sepals ovate acute, mentum as long 

 conic thick blunt. Petals shorter linear acuminate, subobtuse. Lip 

 thin, claw linear lung, side lobes short rounded crisped, midlobe larger 

 ovate obtuse crisped. 



Pahang: Kwala Pahang (Ridley 1.575). Hndemic. 



§ 8. Stellatae. 



30. E. STKLLATA, Liudl. Bot. Reg. t. 9U1. Stems short liardly 

 pseudobulbs about 2 inches long covered with sheaths. Leaves several 

 lanceolate acute or oblanceolate with a long petiole, jointed to a pro- 

 longed portion of the shoath, a foot or more 1^ to 2 inches wide. 

 Raceme from the side of the stem lS-30 ineiies long. Flowers scat- 

 tered ^ inch long, pedicels short. Bracts lanceolate sheathing acu- 

 minate 4-1 inch long. Sepals lanceolate acuminate acute white with 



