ORCHIDACEiE 



1. Eria (§Eriurae) angustifolia Ridl. in Stapf in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. Ser. 2, 4 (1894) 237. 



KiNABALU, Haviland. 6000 feet altitude. 



2. Eria (§ Aeridostachyae) borneensis Rolfe in Gibbs in 



Journ. Linn. Soc. 42 (1914) 150. 



KiAU, Gibhs 3955, February 1910. 3000 feet altitude, undergrowth in 

 secondary forest. Flowers brown. 



3. Eria (§ Trichotosia) brevipedunculata A. <| S. sp. nov. 

 Herba leviter arcuata. Caulis vaginis fusco-pilosis foliorum om- 

 nino obtectus. Folia disticba, anguste lanceolata, obtusa, oblique 

 bilobata, crasse coriacea. Inflorescentiae breves, oppositifoliae, 

 subdensae. Rachis, bracteae, floresque extus fusco-pilosa. Sepala 

 lateralia ovato-triangularia, mentum saccatum formantia, apice 

 valde carinato-incrassato. Sepalum dorsale lanceolatum, apice 

 incrassatum. Petala linearia, falcata, apice rotundata. Labellum 

 in circuitu obovato-spathulatum, plus minusve distincte triloba- 

 tum; lobi laterales semiorbiculares ; lobus medius reniformis, 

 distincte bilobulus; carinae duae breves dentiformes in medio 

 laminae et callus farinosus apicem propius stant. Gynostemium 

 breve, latum. 



Plant more or less gently arcuate, 41 cm. or more tall. Roots 

 numerous, springing from the base of the stem, fibrous, rather 

 freely branching, finely brown tomentose, up to 1 mm. thick. 

 Stems more or less approximate, entirely enveloped by the leaf 

 sheaths, terete. Leaf sheaths ±3 cm. long, tubular, thick, striate, 

 densely appressed cinnamon pilose, the hairs more or less disap- 

 pearing on the older parts, but persisting at the slightly inflated 

 nodes. Leaves 7-13.5 cm. long, up to 1.6 cm. broad, distichous, 

 narrowly lanceolate, more or less narrowed to a very unequally 

 and obscurely bilobed obtuse apex, sometimes oblique, cuneate- 

 n arrowed to a subsessile base, verv thick and coriaceous, rigid, 



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