ORCHIUACE^ 



From E. fusca BL, E. hrevipedunculata differs in having a 

 smooth or rather smooth under surface of the leaves even in 

 younger portions and in the smaller, less distinctly lobed lip. 

 E. unguiculata J. J. Sm. is distinguished from E. hrevipedun- 

 culata by the small floral dimensions and different lip. 



Marei Parei Spur, Clemens 255 (Type), November 1915. Flower tan 

 and yellow; Clemens 291, November 1915. Flower brown and yellow; 

 Clemens 373^ December 1915. Flower cream color. 



4. Eria (§ Dendrolirion) carnosissima A. 8^ S, sp. nov. 

 Rhizoma longe repens, vaginis regularibus remote circumdatum. 

 Pseudobulbi plus minusve clavati, basi vaginis praediti. FoHa 

 quinque, lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, disticha, e parte su- 

 prema pseudobulbi exorientia. Pedunculi duo, prope apicem 

 pseudobulbi, foliis multo breviores, densissime albo-lanati. Brac- 

 teae inflorescentiae orbiculares, lanatae. Sepala lateralia lanceo- 

 lato-ovata, obliqua, reflexa, concava, apice valdissime incrassato. 

 Sepalum dorsale elliptico-oblongum, quam sepala lateralia long- 

 ius et angustius. Petala oblanceolata, apice late rotundata. La- 

 bellum minutum, oblongo-obovoideum. Gynostemium gracile, 

 arcuatum, apodum. 



Rhizome long creeping, ±3.5 mm. thick, terete, woody, smooth, 

 provided at intervals of about 2 cm. with loose rigid infundi- 

 buliform sheaths which are 6-7 mm. long. Roots apparently 

 short, thick, fibrous, piercing the sheaths, near them or from 

 the rhizome beneath the pseudobulb, closely pubescent, ±1 mm. 

 thick. Pseudobulbs up to 6 cm. long, 2 cm. wide, somewhat 

 clavate in the dried specimen, up to five-jointed, smooth, the 

 base surrounded by several thin imbricating sheaths. Leaves five 

 to each pseudobulb, up to 12.8 cm. long, 2.3 cm. wide, produced 

 from the upper part of the pseudobulb, distichous, lanceolate 

 to oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, prominently seven- to nine- 



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