ORCHIDACE.E 



nerved, prominently seven- to nine-nerved beneath. Peduncles 

 rising from the upper part of the stem, apparently one or two, 

 up to 11 cm. long, erect-spreading to arcuate-reflexed, more or 

 less tomentose, with many bracts especially in the upper portion. 

 Bracts ±9 mm. long, 5 mm. wide, conspicuous, oval, rounded 

 above, clasping at the base, reflexed or spreading, thin, glabrous 

 or nearly so. Raceme sub-dense. Perianth membranaceous in 

 the dried specimen, segments connivent. Lateral sepals about 

 5.5 mm. long, 6 mm. wide, very broadly triangular-ovate, strongly 

 oblique, forming a very deeply saccate mentum, obtuse or 

 rounded at the apex, sparingly tomentose without. Dorsal sepal 

 about 6 mm. long, 4 mm. wide, broadly ovate, strongly concave, 

 broadly rounded at the apex. Petals about 5 mm. long, 4 mm. 

 wide across the center, oval, broadly rounded at the apex, sUghtly 

 irregular on the margins, three-nerv^ed. Lip spatulate-obovate in 

 outline, three-lobed, ±7 mm. long, 6 mm. wide across the lateral 

 lobes; claw broad, sulcate, merging gradually into the lamina; 

 lateral lobes small, auriform, free portion ±1.6 mm. long and 

 about as broad ; middle lobe much larger, semi- to suborbicular, 

 up to 3 mm. long, 4 mm. broad at the base ; a transverse keel, 

 narrowest in the center and broadest above each sinus, extends 

 across the middle of the lip and terminates in the center of each 

 lateral lobe; two low carinae, one starting from the sinus on each 

 side, converge toward the apex. Column very short, scarcely 2 mm. 

 high, continued into a long, broad unciform foot which is about 

 6 mm. long. 



In habit and general appearance, this species is somewhat 

 allied to EHa confusa Hook. f. and E. bractescens Lindl. From 

 the former it differs in the taller, more slender pseudobulbs, 

 broader leaves and undivided middle lobe of the lip which has 

 a transverse keel. E. bractescens is different in its very stout 



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