ORCHIDACE.E 



about 22 cm. long, 3-4 mm. thick, rising from the pseudobulb a 

 little below and at the back of the leaf and — at its very base — 

 somewhat dilated and enveloped by sheaths, naked up to the 

 inflorescence with the exception of a few very remote and in- 

 conspicuous bracts, densely brown tomentose. Raceme about 

 10 cm. long, 2 cm. broad, nodding or gently arcuate. Floral 

 bracts ± 1 mm. long, deltoid, rounded at the apex, tomentose be- 

 neath. Flowers small, closely approximate, densely brow^n tomen- 

 tose, ±9 mm. from the apex of the dorsal sepal to the base of the 

 mentum (lip upcurved and parallel to the column and foot). Lat- 

 eral sepals about 3 mm. long, 6 mm. wide, very broadly trian- 

 gular, obtuse, \Qry oblique, forming a deeply saccate mentum at 

 the base, upper portion somewhat reflexed, dorsal margin very 

 strongly convex, anterior margin shghtly concave. Dorsal sepal 

 about 4 mm. long, 2.5 mm. wide, oblong-elliptic, more or less 

 broadly obtuse, strongly concave. Petals about 3.5 mm. long, 

 2 mm. wide, oblong-falcate, broadly rounded at the apex. Lip 

 about 5 mm. long, 3 mm. broad, decurved in natural position, 

 lingulate, simple, a little above the middle indistinctly subtri- 

 lobed, the lower portion somewhat concave with upcurved mar- 

 gins, apex broadly rounded and more or less bluntly apiculate, 

 margins undulate. Column short, stout, extended into a broad 

 foot. 



This species is a close ally of Eria aeridostachya Reichb. f. 

 and the supposedly identical plant E.falcata J. J. Sm., as well 

 as E. Junghuhnii J. J. Sm., E. Jf^itforclii Leavitt, and E. kina- 

 baluensis Rolfe, but is distinct from all, however, in having a leaf 

 that is generally twice as broad. In detail, it is unlike the first 

 ally in the relatively slender raceme and wider petals; it differs 

 from E. Junghuhnii in having glabrous petals and smaller dor- 

 sal sepal; E. If^itfordii has a larger hp of different texture from 



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