ORCHIDACEtE 



the Bornean plant ; E. kinabaluensis has markedly longer lateral 

 sepals than E. macrophylla. 



KiNABALU, Haslam, July- August 1916. 



15. Eria (§Eriurae) magnicallosa A. &^ S. sp. nov. Herba 

 subcrassa. Caulis vaginis foliorum omnino obtectus. Folia dis- 

 ticha, oblongo-lanceolata (laminae superiores ovato-lanceolatae), 

 longe acuminata, obliquissime et obscurissime bilobata, basi com- 

 plicata, subcoriacea. Pedunculi nonnulli, apice caulis exorientes, 

 graciles, folia multo excedentes,densissime albo-tomentosi. Brac- 

 teae lanceolatae, subulatae, reflexae, in sicco atrae. Flores densi, 

 parvi, extus albo-tomentosi. Sepala lateralia oblique ovata, acuta, 

 mentum leviter saccatum formantia. Sepalum dorsale oblongo- 

 ovatum, acutum. Petala spathulato-oblonga, apice rotundata, 

 subacuta. Labellum in circuitu semiorbiculare, trilobatum ; lobi 

 laterales triangulares, obtusi; lobus medius reniformis, abrupte 

 apiculatus ; calli duo, anterior in medio lobi medii magnus car- 

 nosus dorso complanatus, posterior ad basim labelli multo minor 

 trilobatus; carina in sinubus utrinque terminat. Gynostemium 

 breve, in pedem alatum extensum. 



Plant rather stout, graceful. Stem entirely concealed by leaf 

 sheaths. Leaves distichous, at intervals of about 2 cm., up to 

 18.3 cm. long, 1.6 cm. broad (uppermost blades up to 9.8 cm. 

 long and 2.2 cm. wide), generally oblong-lanceolate, long acumi- 

 nate to a mucronate tip, very unequally and very obscurely bi- 

 lobed, complicate at the sessile base, subcoriaceous, many-nerved, 

 with revolute margins. Peduncles up to five, rising from the sum- 

 mit of the stem, ±20 cm. tall, about 1 mm. thick, suberect or 

 gently arcuate, markedly surpassing the leaves, densely white 

 tomentose. Bracts of the inflorescence very numerous, ±4 mm. 

 long, ovate-lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, long acuminate, 



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