ORCHIDACE.E 



18. Eria (§ Trichotosia) pilosissima Rolfe in Gibbs in Journ. 



Linn. Soc. 42 (1914) 152. 



LoBONG, Gibhs 1^117^ February 1910. 6000 feet altitude, in high forest. 

 Flowers cream, with red tomentum. Mabei Parei Spur, Clemens 290^ 

 November 1915. Mature flowers greenish brown. 



19. Eria (§ Trichotosia) rubiginosa^/. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 

 2 (1856) 184. 



Rolfe, in Journ. Linn. Soc. 42 (1914) 152, says: "I have not 



seen an original specimen oi E. rubiginosa, Blume, but it came 



from Borneo, and has lanceolate leaves and a rusty-velutinous 



stem, not pilose, as in E. ferox, Blume, so that n. 4016 may 



belong here." 



GuBTTLAU Spur, G'lhhs 4-016, February 1910. 5500 feet altitude, on the 

 ridge in primeval jungle. 



20. Eria (§ Aeridostachyae) verticillaris Kixhizl. in Engl. 

 Bot. Jahrb. 44 (1910) Beibl. 101, 29. 



The plant from ]Mount Kinabalu is a small form with narrow 

 leaves up to 6 mm. broad, sheaths not quite equaling the summit 

 of the stem and short peduncles up to 6 cm. long. 

 Kinabalu, Haslam, July— August 1916. 



21. Eria (§Eriurae) villosissima Holfe in Gibbs in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. 42 (1914) 150. 



Much of the Clemens material, No. 281 and unnumbered speci- 

 mens, differs somewhat from the type in having a wider, more 

 spreading lip and a broadly triangular acuminate middle lobe. 

 The material collected by Haslam shows stouter, broader leaves 

 which are up to 2.8 cm. w4de and a lip similar to the tj^ical 

 form. 



Kinabalu, Clemens, November-December 1915; Haslam, July- August 

 1916. Maeei Parei Spue, Gibbs 4090,- February 1910. 7000 feet altitude, 



* Gibbs 4-117 is the type. ' Gibbs 4090 is the type. 



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