788 OXLVIII. OROBIDE&. (J. D. Hooker. ) [Eria. 



lately obovate -with a terminal seta, flowers small, sepals acuminate and 

 linear-lanceolate petals 3-nerved, mentum large incurved, lip lanceolate 

 obscurely serrulate. Walp. Ann. vi. 267. Conchidium pusillum, Griff. 

 Notul. 321; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 310 (greatly enlarged). Phreatia uniflora, 

 Wight Ic. t. 1734. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 4-5000 ft., Griffith, &c. 



Pseudobulbs %$ in. diam., distant on the slender rhizome. Leaves -1 in. 

 Scape ^-1 in., capillary, 1-fld., with often a rudimentary second within the concave 

 bract ; "sepals in. long. Lindley overlooked this in the Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T., 

 referring it to Bolbophyllum. 



9. E. extinctoria, Oliver in Sot. Mag. t. 5910 ; dorsal sepal much 

 smaller than the lateral ovate obtuse 5-nerved, lateral triangular acute 5- 

 nerved, mentum longer than the lateral sepals conical incurved 2-lobed, 



Eetals oblong obtuse 3-nerved, lip larger than the sepals obcordate with a 

 -lobuled undulate midlobe in the sinus. Dendrobium extinctorium, Lindl. 

 in Sot. Reg. under t. 1756, and in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 11 ; Walp. Ann. 

 vi. 308. 



TENASSEBIM ; at Moulmein, Griffith, Parish. 



Pseudobulbs crowded, -3- in. diam., naked. Leaves not seen. Scape 2-3 iu., 

 filiform, with 1-2 small sheaths ; mentum -J in. long ; disk of lip with 3 hispid 

 ridges, lobules of midlobe orbicular, with a scarlet blotch at the base ; column very 

 short. 



Sect. III. BRYOBITJM (see p. 785). 



10. XS. articulata, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 47; pseudobulbs 

 ellipsoid adhering end to end like a chain, scape from the point of juncture 

 of the bulbs capillary, spike flexuous, bracts cymbiform, flowers minute 

 distant, sepals obtuse lanceolate, dorsal recurved, lateral with upcurved 

 tips, mentum large incurved, petals small lanceolate, lip minute with a 

 long slender claw and horseshoe-shaped limb. Alwisia tenuis, Lindl. 

 Fol. Orchid. 1 ; Thwaites Enum. 300. 



CEYLON ; in the Ambagamowa district, Walker, Thwaites. 



Pseudobulbs -^ in. long. Leaves 1-2, i-1 in. long, oblanceolate, apiculatc. 

 Scape 1-3 in., naked; bracts broad, cucullate, acute; flowers buff, -^ in. long; 

 ovai-y very short ; nerves of sepals very obscure. 



11. XS. exilis, Hook.f. Ic. Plant, ined.; pseudobulbs as in E. articu- 

 lata, scape short capillary, flowers distant in a flexuous spike, bracts 

 cymbiform, sepals obtuse nerveless, dorsal largest oblong, lateral short 

 falcately decurved, tips thickened, inehtum as long as the sepals very 

 stout incurved, petals linear-oblong 1-nerved, lip minute elliptic-oblong 

 obtuse fleshy. 



TRAVANCORE, Johnson (Herb. Wight). 



Much smaller than E. articulata, but closely resembling it in scape, bracts, and 

 spike; leaves not seen; flowers -^ in. long; pseudobulb small, with a membranous 

 coat. 



12. E. perpusilla. Par. Sf Beichb.f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 148 ; 

 pseudobulbs clustered depressed, scape filiform, spike rather dense-fld., 

 bracts ovate-lanceolate, sepals obtuse 1-nerved, dorsal triangular-ovate, 

 lateral lanceolate, mentum obscure, petals linear 1-nerved, lip lanceolate 

 3-nerved, margins waved. 



TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish, Lobb (in Herb. Lindl.}. 



