Eria.} CXLVIII. ORCHIDE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 791 



elliptic ; lip very curious, like a short round-bottomed cup attached by the margin 

 with a broad oblique mouth produced in front. Only one specimen seen. 



Sect. Y. MYCARANTHES (see p. 785). 



21. E. stricta, Lindl. Coll. Bot. t. 41 B ; in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 52 ; 

 pseudobulb elongate cylindric, spikes 1-2 terminal, lip 3-lobed with a basal 

 oblong and subapical globose woolly callus. Walp. Ann. vi. 271. E. 

 secundiflora, Griff. Notul. iii. 302; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 30. Mycaranthes 

 stricta, Lindl. in . Wall. Cat. 1970 ; Gen. 3f Sp. Orchid. 63 ; Wight Ic. 

 t. 1763. Octomeria secunda, Wall. mss. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA j Nepal, Wallich ; Sikkim, Griffith's collectors, alt. 3~ 

 4000 ft., J. D. H. Naga Hills in UPPEB ASSAM, Griffith. KHASIA HILLS, alf 

 4000 ft., J. D. H. # T. T. DISTRIB. Siam (alt. 7000 ft., Murton). 



Pseudobulb 1-5 in., from a stout oblique rhizome, as thick as a goose-quill, basal 

 sheaths very large, membranous. Leaves 3-4 in., oblong-lanceolate. Scape and 

 raceme 3-5 in. ; bracts cupular ; petals oblong, 3-nerved. The Siam specimen has a 

 panduriform lip. 



22. E. merguensis, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 52 ; pseudobnlb 

 clavate, spikes lateral, lip 3-lobed with a pubescent callus on each side lobe. 

 Beichb.f. in Gard. Chron. 1880, 616. 



TENASSEBIM ; at Mergui, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 5120), Heifer (Keto Distrib. 

 5381), Parish, &c. 



Pseudobulb 2-3 in., stipitate. Leaves as long, linear-lanceolate, obtuse or 

 acute. Scape with raceme 2-5 in. ; bracts obsolete ; petals elliptic, 1-nerved. 



Sect. VI. HYMENERIA (see p. 785). 



* Flowers small or minute in dense spikes or racemes. See also 46. 

 E. recurvata. 



23. E. convallarioides, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1975; Gen. 8f Sp. 

 Orchid. 70 ; in Bot. Eeg. 1841, t. 62, Misc. 58; in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 53 ; 

 stem after flowering very stout, leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate plicate, 

 flowers in nodding oblong spikes small densely crowded concealing the 

 membranous bracts, sepals very broad obtuse 5-7-nerved, mentum rounded, 

 petals 3-nerve^, lip cuneate truncate or with a broadly triangular waited 

 tip. Walp. Ann. vi. 276. Octomeria spicata, Don Prodr. 31. 0. con- 

 vallarioides, Wall. mss. Pinalia alba, Ham. mss. 



TEOPICAL HIMALAYA, from Kumaon, alt. 4000 ft., Strachey fy Winterbottom, 

 eastwards to the KHASIA and NAGA HILLS, ascending to 5000 ft. TENASSEKIM, Parish. 



Stem after flowering 2-8 in., sometimes 1 in. diam. Leaves 4-7 by 1-2 in., 

 loosely sheathed. Scape 2-3 in. f stout; spike as long, ovoid; flowers subglobose, 

 glabrous or sparsely pilose, white or straw-cold. ; bracts equalling the ovary, lowest 

 longest. Capsule | in., ellipsoid. Var. major, Lindl. in Bot. Keg. 1847, t. 23, is 

 only a large specimen. 



24. E. pumila, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1972; Gen. # Sp. Orchid. 68; 

 in Bot. Reg. 1838, Misc. 79 ; pseudobnlbs 2-3 in. subcylindric or clavate, 

 leaves lanceolate acuminate, flowers minute subcapitate on a short lateral 

 peduncle, sepals very broad obtuse 3-nerved, mentum rounded, petals 

 linear acute 1-nerved, lip broadly oblong 3-ner\red, side lobes long spreading 

 lanceolate acuminate close under the small orbicular midlobe. Walp. 

 Ann. vi. 278. 



KHASIA HILLS, Wallich. TENASSEEIM j at Moulmein, Parish. 



