792 cxr.vni. ORCHIDE.T, (J. D. Hooker.) [Eria. 



Pseudolulbs -$ in. diam., tufted. Leaves petioled, acuminate. Spike % in., 

 oblong ; bracts very broad, membranous ; flowers in. diam., subglobose. Capsule 

 \ in., pubescent. 



25. E. floribunda, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7408; Bot. Reg. 1843, 

 J/Asr. 43; 1844, t. 23; in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 60; stem very stout, 

 erect terete fleshy, leaves subterminal linear-lanceolate to elliptic, flowers 

 small very many in leaf-opposed or lateral decurved spikes, lateral sepals 

 very short and obtuse, mentum deeply saccate, side lobes of lip basal 

 acute separated from the small fan-shaped truncate midlobe by a strong 

 ridge. Walp. Ann. vi. 276. 



MALAYAN PENINSULA ; from Tenasserim to Singapore. DISTEIB. Sumatra, 

 Siam, Borneo. 



Stem 10-18 in., as thick as the thumb or less. Leaves 2-5, 5-10 by -2 in., 

 many-nerved. Scape short and rachis stout, pubescent; spike 3-6 in.; bracts 

 in., broadly ovate, reflexed ; flowers i- in. broad, white tinged with pink ; dorsal 

 sepal small, broad, obtuse, 3-5-nerved ; petals ovate-oblong, obtuse ; column very 

 short; pollinia very narrow. The specimens present great differences in size, breadth 

 of leaf, and the tip of the lip, but I am unable to find specific characters for the 

 forms. 



26. E. bipunctata, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841, Misc. 83; stem oval 

 compressed, leaves lanceolate acuminate 11-nerved, racemes axillary 

 cylindric densely many-fld., flowers very minute subglobose, sepals ovate 

 obtuse broadly oblong and acute, petals 3-nerved, mentum rounded, lip 

 short, side lobes rounded spreading narrower than the rounded fleshy 

 convex midlobe. 



KHASIA HILLS, Gibson. 



Stems 2-3 in., flat, green, old light purplish. Leaves as in E. floribunda. 

 Racemes drooping, slightly pubescent ; bracts ovate, acuminate, reflexed ; flower 

 very shortly pedicelled ; sepals membranous, -$ in. long ; lip peculiar, claw broad 

 short continuous with the foot of the rolumn, the lateral ribs of which run along 

 its sides, diverge opposite the side lobes enclosing a sunk space, and there form a 

 thickened margin to the midlobe meeting at its apex ; a strong ridge or nerve 

 traverses the axis of the lip. I have examined flowers only (in Herb. Lindl.), and seen 

 no leaves. 



27. E. scabriling-uis, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 51 ; quite 

 glabrous, leaves 2 broadly elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, scape stout erect, 

 spike dense-fld., bracts minute, sepals in. oblong-lanceolate subacute, 

 mentum rounded incurved, petals nearly as broad falcate, lip as long as 

 the sepals, side lobes narrow with two mesial ridges, midlobe orbicular 

 hispid with lines of purple papillse. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, Ic. Cathcart in Herb. Ketv. 



Pseudobulbs l-2 in., ovoid or ellipsoid, green, sulcate. Leaves 5-7 by If- 

 2 in., 3-nerved. Scape from between the leaves, very short, and rachis purplish ; 

 spike 2J in. ; ovary ^ in. ; sepals and petals white; lip with pale rosy side lobes and 

 purple midlobe. Described from Ic. Cathcart. 



** Flowers small or medium-sized, in lax many-fld. spikes or racemes, 

 f Lip entire or nearly so. (See also 37. E. vittata and 49. E. saccifera.) 



28. E. polystachya, A. Rich, in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2, xi. 20, t. 9 ; 

 pseudobulbs 2-4 in. as thick as the thumb, racemes from amongst the 

 lanceolate leaves suberect densely pubescent, flowers 5 in. long, sepals 



