794 CXLVIII. ORCHIDEJ:. (J. D. Hooker.) [Eria. 



1-3 in. very stoutly clavate silvery green and with scarious sheaths, 

 racemes lateral subcorymbose few-fld. puberulous, bracts large, flowers f in. 

 long, sepals lanceolate acuminate falcate 5-nerved, mentum subconic, 

 petals oblong-lanceolate 3-nerved, lip nearly as long as the sepals linear- 

 oblong, sides obscurely lobed, disk with 3 thickened ridges. Walp. Rep. 

 vi. 277. E. Lindleyana, Griff. Notul. iii. 300. 



MARTABAN, Wallich. TENASSERIM ; at Mergui, Griffith, Parish. 

 Leaves " lanceolate or ovate -lanceolate," Griffith. Flowers white, lip pale yellow 

 with purple lines. Capsule 1^ in. long, slender. 



ft Lip 3-lobed. 



Flowers sessile or subsessile. 



34 E. elata, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, t. 1848 ; leaves coriaceous 6-12 in. 

 oblanceolate acuminate, sheaths at their base 4-5 in., scape 12-14 in. very 

 stout lax-fld., bracts f-1 in. glabrous, lateral sepals in. strongly falcate 

 5-7-nerved, petals oblong 5-nerved, lip semilunar with a short rough 

 midlobe in the sinus and 3 ridges in the axis. 



PERAK, Scortechini. 



Pseudobulb 4-5 in., base tuberous. Bracts lanceolate, much exceeding the 

 broad incurved flowers ; ovary and base of sepals pubescent ; mentum rounded, 

 incurved; column very long and slender, foot with a few hairs at the base. A very 

 peculiar species, quite unlike its allies, with much the habit of sect. Xiphosium. 

 Perhaps referable to sect. Dendrolirion, but is nearly glabrous. 



35. E. fragrrans, Seickb.f. in Bot. Zeit. xxii. 415; leaves lanceolate 

 acuminate, spikes long drooping pubescent, bracts lanceolate equalling 

 the ovary, sepals i-1 in. and narrower, .petals lanceolate acuminate- falcate 

 5-nerved, lip with 5 crenulate ridges from the base nearly to the tip, side 

 lobes ear-like, midlobe as long lanceolate. 



TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Falconer, Parish. 



Pseudolulb 2-3 in., ovoid, sheathed. Leaves 8-12 in., variable in breadth. 

 Spikes longer ; flowers very sweet, white ; side lobes of lip red ; mentum rounded, 

 incurved ; column very short. 



36. E. vittata, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 51 ; leaves 2 elliptic 

 or lanceolate, spikes decurved glabrous, base sheathed, lateral sepals in. 

 short strongly decurved acute 5-nerved, petals linear-oblong falcate 5- 

 nerved, lip sessile oblong with 5 crenulate ridges from the base to the 

 apex, margins waved contracted towards the tip into a very short and 

 broad midlobe. Reichb.f. in Gard. Cliron. 1882, i. 330. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, Ic. Cathcart Sf Hort. Kew. MFNNIPORE, alt. 4000 ft., 

 Watt. 



Pseudobulbs 2-5 in., oblong or cyliudric. Leaves very variable, 4-8 in. Rachis 

 of spike stout ; flowers broad, green striped with red ; mentum nearly as long as 

 the sepals, broadly conic or saccate ; column long. Bracts not seen, probably 

 deciduous. 



37. E. grraminifolia, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 54; leaves 4-6 

 linear-lanceolate, spikes erect puberulous, bracts broadly ovate shorter 

 than the pubescent ovary, lateral sepals \ in. ovate-lanceolate subacute 

 3-5-nerved, petal? linear-lanceolate acute 3-nerved, lip short, side lobes 

 oblong recurved with a short ridge or auricle, midlobe orbicular, axis with 

 sometimes a crenulate ridge from base to tip. HooTc.f. Ic. Plant, t. 1847. 

 E. alba, var. /3., Lindl. I. c. 



