Eria."] OXLVIII. ORCHIDE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 797 



SINGAPOEE, Cuming (Sort. Loddiges}. TENASSEKIM ; at Mergui, Parish. 



Pseudobulbs 1-1 in., crowded, oblong, 2-3-nodal. Leaves 3-4 in., obliquely 

 2-fid. Raceme suberect j bracts linear-oblong or elliptic, lower f in., empty, 

 margins recurved; pedicel very slender, with the ovary 1 in. ; column rather long. 



VAB. ? Kurzii', pseudobulb 2-3 by -|-1 in. diam. brown, leaves 3-5 by l|-2 in. 

 elliptic shortly petioled, bracts elliptic "flat tipped with pink, flowers much larger 

 white, ridges of lip yellowish, midlobe orbicular-cordate. E. Kurzii, T. Anders, mss. 

 Andaman Islands, Ic. in Serb. Calcutt. 



VAR. ? affinis ; pseudobulbs elongate rugose, leaves lanceolate, bracts yellowish 

 tinged with brown, racemes sparsely pubescent, flower white, base of green lip pale 

 orange, foot of column red. E. affinis, Griff. Notul. iii. 297. Mergui, Griffith, who 

 suggests its being a variety of his E.pulchella (Griffithii, R. f.). 



45. E. Griffith!!, Reichl.f. Xen. Orchid, ii. 163; leaves 2-3 shortly 

 petioled elliptic-lanceolate, racemes erect pubescent equalling the leaves, 

 flowers ochreous, bracts large oblong, margins revolute, lateral sepals 

 lanceolate acute, mentum rather long, petals ovate-lanceolate, hypochile 

 cuneate 3-ridged, side lobes rounded purple, midlobe ovate acute yellow. 

 E. pulchella, Griff. Notul. iii. 297. 



TENASSEEIM ; at Mergui, Griffith, Parish. 



I cannot distinguish dried specimens of this from E. bractescens. There is an 

 excellent drawing of it by Griffith in Herb. Lindley and by Parish at Kevv. 

 Identified by Lindley with bractescens. Griffith's specimens have ovoid rugose 

 almost grooved pseudobulbs, 2-3 in. long, and leaves narrowed into a petiole, but in 

 his drawing the pseudobulbs are small and leaves sessile. The endeavour to dis- 

 tinguish the species of this section, of which the specimens are often insufficient, has 

 been very laborious, and the result is far from satisfactory. 



46. E. recurvata. Hook. f. Ic. Plant. ined.\ pseudobulbs 6-8 in. 

 stout terete, leaves long-petioled elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, racemes 

 lateral many-fld. pubescent, bracts ovate-lanceolate acuminate as long as 

 the ovaries, sepals falcately lanceolate acuminate 5-nerved and lanceolate 

 acuminate petals recurved from the middle, mentum long 2-lobulate in- 

 curved, side lobes of lip narrow rounded, midlobe obcordate apiculate, disk 

 with a flattened broad ridge between the side lobes. 



PEEAK, Kunstler (Ic. in Herb. Calcutt.). 



Pseudobulbs subtortuous, 3-4-nodal, grooved. Leaves 6-10 by 1-1| in., plicate ; 

 petiole 1-2 in. Racemes 6 in., drooping; bracts yellow, flat or concave, lower 

 1 in. ; sepals -| in., glabrous, white with pink veins and tips ; lip with purplish side 

 lobes and a yellowish disk and midlobe; column very short. A very fine species, 

 perhaps better referred to the section with dense flowers (after scabrilinguis'). 



47. E. myristiciformis, HooJc. Sot. Mag. t. 5415 ; pseudobulbs 

 ellipsoid, leaves 2-3 oblanceolate, racemes erect and flowers glabrous, bracts 

 lanceolate exceeding the ovary reflexed, lateral sepals ovate acute 5- 

 nerved, petals oblong 3-nerved, mentum rounded, lip obovate with 2 long 

 calli between the small rounded side lobes and an ovate crested midlobe, 

 disk ridged. 



TENASSEEIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. 



Pseudobulbs of the size and form of nutmegs, striate. Leaves 5-7 in., acute. 

 Racemes much shorter than the leaves ; pedicels with ovary 1 in. ; flowers pure 

 white ; lip yellowish ; column very short. Specimens insufficient. Parish's E. 

 trilophata, mss., referred by Reichenbach to E. dasypus, is, I think, this. 



j3. JBracts small or narrow. 



48. E. saccifera, Hook, f. Ic. Plant, ined, ; pseudobulbs elongate 



