Eria.~\ CXLVIII. ORcniDEvE. (J. D. Hooker.) 799 



amongst the leaves when the peduncle is short or 0; flowers usually 

 white. 



52. E. pauciflora, WigJit Ic. t. 1636 ; stem slender below clavate 

 above, leaves 2 linear-oblong, flowers 1-2, pedicels very slender with 2-3 

 oblong bracteoles, bracts basal oblong obtuse, lateral sepals ^ in. ovate 

 acute glabrous 5-nerveJ, mentum rounded, petals oblong 3-nerved, lip 

 sessile cuneately oblong truncate, lobes obscure, disk with 2 calli, axis 

 ridged, column short. Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 58 (excl. Khasia 

 hab.) ; Walp. Ami. vi. 272. 



NILGHIRI HILLS, Wight. 



Stems 5-6 in., from a creeping stock ; internodes \-l in. ; sheaths short, truncate. 

 Leaves 25 in., obtuse or subacutc. Scape 11^ in. very slender ; bracts V in., 

 membranous ; bracteoles scattered, - in. ; flowers white ; outer nerves of petals 

 branching ; lip strongly nerved. The bracteoles are anomalous. 



53. E. Xiindleyi, Thwaites Enum. 299 ; stem elongate clavate, leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate, scape short 2-3-fld., bracts very large oblong, sepals 

 ovate or lanceolate 7-9-nerved glabrous, mentum rounded, petals linear- 

 oblong falcate obtuse 3-5-nerved, broad lateral lobes of hypochile almost 

 as long as the su^orbicular epichile, disk with 2 calli between the lobes, 

 column long. E. ephemera, Jteichb.f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 272. E. bicolor, 

 Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 58 (not of G-en. Sf Sp.). Deudrobium bicolor, 

 LindL Gen. fy Sp. Orchid. 90. 



CEYLON ; in the Central Province, ascending to 7000 ft., Walker, Thwaites. ' 

 Stem 6-18 in., sometimes 1 in. diam. above, smooth ; internodes not swollen. 



Leaves 3 4 in. Peduncle 11^ in. ; bracts ^ ^ in., very variable in shape; flowers 



white; sepals -- 1 in., variable in breadth. 



54. E. truncata, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 58; stem sub- 

 cylindric, leaves lanceolate, scape short and flowers tomentose, bracts large 

 oblong, sepals oblong-ovate obtuse 7-nerved, mentum rounded, petals 

 linear-oblong falcate 5-nerved, lip sessile fleshy semicircular truncate with 

 a slender triple ridge, column rather long and broad. 



TENASSEEIM ; on Thoung-gyun, alt. 4-5000 ft., Loll. 



Stem 4-6 in., covered with obtuse sheaths. Leaves 3-5 in., thick, acute, 

 Peduncle ^ in., stout, pedicel with ovary as long ; sepals f in. long, white. 



55. E. clavicaulis, Wall. mss. ex Lindl. P>ot. Reg. 1840, Misc. 90 (not 

 of Journ. Linn . Soc.) ; stem elongate eubclavate, leaves 2-4 elliptic-lanceolate, 

 scape 2-3-fld., bracts elliptic or oblong, lateral sepals triangular acute, 

 mentum broad rounded or incurved, petals broadly oblong 5-nerved, hypo- 

 chile broadly obovate, side lobes large rounded sometimes Embracing the 

 smaller rounded crenate puberulous epichile, disk with a tomentose ridge 

 thickened at the sinus and 2 elongate lateral calli, column long. Walp. 

 Ann. vi. 278. E. khasiana, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 59. 



KHASIA HILLS, Griffith ($ Ic. in Hort. Sot. Calc.). 



Stems 6-8 in., crowded, terete; iuternodes 2 in. ; sheaths short, acute. Leaves 

 3-4 in., terminal, acuminate. Scafe |-1 in. ; pedicels about as long, slender ; bracts 

 21 in., many-nerved; flowers glabrous, white, lateral sepals ^^ in., and lip white 

 with purple margins. The habitat of Wallich's E. clr/cat(?i.< is not recorded ; the 

 cultivated specimens in Herb. Lindley have larger flowers than the native ones, with a 

 broader lip. 



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