800 CXLVIII. OKCHIDEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) [.>/(?. 



56. E. arnica, Rciclil.f. Xen. Crchiil. ii. 168, t. 3, f. 6-9 ; stem cylindric, 

 leaves cuneately oblong-ligulate, raceme few-fid., rachis and sepals puberu- 

 lous, bracts large ovate acute, lateral sepals triangular, petals linear- 

 lanceolate, lip cuneately dilated 3-fid, side lobes obtusely angled, isthmus 

 narrow, midlobe obcordate, disk 3-keeled. 



ASSAM, Hort. Day. 



Pseudobulb cylindric, 4-5 by % in. Leaves acuminate. Bracts 7-ncrved, \ as 

 long as tli') pedicel with the ovary. Flowtrs pale straw-colour with red nerves ; 

 lip dark purple, midlobe pale yellow ; androcliuium immersed, foot with two small 

 horns in the hollow. Description from. Reichb. 



57. E. acutifolia, Lindl. in Sot. Reg. 1842, 38; stem short oblong, 

 leaves fleshy lanceolate coriaceous very acute as long as the erect 

 5-6-fld. pubescent scape, bracts oblong reflexed, flowers glabrous, side lobes 

 of hypochile very acute, epichile oblong obtuse concave with 3 fleshy 

 nerves, column deeply hollowed. Walp. Ann. vi. 278. 



INDIA (Hort. Loddiges). 



Near E. clavicaulis. Leaves 23 in. Flowers white, veined with violet; 

 lip with purple base and dull yellow tip. Description from Liudley ; I find no 

 specimens in his Herbarium. 



58. E, marg-inata, JR.olfe in Gard. Chron. 1889, i.'200 ; stem clavate 

 slender below, leaves 3 linear-oblong obtuse, scape short 2-fld. and sepals 

 white-tomentose, bracts large oblong, lateral sepals triangular-lanceolate 

 acuminate 5-nerved, petals oblong obtuse 7-nerved, mentum rounded, hypo- 

 chile oblong, side lobes uncinate much shorter than the rounded crenate 

 pubescent epichile, disk with a tomentose ridge and tubercle at the base of 

 the epichile. 



BURMA (Hort. Bonham Carter}. 



Stem 3 in. Leaves as long. Scape in., bracts i in., petaloid, glabrate, yellow ; 

 pedicel with ovary as long; flower 1 in. diam., white flushed with pink; lip pale 

 yellow, margined with red. Described from one specimen. 



59. E. nutans, Lindl. in Sot. Reg. 1840, Misc. 83-, in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 iii. 58 ; stem terete leafy sheathed throughout, leaves lanceolate acuminate, 

 bracts broad flat fleshy acute, flower pedicelled solitary campanulate 

 glabrescent, lateral sepals broad and petals obtuse, hypochile sessile 

 lunate embracing the small orbicular epichile, disk with a central ridge 

 from base to apex and two short lateral ones. Walp. Ann. vi. 272. 



PENANG, Maingay (Eew Distrib. 1679, 1679/2). PEKAK, Scortechini. SINGA- 

 PORE, C timing (Hort. Loddigex}. 



Stem 6-10 in. ; sheaths imbricate, acute. Leaves 4-7 in., lanceolate, acuminate. 

 Bracts flesh-cold. ; pedicel ^ f in. ; flowers white tinged with bright red ; tips of 

 petals and lip yellow. Amongst Scortechini's Perak drawings is one like this 

 (Dendrobium, 892), but with ovate-lanceolate spreading side lobes of lip, and a much 

 larger orbicular midlobe. 



60. E. biflora, Griff. Notul iii. 302 (not of Lindl} ; stem clavate, 

 internodes very short, leaves elliptic-lanceolate, scape very short lateral 

 2-fld., bracts ovate- cordate, flowers very, small glabrous, sepals oblong- 

 lanceolate and linear-oblong petals obtuse 3-nerved, mentum short in- 

 curved, lip elliptic obtuse, disk with 2 broad lamellse and a median ridge, 

 column very short. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA (lc. Herb. Calcutt.}. TENASSEEIM; at Mergui, Griffith. 

 Stems 4-6 in., tufted, slender below; internodes i in., terete. Leaves 3 in. 



