Ei-ia.] GXLViii. ORCfliDm (J. D. Hooker.) 809 



SECT. XI. ACRIDOSTACHYA (see p. 786). 



92. E. acridostachya, Reichl). f. mss. \ Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 iii. 48. 



PERAK, Scortechini ; Larut, alt. 3500-4500 ft., King's Collector. DIBTRIB. 

 Java. 



Rhizome very stout ; sheaths 1-3 in., rigidly coriaceous; upper ensiform, some- 

 times 3-1 in. Leaf 6-12 in., petioled, acute, thickly coriaceous. Scape stout, 

 6-10 in., naked ; raceme 4-6 in., cylindric ; flowers spreading or deflexed. coriaceous, 

 about in. from tip of mentum to upper sepal ; bracts minute ; pedicel with ovary 

 ^ in.; lateral sepals much longer than broad, falcate, obtuse; dorsal much smaller ; 

 petals linear-oblong, obtuse ; lip sessile, coriaceous, oblong, obtuse, base concave, 

 side lobes very small ; column very short, foot long, fleshy, channelled. 



Sect. XII. DILOCHIOPSIS (see p. 786). 



93. E. Scortechinii, HooTc.f. Ic. Plant. 



PERAK, Scortechini ; on trees, alt. 5-5300 ft., King's Collector. 



Stem 3-6 ft., as thick as a goose-quill; internodes 1 1 in. Leaves 35 in., 

 linear-lanceolate, tips dimidiate, nerves strong. Panicle 4-5 in. long and broad, 

 tomentose ; bracts at the axils -f in., chartaceous, floral narrow; flowers sessile, 

 waxy-white, bluish within ; ovary very short ; sepals in., orbicular-ovate, obtuse, 

 3 -nerved, keel winged ; dorsal oblong; petals broadly oblong, 3-nerved ; mentum 

 short ; lip sessile, broadly cuueate ; side lobes long, spreading, obtuse, midlobe trans- 

 versely 2-winged, disk with a broad tomentose ridge ending in a large cushion on the 

 midlobe ; column not long. Habit of Arundina, sect. Dilochia. 



Sect. XIII. PELLAIANTHUS (see p. 786). 



94. E. leiophylla, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 57. Ceratostylis 

 pellita, Reichl. f. in Herb. Kew. 



PENANG; on stones, Maingay (Keio Distrib. 1631); alt. 2000 ft., Curtis. 

 DISTRIB. Borneo. 



Rhizome very stout, rusty-tomentose ; pseudobulb small, depressed conical, 

 narrowed into a cyliudric sheathed 2-3-nodal fleshy erect stem 13 in. long. 

 Leaves 2, 5-7 by -! in., linear-oblong, obtuse or notched. Spike far below the 

 leaves, very short and flowers rusty .tomentose ; bracts rounded ; lateral sepals $ in., 

 oblong, very obtuse and linear-oblong petals fleshy or thickly coriaceous ; mentum 

 obscure; lip sessile, ovate-oblong, obtuse, entire, very thick, smooth with a futffura- 

 ceous cushion towards the base and over the tip ; column very short, broad ; anther 

 low, 4-celled; pollinia 2, large, compressed, angular (and ? 2 small). A remarkable 

 plant, described by Lindley from an imperfect Borneau specimen, and referred to 

 sect. Trichotosia. 



DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES. 



E. Rimanni, Reiclib. f. in Gard. Chron. 1885, ii. 712 ; pseudobulbs 3 by 1 in. 

 pyriform, leaves 2-4 cuneate-oblong acute coi-iaceous light green 11-uerved, raceme 

 dense-fld. drooping and inflorescence rusty-pilose, flowers pellucid sulphur-cold., 

 lateral sepals triangular, mentum long obtuse, petals oblong obtuse, lip cuneate, 

 side lobes dimidiate-oblong, midlobe transversely oblong emarginate golden with 2 

 purple spots, base with a tumid callus. Burma (Hort. Sanders). Probably near 

 E. Griffithii, R. f. I have seen no specimens. 



E. polyura, Lindl. in Sot. Reg. xxviii. (1842), Misc. 2, is a Malayan species 

 erroneously supposed to be a native of Ceylon. 



