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B. (§ ll;icemosa) ) viriukscenss. a. xjt. 



Hhiztima louguiu teiiue, pseudobulbis uuUis. Folia breviter petiolata, 

 petiolo crasso, lamina elliptiea 1 poll, lon^a f poll, lata crassa 

 caruosa obtusa. Scapi filiformes 2 poll. lou«^i, fioribus paucit» 

 reniotis. Bracteae laiiceolatie acumiuatoe ovaria aequantes | poll, 

 lougse. Flores pallide virides, I poll. lou<ifi, carnosi. Sepalum 

 postiouni lauceolatiiiu obtusuiu, sep. lateralia ad bases gibbosa 

 siiblaueeolata subobtiisa. Petala liuearia falcata obtiisa. Label- 

 him sepalo sequale farnosuni crassimi liuguiforme obtusuin 

 profuude caualicidatiun brunueuni papillosum. Columua minima, 

 stelidiis obsruris. 



Guuoug Tahau, 3,300 ft. ; on trees. Flowers pale green, lip brown. 

 (5313.) 



"Kemarkable for the absence of pseiidobulbs and tlie thick fleshy 

 leaves, unusual in this section. 



Eeia nutans, Lindl., Bot. Beg. (1840) Misc. 83 (p. 326). 



Grunong Tahan, 6,000 ft. Flowers white, lip and two inner petals 

 tipi^ed with yellow : sepals tinged with pink ; bracts pale dull red. 

 (5439.) 

 Distrib. — A common plant all over the Peninsula. 



E. (§ Hymeueria) carunculata, n. sjj. 



Pseudobulbi carnosi crassi subteretes, 2 poll, longi. Folia coriacea 

 lanceolata ad basin augustata, apicibus acutis, 5 poll, longa, 1 poll, 

 lata. Racemus ad basin fiorifer 5 poll, longus. Flores copiosi 

 parvi congest!, \ poll, longi. Bracteae ovatae reflexae, ■— poll, 

 longae. Rhachis cum pedicellis rufo-tomentosa. Sepalum posti- 

 cum ovatum, sep. lateralia triangularia ovata obtusa, omnia 

 pubescentia, mentum breve rotimdatum sepali limbo aequale. 

 Petala ovata, apicibus rotundatis. Labellum sepalis longius 

 trilobum, lobis lateralibus ovato-lanceolatis, marginibus appressis 

 caruosis quasi callos formantibus, lobo medio cum ungue angusto 

 et limbo trilobo obovato, lobulis rotundatis vix distinctis. Columna 

 brevis lata subquadrata. 



Gunong Tahan, 5,000-6,000 ft. : on rocks. Flower pallid brownish- 

 Avhite, lip edged with flesh-colour. (5445.) 



Allied to E. Maitujayi, Hook. fil. The lip is rather curious in form, 

 the side-lol^es meet bv their inner faces over the claw of the mid- 

 lolje, and being very fleshy almost form a callus-like mass. 



E. LoNoiFOUA, Hook. fil. , Fl. Brit. Lid. v. 790. 



(iuuong Tahan, 5,000-5,500 ft. ; on trees. Flowers white, lip ]>urple, 

 edge of petals spotted with purple. (5515.) 



Distrib. — Not rare on the central hill-ranges. 

 E. TEKETiFOLiA, OHff. Nottdx, Hi. 298. 



Gunoug Tahan, 5,000-5,500 ft. ; on trees. Flowers creamy white, 

 base of lip i^ink ; sweet-scented. (5527.) 



