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Sepals ovate, lanceolate filiforin caudate, base rounded jj-ib- 

 bous, white nearly 2 inches long, the tail being 1^ inch long. 

 Petals oblong truncate orange, shorter than the broad part of 

 the sepals. Lip oblong, obtuse, flat, rather thin yellow. 

 Stelidia of column erect, short setiform. 

 Telom on a fallen tree by the first stream to the East. 



The finest species of this group I have seen, the white sepals 

 Avith their long tliread-like tails give it a very pretty 

 appearance. 

 337. Eria bidens, BUUeij. 



On trees on Telom Kidge. Fruit only. 



3o8. E. LONGIFOLIA, If OOA-.//. 



Clunong Berumban and other high ridges near Telom. 



339. E. MAJOR, BUn. 



On Gunong Berunil)an. 



340. E. TENUI FLORA, JRltll. 



On trees at Telom. 



341. E. FEROX, Bl 



Gunong Iran. 



342. E. TERETIPOLIA, Grljf. 



Com mini on Telom Ridge. CTunong Beiiimban. etc. Occurs on 

 all our higher hills. 



343. E. (§ Bractesoentes) carnea, n. sp. 



Stems tufted cy lindric, 8 inches tall, | inch through, with long 

 wiry roots. Leaves elliptic lanceolate acuminate acute, nar- 

 rowed to the base, 10 nerved, subpetioled, G inches long, 1 

 inch wide. Racemes two in the uppermost axils lax, about 12 

 flowered, slender, 3 inches long, subtended at the base by a 

 lanceolate acuminate papery bract, H inch long. Bracts 

 persistent oblong lanceolate, thin, pale, ^ inch long. Pedicel ^ 

 inch long, slender, pubescent. Upper sepal narrow lanceolate 

 linear acute curved, 1 inch long, laterals broad at the base, 

 falcate acuminate, mentuni scrotiform rounded. Petals nar- 

 rower than the upper sepal, linear curved. Lip three lobed, 

 lateral lobes 1)road, ovate, falcate, large, minutely papillose, 

 midlobe ovate orbicular acute with a very short narrow ba.se, 

 prominently marked with radiating veins, two short-raised 

 ridges run on the base of the side lobes, thickest at the termi- 

 nation, and three lower undulate ones run along the disc to 

 the midlobe. Coliunn short and broad as long as its foot. 

 Anther oblong. 



Telom, on trees overhanging the river. The flowers are small, 

 dull flesh colour with some yellow on the lip. It is allied to 

 E. recurvafa, Hook. fil. 



