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i8g. BuLBOPHYLLUM (cirrhopetalum) Skeatianum, n. 



Pseiidobulbs several together in a small clump, obpyri- 

 form, rugose transversely, i inch long, purple. Leaf linear, 

 lanceolate, obtuse, narrowed to the base, coriaceous, i to 2 

 inches long, i to f inch wide. Peduncle 5 inches long or less, 

 slender, purple. Bracts linear, acuminate, very small. 

 Flowers 9 to 12 in a half whorl ; pedicels i inch long. Upper 

 sepal ovate-obtuse, dark purplish red with red streaks; lower 

 sepals bright red to orange-red, half an inch long, linear, 

 acuminate, connate towards the apex. Petals ovate-obtuse, 

 deep red-purple, quite glabrous, as long as the upper sepal. 

 Lip bright orange, tongue-shaped. 



This charming little species is distinct in its broad sepals 

 and petals all blunt, and the latter without the hairs usually 

 found in Cirrhohetala. 



On bare branches of trees on exposed rocky spots at 

 Skeat's Camp, and also on the Padang on trees by the stream 

 and in open woods on the side of the Teku. I am pleased to 

 associate it with the name of W. W. Skeat, who first ascended 

 the ridge as far as the spot named Skeat's Camp, where I first 

 found this pretty plant. 



190. Dendrochilum angustifolium, Ridl. On the 

 summit of Gunong Tahan. 



Distribution. Selangor Mountains, Bukit Hitam, and 

 Klnang Terbang. 



*i9i. Eria nutans, LindL; Ridl. op. cit. p. ^26. Gunong 

 Tahan, 6,000 feet (Robinson), also found by me at Wray's 

 Camp. 



Distribution. Whole Peninsula, common in the low 

 country. 



*i92. Eria carunculata, Ridl. op. cit. p. 326. Gunong 

 Tahan, 5,000 to 6,000 feet (Robinson). Not seen on this 

 occasion. Endemic. 



*I93. Eria longifolia. Hook, fit.; Ridl. op. cit. p. 326. 

 Gunong Tahan, 5,000 to 6,000 feet (Robinson). Not seen on 

 this occasion. 



Distribution. Hills of the Malay Peninsula. 



194. Eria Tahanensis, n. sp. 



Stems erect, a foot tall, ^ inch through, leafy, somewhat 

 dilate at the base. Leaves coriaceous, linear, acuminate, 4 

 inches long, J inch wide; sheaths i inch long, slightly flattened. 

 Scapes terminal, 2-3, slender, many-flowered, laxly racemose, 

 8 inches long; rhachis white, woolly. Bracts lanceolate- 

 acuminate, caudate, persistent, jY) inch long. Ovary and 

 pedicel slender, woolly, J inch long. Perianth ^ inch long. 

 Upper sepal ovate-lanceolate, woolly outside; lower sepals 

 much broader, triangular-ovate, woolly outside. Mentum 

 short, broad, half as long as the sepal. Petals oblong, thin, 

 glabrous, obtuse, as broad as the upper sepal. Lip three-lobed; 

 side-lobes from the base long, oblong, obtuse, thin; disc 



