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narrow, fleshy; mid-lobe transversely oblong at the base of the 

 lip; one erect rounded callus, with a smaller similarly shaped 

 one on each side, between these a nerve elevated runs along 

 each of the side-lobes; the narrow linear fleshy disc runs to the 

 end of the middle, ending in an irregular, thick, fleshy, oblong 

 roujided callus. Column, free part short, broad, with rounded 

 stelidia. 



Gunong Tahan, on trees in woods, 5,600 to 6,000 feet 

 altitude. Endemic. 



Allied to E. bidens, Ridl., and E. iridifolia, Hook, fil., but 

 with a very different lip. 



195. Eria Earine, n. sp. 



Stems terete, 2 inches tall, fleshy, covered with papery 

 sheaths; leaves at the lip only, 3-4, oblong, linear, fleshy, 2 

 inches long, \ inch wide, acute, light green. Racemes 1-2, 

 erect, slender from the upper axils, 5 inches long, base nude, 

 woolly, pubescent, red, with a few very small ovate bracts. 

 Flowers very numerous, small, white. Bracts ovate, truncate 

 or obtuse, persistent, red, woolly, ^-^ inch long. Ovary and 

 pedicel longer, C3'lindric, woolly, red. Sepals, upper one 

 ovate-oblong, laterals bluntly triangular; mentum nearly as 

 long as the ovary, all pubescent, white. Petals linear, oblong, 

 nearly as long as the upper sepal. Lip shorter than the 

 sepals, spathulate, apex rounded-triangular; two short, linear 

 oblong, erect lobes at the base. Column broad, as long as its 

 foot, purple with a very large, triangular, ovate stigma. 

 Anther-cap broad. Rostellum short, but distinct. Capsule 

 y\j inch long, oblong. 



On a tree on the Padang, rare. 



Perhaps nearest to E. Rimanni, Rchb. fil., but remarkable 

 for its very small white flowers in a strict spike. A very 

 pretty Jittle plant. 



*ig6. Eria ferox, BL; Ridl. op. cit. p. 326. Common on 

 the Padang. 



Distribution. Mountains of the Peninsula, Java, and 

 Borneo. 



197. £ria poculata, Ridl. On trees on the Padang. 

 Common. 



Distribution. Mt. Ophir, Larut Hills, and Kedah Peak. 



198. Eria MONTicoLA,i/oo^.y?/. On treason the Padang. 

 Distribution. Mt. Ophir, Pulau Aur, Selangor, and Perak 



Hills. 



199. Eria teretifolia. Griff.; Ridl. op. cit. p. 326. On 

 trees by the Camp, 5,600 feet elevation. 



Distribution. Mountains of the Peninsula and Borneo. 



*20o. Eria Scortechinii, Hook, fil.; Ridl. op. cit. p. 327; 

 antea, p. 55. On the Padang. Common. 



Distribution. Mountains of the Peninsula. 



*2oi. Eria crassipes, Ridl. op. cit p. 327. On low 

 bushes or terrestrial, Padang. Common. Endemic, 



