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SPECIES CHINENSES. 335 
pilosulis antheris per paria connatis. Ovarium sparse pilosulum. 
Capsula nondum matura circ. 2.5 cm. longa lineari-oblonga. 
‘Plant of 2-4 inches. Flowers deep crimson. Open dry 
situations on rocks and cliffs on the Yung-peh Mountains, 
Yunnan, Western China. Lat. 26° 40’ N. Alt. g000—10,000 ft. 
July 1914.” G. Forrest. No. 12,8209. 
} Eria obvia, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate £. bractescentis, Lindl. ; bracteis angustis 
ovaria subaequantibus, sepalis petalisque multo angustioribus, 
labello minimo tantum 2 mm. lato inter alia recedit. 
Pseudodulbi aggregati anguste cylindracei, apice attenuati, 
saepius curvuli, 8-12 cm. longi, 2-2.5 cm. crassi, plerumque 
triphylli. Folia usque ad. 25 cm. longa, 2-2.5 cm. lata, anguste 
lanceolata, acuta, basi cuneata, subcoriacea. Racemi 1-2, 
ex axillis foliorum orientes, foliis paululo breviores, plerumque 
15-18 cm. longi, graciles, laxiflori, 20~30-flori; bracteae 6-10 
mm. longae, circ. 2 mm. latae, lineari-lanceolatae acutae vel 
acuminatae, multo reflexae saepe rhachidi subadpressae, albidae 
vel pallido-luteae, glabrae; sub inflorescentia bracteae 1-3 
inanes pedunculo brevi insidentes; rhachis minute albo- 
villosula ; pedicelli + 1 cm. longi bracteas subaequantes vel 
paulo majores minute villosuli. Flores in vivo circ. I cm. 
diametro, resupinati, glabri, albi, odore cinnamomi tenui fra- 
grantes. Sepalum dorsale 10-11 mm. longum, 2 mm. latum, 
anguste lanceolatum acutum erectum vel paululo inflexum, 
sepala lateralia circ. 8 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, valde falcata, 
subacuta vel acuta, mentum circ. 3 mm. longum obtusum for- 
mantia. Petala circ. 8 mm. longa, I mm. lata, caeterum sepalo 
dorsali subsimilia. Labellum basi oblonga vix 2 mm. longa 
praeditum, lobi laterales auriculiformes vix I mm. superantes 
erecti margine purpureo-suffusi, intermedius late ovatus obtusus, 
usque ad mentum ipsum reflexus, circ. 3 mm. longus, 2 mm. 
latus, carnosulus, viridi-flavidus, lamellis tribus fere per totum 
discum percurrentibus mediana paulo indistincta. Anthera 
mitraeformis apice purpureo-tincta polliniis 8 pyriformibus. 
‘Dry open rocky situations on the lava-bed west of Teng- 
yueh, Yunnan. Lat. 25° N. Alt. 4500 ft.” Plants collected 
in 1912 by George Forrest, flowered in the Royal Botanic 
Garden, Edinburgh, in July 1914. 
Of the species of Evia known from the Indo-Chinese region 
E. obvia appears to come nearest E. bractescens, Lindl., but 
differs especially in the bracts, petals, and labellum from descrip- 
tions of that species. Cf. the figure and description of Himalayan 
specimens of E. bractescens by King and Pantling in Ann. Bot. 
