1897.] G. King & R. Pantling — Neiv Indo- Malayan Orchids. 589 



the dorsal sepal, oblong-elliptic, blunt, concave specially at the base, 

 tumid. Teeth of the column erect, triangular, sharply pointed. Anther 

 papillose at the summit ; pollinia in two free pairs, the inner of each 

 pair much, reduced. Stigma transversely oblong. 



Nilgiri Hills ; at Ootacamund, Mr. R. L. Proudlock. 



A species which might be placed either in Bulbophyllum or in Cirrho- 

 petalum. Its nearest ally is probably G. viridifloruni. It has been 

 collected only by Mi*. R. L. Proudlock, late Curator of the Botanic 

 Garden, Calcutta, now Superintendent of the Government Garden 

 at Ootacamund, who kindly sent specimens j Pantling's drawing 

 No. 615. 



EPIDENDREJE. 



Eria Brandish, n. spec. Leafless at flowering- time. Pseudo-bulbs 

 turbinate, slightly apiculate, smooth, shrunken when in flower, "4 in. in 

 diam. Scape from the apex of the pseudo-bulb, erect, filiform, 2 to 

 3 in. long, with a loose scarious short sheath at the base, otherwise 

 naked. Raceme about *75 in. long, with 6 to 8 flowers about '2 in. 

 long ; floral bract ovate, acute, scarious, longer than the thin pedicel 

 of the ovary. Sepals sub-equal, erecto-patent, lanceolate, acute ; the 

 lateral pair sub-falcate. Petals shorter than the sepals, oblong, sub- 

 falcate, tapered to the blunt apex. Lip lanceolate with a broad base 

 and very short broad claw, without side lobes, the apex obtuse ; upper 

 surface with an oval callus near the base and with an obscurely thicken- 

 ed line proceeding from it to the apex. Column short, winged near the 

 apex; the foot of about the same length, narrow. Anther broad; pollinia 

 elliptic. 



Burma ; at Pvm Kyoon, on an old tree ; Sir D. Brandis ; in flower 

 during March. 



Leaves of this are unknown. It belongs to the Griffithian genus 

 Bryobium, which has justly been reduced to a section of Eria by Mr. 

 Bentham and Sir Joseph Hooker. 



Its nearest allies in the section are E. Dalzelli, Lindl., E. nana, A. 

 Rich., and E. muscicola, Lindl., from which it differs in having larger 

 flowers with which the leaves are contemporaneous. 



Eria shanensis, n. spec. Pseudo-bulbs ovoid, 1 to 1*5 in. long. 

 Leaves 2 or 3, membranous, narrowly oblong, absent at flowering time. 

 Racemes one or two, from the axils of the undeveloped leaves, 2 in. lono- 5 

 few-flowered ; the peduncle, short, naked. Flowers '35 in. long, white ; 

 floral bract broadly lanceolate, reflexed, about as long as the slenderly 

 pedicelled pubescent ovary. Lor sal sepal linear- lauceolate ; the lateral 

 pair twice as broad, falcate, acute. Petals narrowly oblanceolate, sub- 



