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the rounded basal lobes, the apex minutely emai'ginate and decurved : 

 upper surface with two bold longitudinal minutely hispid lamellae 

 running from the base to nearly the apex where they unite. Mentum, 

 half as long as the entire column. Anther with two projecting tri- 

 angular wings. Pollinia 2, attached to a small viscid disc. 



Sikkim : in the Chel valley, at an elevation of 4,000 feet ; in flower 

 in May. 



This differs from any Chryroglossum known to us in having a wing- 

 less column. The flowers have an unpleasant smell. 



ERIA, Lindl. 



Eiua fibdlipormis, n. spec. Pseudo-bulbs crowded and often over- 

 lapping, much depressed, reticulate, *5 in. in diam. Leaves membra- 

 nous, in pairs, oblauceolate, sub-acute, sessile, the edges minutely 

 ciliolate, 1*75 in. long. Flowers in pairs, "25 in. long, their ovaries 

 short, sigmoid, sub-campanulate. Sepals united to form a 2-lipped 

 beaked sac, gibbous at the base. Petals oblong-lanceolate, sub-acute, 

 obliquely curved, not quite so long as the calyx, their apices connivent 

 above the very small lip, (1-nerved ?). Lip half as long as the petals, 

 clawed at the base, its upper surface concave, the side lobes broad 

 and rounded, the part beyond them contracted and with laciniate edges, 

 the apex carunculate, a small retrose callus in front of the basal claw. 

 Mention twice as long as the column, tapering downwards. Bostellum 

 very large and resting on the two lobes and upper margin of the stigma. 

 Anther crested and tuberculate, its lip erose. Pollinia 8, barely co- 

 hering by their minute membranes. 



Sikkim : in tropical valleys at the base of the hills, at Sivoke, &c. : 

 in flower in October. 



This belongs to the section Porpax and is allied to E. LicTienora, 

 Lindl. and E. uxtulata, Par. & Reichb. fil. Its sepals are united to 

 form a curious 2-lipped sac, sparsely hispid externally. All parts of 

 the flower are of a uniform dull red colour. 



TAINIA, Blume. 



Taixia Hookeri.vn'A, n. spec. Pseudo-bulbs ovoid, tapering up- 

 wards 2 to 3 in. long, rising close together from a stout rhizome, 

 and enveloped in a bract which sheaths also the petiole nearly to ita 

 apex. Leaf plicate, oblong-lanceolate, tapering much to each end, 

 12 to 18 in. long and about 3 in. broad, its petiole somewhat shorter. 

 Baceme about 10 in. long, its stalk about twice as long, glaucous, bearing 

 two or three sheathing bracts near the base : floral bracts lanceolate, 

 •25 in. lono 1 . Flowers about 1 in. long, their ovaries - 75 in. Sepals and 



