136 NEW OR RAKE MALAYAN PLANTS. 



Eria eurostacliys, n. sp. 



Stems cylindrie 8 inches tall covered with rather large 

 loose sheaths strivate with oblique mouth, 1 inch or less 

 long. Leaves numerous at the apex narrow lanceolate 

 acuminate acute, narrowed to the base 4-6 inches long 

 | inch wide. Racemes from upper axils very slender 4 

 or 5 inches long entirely ferruginous hairy, floriferous 

 nearly to the base. Flowers very small numerous, red 

 hairy. Bracts ovate acute feruginous hairy -^ inch. 

 Pedicel short and thick as long. Flowers to end of men- 

 turn ^ inch long. Upper sepal ovate acute cymbiform 

 laterals ovate oblique, mentum long straight twice as long- 

 as the pedicel. Petals linear oblong obtuse shorter than 

 the sepals. Lip very narrow spathulatc, claw linear limb 

 entire cordate obtuse. Column short very broad, anther 

 flattened subquadrate refuse. Stigma elliptic large. 



Sarawak: Mt. Matang (J. Hewitt) (June 190?). 



A most curious plant with ferruginous spikes of small 

 flowers, and leaves drying too of a rusty brown. It 

 should I think be classed near E. floribunda from its 

 habit, and form of stem but the hairiness and form of 

 the flowers suggests an affinity with the Aeridostachya 

 section. 



E. ten ui flora, Eidl. 



I can hardly separate a plant from Kuehing from this 

 Malay peninsula species. The Borneo plant has more 

 acuminate sepals, and a rather wider more rhomboid lip. 



E. Broolcesii, n. sp. 



Stems cylindrie fleshy 4 inches long nearly ! 2 inch 

 thick. Leaves lanceolate oblong acuminate acute narrow- 

 ed into a petiole, nerves prominent, 9 inches long 1-J inch 

 wide glabrous. Raceme dense, from below the foliage, 

 H inch long flowers numerous crowded, peduncle very 

 short with ovate papery bracts. Floral bracts oblong 

 lanceolate glabrous veined as long as the hairy pedicels 



Jour. Straits Branch- 



