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AN EXPEDITION TO MOUNT BATU LAWI. 
inflorescenses of small flowers, linear petals and an extremely 
short column foot . 
Eria ovilis, J. J. S., D. sp. 
Pseudobulbi approximati, vaginis alternatim bifariis con- 
duplicatis oblongo-triangulis accrescentibus ad ¢. 6.5 em. longis 
tecti, verisimiliter 2 folii. Folia erecta, divergentia, lanceo- 
lato-loriformia, inaequaliter vel subaequaliter obtusa, basi con- 
duplicata, costa media supra in sicco suleata, crasse coriacea, 
rigida, c. 20-27 cm. longa, 3.1-3.8 cm. lata. Inflorescentia 
valida, elongata, suprene dense multiilora, cylindrica, omnino 
dense et crasse lanata, pedunculo c. 36.5 em. longo, plures 
squamas parvas in lanam immersas gerente, rachide arcuata 
c. 25 cm. longa. LBracteae triangulae, dense lanatae, c. 0.15- 
0.2 em. longae. Flores parvi, c. 0.73 cm. longi, sepalis dorso 
crasse lanatis petalisque conniventibus. Sepalum dorsale 
triangulum, obtusum, concavum, c. 0.4 cm. longum, 0.3 cm. 
latum. Sepala lateralia lacinia oblique oblonga concava ad 
pedem gynostemii decurrentia, mentum rotundato-saccatum 
cum ovario angulum acutum faciens formantia, parte libera 
late oblique ovato-triangula, obtusa, concava, 5 nervia, c. 0.37 
em. longa tota latitudine ¢. 0.65 em. (cum pilis). Petala 
oblique oblonga, oblique obtusa, basi oblique dilatata, minute 
erosula, 8 nervia, c. 0.875 cm. longa, medio Ui iemeuiara: 
Labellum patens, breviter et late unguiculatum, ungue valde 
coneavo, concavum, apice leviter recurvum, marginibus medio 
valde involutis tubuloso-contiguis subpanduratum, glabrum, 
ecallosum, 5 nervium, inexpansum c. 0.45 cm. longum, expan- 
sum ambitu oblongum, lobo medio excepto constrictione utrin- 
que 2 lobulatum, lobulis rotundatis, ¢. 0.525 em. longum, ad 
0.25 cm. latum, lobo intermedio (epichylio) quinquangulari 
subtrilobulo (eo labellum proprie 7 lobulatum) obtuso margine 
papilloso c. 0.14 em. longo 0.2 an. lato. Gynostemium humile, 
basi constrictum, ovario multo tenuius, dorso convexum, ec. 0.15 
cm. longum, clinandrio concavo, apice obtusissimo. Rostellum 
breve, obtusissimum, recurvulum., Stigma transversum, mar- 
gine inferiore elevatum. Pes gynostemii cum ovario angulum 
acutum faciens, sigmoideus, apice incurvus, antice incras- 
satione Vformi ornatus, usque ad apicis ovarli marginem infe- 
riorem ¢c. 0.35 em., ad ejusdem marginem superiorem 0.67 cm. 
longus. Ovarium pedicellatum clavatum, crasse lanatum, c. 
0.9 cm. longum, pedicello c. 0.325 em. longo. 
Borneo: Sarawak, on Mt. Batu Lawi, Ulu Limbang, (J. 
C. Moulton, n. 6, fl. in May 1911). Found on a tree, alt. 
5,660 ft. A species of the section Aeridostachya with dense 
thickly woolly inflorescences. The petals are not faleate. The 
lip is contracted in the middle and has an obscurely 3 lobed 
midlobe. 
Jour. Straits Branch 
