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the rounded basal lobes, the apex minutely emarginate 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 Chrysoglossum known to us in having a wing¬ 
less column. The flowers have an unpleasant smell. 
ERIA, Lindl. 
Euia fibuliformis, n. spec. Pseudo-bulbs crowded and often over¬ 
lapping, much depressed, reticulate, *5 in. in diam. Leaves membra¬ 
nous, in pairs, oblanceolate, 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. 
Mentum twice as long as the column, tapering downwards. Rostellum 
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. Lichenora , 
Lindl. and E. ustulata, 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. 
TAIN I A, Blume. 
Taenia Hookeriana, 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 its 
apex. Leaf plicate, oblong-lanceolate, tapering much to each end, 
12 to 18 in. long and about 3 in. broad, its petiole somewhat shorter. 
Raceme 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. long. Flowers about 1 in. long, their ovaries *75 in. Sepals and 
