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5 th January, 
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Dear Carr, 
I have been looking at the plant from Tahan that 
you identified in the field as Eria tahanensis. 
We have no authentic material of <1. tahanensis, 
but Ridley 1 6 1 6 2 is quite possibly the type of it! If 
that is so then I can see no difference between E. Ridleyi 
and S. tahanensis. 
I am sending you a few flowers from sheets of 
S. Ridleyi and from what may be S. tahanensis, and should 
be glad of your opinion on the subject. I have been 
assuming that the lip is the most important point in 
distinguishing those Erias. 
Hooker in Ic. PI.2066, describing E. Kinjii gives 
drawings of jf forms of lip, of which I enclose a tracing. 
Yours sincerely, 
C. E. Carr, Esq., 
Tembeling, 
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PAHANG. 
