CXXXVI. QRCHIDEJE. 
Dendrochilwn.] 
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upper edge broad round entire, arms lanceolate acute, falcate. 
Hab. Rare. Perak, Hermitage Hill (Ridley). 
(5) D. ellipticum Ridl. Journ. As. Soc. S. By. 39, p. 78; Mat. i. 85. 
Rhizome long woody branched; pseudobulbs slender, conic 
cylindric curved, -75 in. long. Leaf thin coriaceous elliptic-oblanceo- 
late blunt, 3 in. long, 1 in. wide. Raceme 3 in. long, sheaths at 
base large. Flowers -12 in. long, fleshy. Bracts ovate acute 
nearly as long as ovary. Sepals lanceolate acute, tip thickened 
terete. Petals narrower. Lip pandurate blunt pustular, a pustular 
mass at base. Column hood large, 3-toothed, arms from the middle 
linear, longer than the hood. Hab. Rare. Singapore, Sembawang 
(Ridley). 
12 . ERIA, Lindl. 
Epiphytes or rock plants, rarely terrestrial. Stems slender or 
stout, or with the lower or all internodes swollen into a pseudobulb. 
Leaves lanceolate usually coriaceous, numerous, or 2 or 3 only at 
the top of the stem. Inflorescence racemose axillary or sub¬ 
terminal, rarely panicled. Flowers 1 to very many, small or 
medium white, red or yellow, glabrous or white-tomentose. Sepals 
unequal, laterals forming a mentum by attachment to the column 
foot. Petals narrower. Lip sessile on the end of the foot, usually 
3-lobed. Column short, broad, rarely long, foot usually long, 
arms round incurved. Pollinia 8, pyriform or ovoid attached to 
a disc in fours, often unequal. Capsule usually narrow cylindric. 
Species about 200, tropical Asiatic. 
§ 1. Eriura. Stems leafy usually tall with distichous long narrow leaves. 
Flowers very woolly, small and numerous in sub-terminal woolly racemes. 
Stems short; leaves lanceolate. 
Flower spike lateral ..... 
Flower spike terminal .... 
Stem 2 to 4 in. tall; raceme 1 to 3 in. long; 
leaves linear ..... 
Stems 1 to 3 ft. tall, broad; leaves long; 
racemes long. 
Flowers *5 in. long, sparsely pubescent 
Flowers -2 in. long or less, very woolly, 
whitish, purple spotted. 
Lip midlobe of 2 linear lobes 
Lip midlobe of broad toothed lobes 
Lip midlobe entire reniform clawed 
Lip midlobe entire oblong 
Lip midlobe oblong retuse, flowers yellow 
(1) E. pudiea 
(2) E. lancifolia 
(3) E. obliqua 
(4) E. larutensis 
(5) E. bidens 
( 6 ) E. iridifolia 
(7) E. Ridleyi 
( 8 ) E. tahanensis 
(9) E. citrina 
Leaves 2 or 3 at top. Racemes 
§ 2. Mycaranihes. Stems leafless below, 
sub-terminal woolly. Flowers small, white. 
Flowers in whorls; lip entire saccate 
Flowers not whorled; lip spathulate 3-lobed . 
§ 3. Dilochiopsis. Stems tall leafy glabrous. 
Flowers in a large panicle terminal with 
white bracts . . . . . 
§ 4. Cylindrolobus. Stems tall leafy. Leaves usually thin. Racemes 
usually short, lateral, few-flowered. Flowers glabrous. 
Racemes 4- to 6-flowered. Leaves broad . {13) E. leptocarpa 
(10) E. longifolia 
{iij E. Earine 
(12) E. Scortechinii 
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