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lobes oblong-ovate blunt yellow red-spotted, midlobe bifid, lobes 
laciniate, callus at base 3-lobed white, broad white band on disc 
with 2 yellow ridges, centre of midlobe thick white. Hab. Moun¬ 
tain forests. Perak, Gunong Batu Putih (Wray); Bujong Malacca 
(Ridley). 
(7) E. Ridleyi Rolfe, Journ. Linn. Soc. xlii. 150. E. major 
Ridl. Mat. i. 90 (not of Trans. Linn. Soc. iv. 237). E. Kingii Hook, 
fil. F.B.I. vi. 790; Ic. PI. 2066. 
Stems tufted, over 1 ft. long, flattened, nearly *5 in. through. 
Leaves lanceolate acuminate unequally bilobed, 7 in. long, *75 in. 
wide, thin. Racemes 4, woolly, 1 ft. long. Flowers very numer¬ 
ous, *12 in. long; pedicel and ovary -25 in. long. Bracts ovate 
acuminate, -12 in. long. Upper sepal elliptic, laterals broader 
blunt, backs woolly greenish yellow inside, mentum broad, round 
short. Petals oblong blunt. Lip side-lobes sub-falcate, oblong 
white with pink spots, midlobe clawed reniform, deep purple with 
a white powdery callus and a lobed one at the base of lip. Column 
short, foot long, white edged purple. Capsule elliptic, -25 in. long. 
Hab. On trees in mountain forests, at 3000 ft. altitude and upwards, 
Pahang, Kluang Terbang (Barnes); Telom. Selangor, Semangkok 
Pass. Perak, Thaiping Hills at 3800 to 5000 ft. altitude (all col¬ 
lectors). Jalor, Bukit Besar (Gwynne-Vaughan). 
(8) E. tahanensis Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 177. 
Stems 1 ft. tall, -25 in. through, leafy. Leaves coriaceous, 
linear-acuminate, 4 in. long, -25 in. wide, sheaths 1 in. long, flat¬ 
tened. Racemes 2 to 3, lax many-flowered, 8 in. long; rachis 
white woolly. Bracts lanceolate caudate, -i in. long. Pedicel 
and ovary slender w T oolly, -25 in. long. Upper sepal ovate-lanceolate, 
laterals broader triangular-ovate, woolly outside; mentum short, 
half as long as sepal, broad. Petals oblong blunt. Lip side-lobes 
oblong blunt, midlobe transversely oblong, one erect round callus 
at base of lip between 2 smaller, the narrow linear fleshy disc on 
the midlobe ending in a fleshy oblong callus. Column arms round. 
Hab. Local. Pahang, Gunong Tahan, on trees in woods at 3600 
to 6000 ft. altitude (Ridley). 
(9) E. citrina Ridl. Kew Bull. 1894. 
Stems numerous, stout flattened flexuous, 2 ft. tall. Leaves 
coriaceous elliptic-lanceolate, bluntly bilobed, 6 in. long, 1*5 in. 
wide; petiole stout, -5 in. long; sheath 3 in. long, flattened. 
Racemes 2 or more terminal, 6 in. long, rachis woolly; flowers 
numerous yellow woolly. Bracts lanceolate acuminate deflexed, 
•25 in. long. Pedicel and ovary longer woolly. Sepals ovate 
blunt, upper one hooded, laterals broader, mentum short broad, 
lemon yellow. Petals elliptic-obovate blunt, shorter. Lip base 
clawed with a mass of flocculent yellow matter, lateral lobes broad 
thin sub-acute falcate pale yellow with obscure purple spots; 
midlobe shorter oblong retuse, callus spoon-shaped, on the disc 
