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CXXXVI. ORCHIDE^. 
[Eria. 
between side-lobes two keels thin waved ending in 2 points. All 
bright lemon yellow. Column short, thick foot long, deeply grooved. 
Anther ovate yellow. Hab. Gunong Rerbau (Haniff). Distrib. 
Borneo. 
(10) E. longifolia Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 790; Ridl. Mat. 
i. 9 1 - 
Stems tufted, 2 to 8 in. tall, covered with white sheaths. Leaves 
2 to 3, terminal linear acuminate unequally bifid, 4 to 8 in. long, 
•25 in. wide. Racemes solitary, 3 to 6 in. long, woolly. Flowers 
very small white, whorled. Upper sepal oblong blunt, laterals 
woolly triangular-ovate larger, mentum broad round. Petals 
narrow lanceolate. Lip saccate lanceolate-ovate acute, entire. 
Column short, foot very short. Capsule elliptic sessile, *12 in. long. 
Hab. Mountains, Pahang, Kluang Terbang (Barnes); Gunong 
Tahan (Robinson); Bukit Fraser (Burkill). Perak, Thaiping 
Hills; Ulu Batang Padang (Wray). Distrib. Sumatra, Borneo. 
(11) E. Earine Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 178. 
Stems terete, 2 in. tall. Leaves 3 to 4 at tip, oblong-linear 
fleshy, 2 in. long, -25 in. wide, acute. Raceme 1 or 2 from upper 
axils, 5 in. long, red woolly. Flowers very numerous, small, white. 
Bracts ovate truncate red woolly, -i in. long. Sepals upper ovate 
oblong, laterals blunt triangular; mentum nearly as long as ovary, 
pubescent white. Petals linear-oblong. Lip spathulate, tip 
rounded triangular, 2 short oblong erect lobes at base. Column 
broad, foot long; stigma very large ovate-triangular. Capsule 
oblong, -i in. long. Hab. Rare, Pahang, Gunong Tahan at 5000 ft. 
altitude (Ridley). 
(12) E. Scortechinii Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 809; Ic. PI. 2082; 
Ridl. Mat. i. 91. 
Stems woody, 3 to 6 ft. tall, terete. Leaves linear acuminate 
unequally bilobed, 6 in. long, '24 in. wide. Panicle 4 to 5 in. long 
and as wide, tomentose. Bracts broad papery, -25 in. long. Floral 
bracts smaller lanceolate. Flowers sessile, white or pink. Sepal 
upper orbicular-ovate, laterals ovate pubescent. Petals oblong 
blunt broad. Lip side-lobes oblong blunt, midlobe shorter 
round or obcordate, disc and centre tomentose. Column foot 
long. Capsule elliptic sessile, -5 in. long. Hab. On rocks and 
trees, mountains, Pahang, Gunong Tahan; Kluang Terbang 
(Barnes). Selangor, Gunong MengkuangLebah (Robinson), Gunong 
Menuang Gasing (Kloss); Hulu Semangkok. Perak, Gunong 
Batu Putih (Wray); Gunong Bubu (Kunstler); Gunong Kerbau 
(Robinson). 
(13) E. leptocarpa Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 805; Ic. PI. 2077; 
Ridl. Mat. i. 92. 
Stems robust, 2 to 3 ft. tall, thick, internodes 1-5 in. long. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate or lorate blunt, 6 to 8 in. long, -5 to 1*5 in. 
wide, thin, coriaceous. Raceme lateral, 1*5 in. long, 4- to 6-flowered. 
