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CXXXVI. ORCHIDEiE. 
f Eria. 
all flesh-colour. Lip side-lobes broad ovate falcate papillose, 
midlobe ovate-orbicular acute, 2 ridges on base of side-lobes, 
3 undulate to midlobe, centre yellow. Hab. On trees over river. 
Pahang, Telom (Ridley). 
(30) E. carunculata Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxviii. 326. 
Stems sub-terete, 2 in. long. Leaves lanceolate, base narrowed, 
tip acute, 5 in. long, -i in. wide. Raceme 5 in. long. Flowers 
small crowded, -12 in. long. Bracts ovate reflexed; rachis 
tomentose. Upper sepal ovate, laterals triangular-ovate blunt 
mentum short round, all pubescent, brownish white. Petals 
ovate rounded. Lip longer, side-lobes ovate-lanceolate, edges 
appressed fleshy, midlobe clawed obovate 3-lobed, lobes rounded, 
edged flesh colour. Column sub-quadrate. Hab. Mountains 
on rocks. Pahang, Gunong Tahan at 5000 to 6000 ft. altitude 
(Robinson). 
(31) E. ramulosa Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. By. 61, 
P- 39 - 
Rhizome creeping branched cylindric; stems 6 in. long, *25 in. 
through, covered with silvery grey epidermis. Leaves 2, lanceolate 
acute, base narrowed, 3 in. long, 75 in. wide, thin. Raceme 2 in. 
from below leaves. Flowers 6. Bracts -25 in. long, oblong cream 
white. Pedicels with ovaries *25 in. long, red scurfy. Upper 
sepal lanceolate acute, -25 in. long, laterals falcate; mentum short, 
flesh colour; nerves pink. Petals lanceolate-linear, falcate narrow. 
Lip side-lobes falcate pubescent, pink, midlobe reniform bilobed, 
a tooth in the notch, a whitish purple raised line between lobes, 
ending on base of midlobe in a purple short keel on each side, base 
brown purple, tip pink. Column foot short white. Hab. Perak, 
Thaiping Hills (Long). 
(32) E. nutans Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1840; Misc. 83; Ridl. Mat. i. 
103- 
Rhizome short; stems 1 ft. tall, *5 in. through, cylindric tufted 
covered with brown sheaths. Leaves 2 or 3, lanceolate acuminate 
acute, 6 in. long, 1 in. wide. Flower 1, nodding from above, leaves 
with a large brown bract -5 in. long. Peduncle -5 in. long; pedicel 
■5 in. long. Upper sepal oblong blunt, laterals ovate falcate, 
mentum thick curved blunt. Petals lanceolate, blunt, all white. 
Lip side-lobes falcate acute, midlobe obovate obscurely 3-lobed at 
tip, white tinted pink, keels 3, median running on to the midlobe, 
laterals 3 crisped to base of midlobe. Column long curved, foot 
short, white, an orange cushion at base of foot. Capsule cylindric, 
3 in. long, -25 in. thick. Hab. Common on mangroves and other 
trees up to 6000 ft. altitude. Singapore, Toas; Kranji. Johor, 
Tanah Runto (Ridley); Ulu Batu Pahat (Kelsall). Malacca, Mt. 
Ophir. Pahang, Gunong Tahan (Robinson). Negri Sembilan, 
Port Dickson (Williams). Perak, Bujong Malacca. Penang (Main- 
gay). Kedah Peak. Distrib. Lingga. 
