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CXXXVI. ORCHlDEJE. 
[Trichoiosia, 
obscurely bilobed. Column short, foot long, arms erect incurved; 
stigma usually broad. Capsule elliptic. Species about 80, Indo- 
Malaya. The genus has been long made a section of Eria, but 
Kranzlin has restored it in his Monograph in the Pflanzenreich, 
unfortunately adding the Cylindrolobus section of Eria. The tall 
not swollen stems persistently leafy, short lateral racemes, oblong 
capsule and peculiar red hair covering even the connivent sepals, 
make this a convenient genus. 
Racemes long pendulous; flowers numerous, all 
very hairy. 
Flowers i in. long, about 20 , 
Flowers *4 in. long; raceme 3 to 4 in. long; lip 
obcuneate toothed .... 
Flowers *4 in. long; raceme 1 to 3 in. long; lip 
obovate ...... 
Racemes very short few-flowered hairy. 
Stems 1 ft. long or more, hairy. 
Sepals lanceolate acute .... 
Sepals oblong blunt ..... 
Stems very short villous. 
Leaves obovate ...... 
Leaves lanceolate ..... 
Leaves linear ... . . . , 
Leaves elliptic . . . . ... 
Stems and leaves glabrescent. 
Stems tall; flowers very short numerous in a 
short raceme ..... 
Stems 12 in. long or less; flowers 2 or 3. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate; lip trilobed; 
flowers *25 in. long ..... 
Leaves lanceolate; lip entire; flowers -5 in. 
long. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate, fleshy glabrous; lip 
sub-trilobed ...... 
Leaves thin lanceolate; lip spathulate, round 
entire ....... 
(1) T. vestita 
(2) T. pyrrhotricha 
(3) T.ferox 
(4) T. cridata 
(5) T. velutina 
(6) T. rotundifolia 
(7) T. aporina 
(S) T. hispidissima 
(9) T. microphylla 
(10) T. poculata 
(11) T. oligantha 
(12) T. biflora 
(13) T. tuberosa 
(14) T. gracilis 
(1) T. vestita Kranzl. Pflanzenreich, 151. Eria vestita Lindl. 
Bot. Reg. 1844; Misc. 76, 1845, t. 2; Ridl. Mat. i. 92. 
Stems 2 to 3 ft. long. Leaves lanceolate unequally bilobed, 
densely red-hairy especially beneath, 4 to 8 in. long, 1 to 1*5 in. 
wide; sheaths 1-5 in. long. Racemes flexuous, 1 ft. long, red- 
hairy. Flowers 1 in. long, sessile about 20. Bracts orbicular 
mucronate, *25 in. long. Sepals lanceolate; mentum half as long, 
curved, all red. Petals narrow lanceolate-linear blunt, pinkish. 
Lip 3-lobed, base narrow, side-lobes blunt; midlobe cordate longer, 
crimson, edges white. Column straight; stigma very large, foot as 
long as column, crimson. Hab. Common. Singapore, Sungei 
Brih. Johor. Pahang, Kluang Terbang (Barnes); Gunong Tahan 
(Robinson); Gunong Irau near Telom (Robinson); Pekan; Telang 
River (Machado). Malacca, Merlimau (Derry); Mt. Ophir. Selan¬ 
gor, Sepan. Perak, Batang Padang (Kunstler). Penang, Telok 
Bahang (Curtis). Kelantan, Bator (Haniff). Dislrib. Borneo. 
