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H, N. Ridley: Botany of Giinong Tahan. 177
i8g. BuLBOPHYLLUM (cirrhopetalum) Skeatianum, n.
Pseiidobulbs several together in a small clump, obpyriform,
rugose transversely, i inch long, purple. Leaf linear,
lanceolate, obtuse, narrowed to the base, coriaceous, i to 2
inches long, i to f inch wide. Peduncle 5 inches long or less,
slender, purple. Bracts linear, acuminate, very small.
Flowers 9 to 12 in a half whorl ; pedicels i inch long. Upper
sepal ovate-obtuse, dark purplish red with red streaks; lower
sepals bright red to orange-red, half an inch long, linear,
acuminate, connate towards the apex. Petals ovate-obtuse,
deep red-purple, quite glabrous, as long as the upper sepal.
Lip bright orange, tongue-shaped.
This charming little species is distinct in its broad sepals
and petals all blunt, and the latter without the hairs usually
found in Cirrhohetala.
On bare branches of trees on exposed rocky spots at
Skeat's Camp, and also on the Padang on trees by the stream
and in open woods on the side of the Teku. I am pleased to
associate it with the name of W. W. Skeat, who first ascended
the ridge as far as the spot named Skeat's Camp, where I first
found this pretty plant.
190. Dendrochilum angustifolium, Ridl. On the
summit of Gunong Tahan.
Distribution. Selangor Mountains, Bukit Hitam, and
Klnang Terbang.
*i9i. Eria nutans, LindL; Ridl. op. cit. p. ^26. Gunong
Tahan, 6,000 feet (Robinson), also found by me at Wray's
Camp.
Distribution. Whole Peninsula, common in the low
country.
*i92. Eria carunculata, Ridl. op. cit. p. 326. Gunong
Tahan, 5,000 to 6,000 feet (Robinson). Not seen on this
occasion. Endemic.
*I93. Eria longifolia. Hook, fit.; Ridl. op. cit. p. 326.
Gunong Tahan, 5,000 to 6,000 feet (Robinson). Not seen on
this occasion.
Distribution. Hills of the Malay Peninsula.
194. Eria Tahanensis, n. sp.
Stems erect, a foot tall, ^ inch through, leafy, somewhat
dilate at the base. Leaves coriaceous, linear, acuminate, 4
inches long, J inch wide; sheaths i inch long, slightly flattened.
Scapes terminal, 2-3, slender, many-flowered, laxly racemose,
8 inches long; rhachis white, woolly. Bracts lanceolateacuminate,
caudate, persistent, jY) inch long. Ovary and
pedicel slender, woolly, J inch long. Perianth ^ inch long.
Upper sepal ovate-lanceolate, woolly outside; lower sepals
much broader, triangular-ovate, woolly outside. Mentum
short, broad, half as long as the sepal. Petals oblong, thin,
glabrous, obtuse, as broad as the upper sepal. Lip three-lobed;
side-lobes from the base long, oblong, obtuse, thin; disc