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narrow, fleshy; mid-lobe transversely oblong at the base of the
lip; one erect rounded callus, with a smaller similarly shaped
one on each side, between these a nerve elevated runs along
each of the side-lobes; the narrow linear fleshy disc runs to the
end of the middle, ending in an irregular, thick, fleshy, oblong
roujided callus. Column, free part short, broad, with rounded
stelidia.
Gunong Tahan, on trees in woods, 5,600 to 6,000 feet
altitude. Endemic.
Allied to E. bidens, Ridl., and E. iridifolia,
with a very different lip.
Hook, fil., but
195. Eria Earine, n. sp.
Stems terete, 2 inches tall, fleshy, covered with papery
sheaths; leaves at the lip only, 3-4, oblong, linear, fleshy, 2
inches long, \ inch wide, acute, light green. Racemes 1-2,
erect, slender from the upper axils, 5 inches long, base nude,
woolly, pubescent, red, with a few very small ovate bracts.
Flowers very numerous, small, white. Bracts ovate, truncate
or obtuse, persistent, red, woolly, ^-^ inch long. Ovary and
pedicel longer, C3'lindric, woolly, red. Sepals, upper one
ovate-oblong, laterals bluntly triangular; mentum nearly as
long as the ovary, all pubescent, white. Petals linear, oblong,
nearly as long as the upper sepal. Lip shorter than the
sepals, spathulate, apex rounded-triangular; two short, linear
oblong, erect lobes at the base. Column broad, as long as its
foot, purple with a very large, triangular, ovate stigma.
Anther-cap broad. Rostellum short, but distinct. Capsule
y\j inch long, oblong.
On a tree on the Padang, rare.
Perhaps nearest to E. Rimanni, Rchb. fil., but remarkable
for its very small white flowers in a strict spike. A very
pretty Jittle plant.
*ig6. Eria ferox, BL; Ridl. op. cit. p. 326. Common on
the Padang.
Distribution. Mountains of the Peninsula, Java, and
Borneo.
197. £ria poculata, Ridl. On trees on the Padang.
Common.
Distribution. Mt. Ophir, Larut Hills, and Kedah Peak.
Hills.
198. Eria MONTicoLA,i/oo^.y?/. On treason the Padang.
Distribution. Mt. Ophir, Pulau Aur, Selangor, and Perak
199. Eria teretifolia. Griff.; Ridl. op. cit. p. 326. On
trees by the Camp, 5,600 feet elevation.
Distribution. Mountains of the Peninsula and Borneo.
*20o. Eria Scortechinii, Hook, fil.; Ridl. op. cit. p. 327;
antea, p. 55. On the Padang. Common.
Distribution. Mountains of the Peninsula.
*2oi. Eria crassipes, Ridl. op. cit p. 327. On low
bushes or terrestrial, Padang. Common. Endemic,