THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

92 CXXXVI. ORCHIDEJE. [Eria.
midlobe ovate yellow truncate, three red keels on disc, mid-one
prolonged to midlobe. Column straight, foot long. Hab. Selangor,
near Klang. Kedah Peak (Robinson).
(25) E. Maingayi Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 798; Ie. Pl. 2072.
Pseudobulbs tufted fusiform, 1 in. long. Leaves 2, linear
acuminate, 3 to 4 in. long, '5 in. wide; base narrow. Racemes 2
to 3 in. long. Flowers'5 in. across. Bracts oblong, greenish white.
Upper sepal oblong, laterals triangular-ovate falcate acute; mentum
short round. Petals linear-oblong as long, all white. Lip obovate,
side-lobes crenulate, midlobe small, round bilobed, a woolly callus
in centre, 3 keels between side-lobes green with purple spot at base.
Hab. Local on high trees, Penang (Maingay). On a tree between
the Crag Hotel and. Government Bungalow. Fl. March
(Ridley).
(26) E. saccifera Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 797; Ie. Pl. t. 2071.
Stems cylindric crowded, 3 in. long. Leaves 2 to 8 oblanceolate
acuminate, 12 in. or more long, 1 to 1'5 in. wide, petioled. Raceme
sub-terminal slender, 6 in. long. Flowers'5 in. long. glabrous,
dull pink claret and yellow. Bracts oblong-Ianceolate. Upper
sepal ovate-oblong, laterals very broad round; mentum 3 times as
long as upper sepal, saccate. Pdals elliptic acute. Lip entire
clawed spathulate tomentose. Column very short, foot long. Hab.
Rare, Perak, Gunong Batu Putih (Wray).
(27) E. recurvata Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 797; Ie. Pl. 2070;
Ridl. Mat. i. 102.
Stems thick cylindric, 2 to 5 internodes, 4 to 6 in. tall, ·6 in.
through. Leaves 3 to 5, elliptic lanceolate, narrowed to petiole,
·6 to 8 in. long, 1'5 to 2 in. wide. Raceme lateral, 6 in. long,
pubescent. Bracts ovate yellow, 5 in. long. Flowers·6 in. wide.
Sepals recurved falcate lanceolate acuminate, yellow striped purple;
mentum large rounded. Petals lanceolate acuminate yellow
striped purple. Lip side-lobes short round, pale purple, midlebe
obcordate yellowish, 2 keels on disc, retuse with a short point.
Hab. Perak (Kunstler).
Drawing known only.
(28) E. Braddoni Rolfe, Oreh. Rev. xv. 248. E. latibracteata
Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 293. (Fig. 166, p. 93.)
Stems terete, 1 ft. long, '25 in. thick. Leaves 4, lanceolate
acute plicate thin, 7 in. long, 1'75 in. wide. Racemes 2 to 3 compact
sessile, 2 in. long. Bracts ovate acute, nearly '5 in. long,
green. Flowers 12, nearly glabrous, '5 in. long. Upper sepal
lanceolate acute, laterals falcate keeled; mentum short broad,
white, bases red. Petals shorter broader ovate blunt, white. Lip
shorter, side-lobes curved blunt, madder pink, midlobe broad
round ovate retuse, white, 2 raised keels and 2 raised nerves between
on disc ending in a madder patch on midlobe. Column rather