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96 CXXXVI. ORCHIDE.£. [Eria.<br />
(37) E. stellata Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 904; Bot. Mag. t. 3605;<br />
Ridl. Mat. i. 98. Dendrobium perakense Hook. fil. F.B.I. V. 712,<br />
I e. Pl. 2019.<br />
Stems short, 2 in. long. Leaves lanceolate acute or oblanceolate<br />
jointed to a prolongation of sheath petioled, I ft. long, 1'75 to 2 in.<br />
wide. Raceme lateral erect, 18 to 30 in. long. Flowers scattered,<br />
·75 in. wide. Bracts lanceolate acuminate, '75 to I in. long.<br />
Sepals lanceolate acuminate, white, backs pubescent, mentum<br />
short. Petals smaller. Lip side-lobes erect round, white edges<br />
crimson with 3 raised veins yellow, on disc, midlobe linear-oblong<br />
or lanceolate acute, yellowish white. Column broad white, edges<br />
crimson. Hab. On orchard trees. Singapore, Chan Chu Kang.<br />
Pahang, Kota Glanggi. Negri Sembilan, Seremban (Williams).<br />
Perak (Scortechim); Temengoh (Ridley). Distrib. Tenassenm to<br />
New Gumea.<br />
(38) E. striolata Rehb. fil. Ill. Hort. 1888, 35, t. 48; Ridl.<br />
Mat. 1. 99.<br />
Pseudobulbs globose crowded, 1·5 in. long, ·75 in. thick. Leaves<br />
2 lanceolate acute, base narrowed, 9 in. long, 1'75 in. wide. Scape<br />
erect, 15 in. tall. Flowers scattered, I in. wide. Bracts ovate to<br />
lanceolate acute, '5 in. long. Sepals lanceolate acute white,<br />
striped pink. Petals linear-Ianceolate, greenish white. Lip sidelobes<br />
blunt round, white, edge and veins pink, midlobe narrow<br />
linear acute greenish tipped pink. Capsule elliptic, '5 in. long.<br />
Hab. Singapore, Kranji. Johor, Batu Pahat (Ridley). Negri<br />
Sembilan, Seremban (Williams). Distrib. Borneo, Sumatra, New<br />
Guinea.<br />
(39) E. elata Hook. fil. Ie. Pl. 1848; F.B.I. v. 794; Ridl.<br />
Mat. i. 99.<br />
Pseudobulbs elongate thick, 4 in. long. Leaves 2, oblanceolate,<br />
I ft. long, coriaceous. Scape stout, 9 in. long. Bracts longer<br />
than ovary ovate acuminate, '75 in. long, '25 in. wide. Flowers<br />
large distant; pedicel and ovary ·25 in. long with base of sepals<br />
pubescent. Upper sepal lanceolate, laterals falcate lanceolate<br />
acute, mentum blunt. Petals linear-oblong blunt falcate.<br />
Lip side-lobes in curved blunt, midlobe shorter, hairy, disc with<br />
3 raised ridges. Column slender, foot pubescent. Capsule cylindric<br />
angled, I in. long, erect. Hub. Rare. Selangor, Gunong<br />
Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson) at 5000 ft. altitude. Perak<br />
(Scortechini) .<br />
(40) E. aeridostachya Rehb. fil. Lindl. Journ. Linn. Soc.<br />
iii. 48; Ridl. Mat. i. 97.<br />
Rhizome stout; stems 2 in. long, crowded thick covered with<br />
coriaceous sheaths. Leaves 3 or 4, stiff coriaceous broad lanceolate,<br />
18 in. long, 2 in. wide. Scapes from upper axils I ft. long, base<br />
nude pubescent, raceme dense. Flowers brown small, pubescent<br />
outside. Upper sepal ovate-oblong, laterals triangular-ovate,
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