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Eria.] CXXXVI. ORCHIDE.£. 97<br />
mentum twice as long. Petals linear-lorate blunt falcate. Lip<br />
oblong blunt, tip round crisped pubescent. Capsule elliptic, '25 in.<br />
long. Hab. Singapore, Bukit Mandai. Johor, Tanah Runto.<br />
Malacca. Perak, Thaiping at 3000 to 4000 ft. altitude (Ridley).<br />
Kedah, Gunong Bintang (Kloss).<br />
(41) E. brunea Ridl. Joum. Ltnn. Soc. xxxii. 297; Mat. i.<br />
98. Leaves narrow lanceolate acute, base narrow, 9 in. long, '75 in.<br />
wide. Scapes 8 to 10 in. long, lower half nude red woolly, raceme<br />
v'ery dense. Flowers brown woolly outside, yellowish within.<br />
Bracts ovate acute, very small. Sepals sparsely red-tomentose<br />
outside. Upper one elliptic blunt, laterals much larger ovate<br />
oblique; mentum long. Petals linear blunt curved. Lip thin,<br />
claw long, limb ovate-spathulate undulate. Hab. Selangor,<br />
Bukit Hitam. Perak, Thaiping Hills (Ridley); Hermitage Hill<br />
(Cur:tis).<br />
(42) E. linearifolia Rtdl.<br />
Pseudo bulbs crowded, I in. long. Leaves stiff coriaceous<br />
lanceolate-linear, I ft. long, '35 in. wide, keel stout. Scape 7 in.<br />
long, rather slender, racemose' part, 3'5 in. long. Flowers barely<br />
'2 in. long, red-woolly; pedicels '1 in. long, brown hairy pale<br />
greenish straw colour. Sepal upper elliptic-Ianceolate blunt,<br />
laterals broad ovate blunt, mentum clubbed. Petals thin smaller<br />
elliptic blunt. Lip obovate-oblanceolate, base rather thin, tip<br />
fleshy broad undulate. Column short. Anther apparently purple.<br />
Hab. Perak, Gunong Batu Putih (Wray).<br />
(43) E. eras sipes R£dl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxviii. 327.<br />
Rhizome woody; pseudobulbs crowded conic, covered with<br />
dark brown sheaths, I in. long. Leaves 2, linear-Ianceolate acute,<br />
5 in. long, '5 in. wide. Scape I ft. long, lower half nude, silvery<br />
tomentose. Raceme densely red silvery tomentose. Bracts minute<br />
lanceolate acuminate. Sepals upper ovate blunt, laterals semiorbicular<br />
pubescent; mentum short, straight clubbed. Petals<br />
small narrow lanceolate curved. Lip short oblong fan-shaped, tip<br />
round undulate. Capsule. oblanceolate. Hab. On low bushes or<br />
on the ground. Pahang, Gunong Tahan at 5000 ft. altitude.<br />
(44) E. reptans Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxviii. 327.<br />
Rhizome long creeping stout woody; pseudobulbs I in. apart,<br />
cylindric, I in. long, covered with silvery sheaths. Leaf I, narrow<br />
lanceolate linear sub-acute very coriaceous, 6 in. long, '5 in. wide.<br />
Scape I ft. long, basal 7 in. nude. Raceme dense, 4 in. long, all<br />
Ted tomentose. Upper sepal oblong hooded, laterals ovate-triangular<br />
falcate, tomentose outside, pale yellow inside: mentum '25 in.<br />
long, straight cylindric clubbed. Petals broad ovate-Ianceolate.<br />
Lip oblong rounded, edges undulate, central bar fleshy papillose.<br />
Hab. On rocks at. 5000 to 6000 ft. altitude. Pahang, Gunong<br />
Tahan (Robinson).<br />
Fl.M.P.,4 H
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