THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

Dendrochilum. ] CXXXVI. ORCHIDElE.
upper edge broad round entire, arms lanceolate acute, falcate.
Hab. Rare. Perak, Hermitage Hill (Ridley). ,
(5) D. ellipticumRidl.Joztrn. As. Soc. S. Br. 39, p. 78; Mat. i. 85.
Rhizome long woody branched; pseudo bulbs slender, conic
cylindric curved, '75 in. long. Leaf thin coriaceous elliptic-oblanceolate
blunt, 3 in. long, I in. wide Raceme 3 in. long, sheaths at
base large. Flowers '12 in. long, fleshy. Bracts ovate acute
nearly as long as ovary. Sepals lanceolate acute, tip thickened
terete. Petals ·narrower. Lip pandurate blunt pustular, a pustular
mass at base. Column hood large, 3-toothed, arms from the middle
linear, longer than the hood. H abo Rare. Singapore, Sembawang
(Ridley).
12. ERIA, Lindl.
Epiphytes or rock plants, rarely terrestrial. Stems slender or
stout, or with the lower or all internodes swollen into a pseudobulb.
Leaves lanceolate usually coriaceous, numerous, or 2 or 3 only at
the top of the stem. Inflorescence racemose axillary or subterminal,
rarely panicled. Flowers I to very many, small or
medium white, red or yellow, glabrous or white-tomentose. Sepals
unequal, laterals forming a mentum by attachment to the column
foot. Petals narrower. Lip sessile on the end of the foot, usually
3-lobed. Column short, broad, rarely long, foot usually long,
arms round incurved. Pollinia 8, pyriform or ovoid attached to
a disc in fours, often unequal. Capsule usually narrow cylindric.
Species about 200, tropical Asiatic.
§ I. Enura. Stems leafy usually tall with dl5tlchous long narrow leaves.
Flowers very woolly, small and numerous m sub-termmal woolly racemes.
Stems short; leaves lanceolate.
Flower spike lateral. (I) E. pudica
Flower spike termmal . . . . (2) E.lancifolia
Stem 2 to 4 III tall, raceme I to 3 III long;
leaves lmear . . . . . (3) E. obliqua
Stems I to 3 ft. tall, broad; leaves long;
racemes long.
Flowers '5 Ill. long, sparsely pubescent . (4) E. larutensis
Flowers '2 m. long or less, very woolly,
whitIsh, purple spotted.
Lip midlobe of 2 linear lobes (5) E. bidens
Lip midlobe of broad toothed lobes (6) E. iridifolia
Lip mldlobe entire remform clawed (7) E. Ridleyi
Lip mid lobe entire oblong .. (8) E. tahanen.is
LIp mid lobe oblong retuse, flowers yellow (9) E. citrina
§ 2. lIfycaranthes. Stems leafless below Leaves 2 or 3 at top Racemes
sub-termmal woolly. Flowers small, white.
Flowers III whorls; lip entire saccate. . (10) E. longifolia
Flowers not whorled; lip spathulate 3-lobed. (I I) E. Earine
§ 3. DllcchwpstS. Stems tall leafy glabrous.
Flowers III a large pa11lcle term111al With
white bracts . __ .. . (12) E. Scortechinii
§ 4. Cyltndrolobus Stems tall leafy Leaves usually thm Racemes
usually short, lateral, few-flowered Flowers glabrous.
Racemes 4- to 6-flowered. Leaves broad (13) E. leptocarpa