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ERIA rosea. 
Pink Chinese Eria. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Orchidete. Tribus Malaxidese Lindl. 
ERIA.—Supra, vol. U.fol. 904. 
E. rosea; bulbis costalis rugosis, foliis solitariis coriaceis lanceolatis, spica 
axillari pauciflora, sepalis glabris. 
Herba caspitosa, bulbosa, bulbis epigans, ovatis, irregulariter costatis, 
ruqosis, vestigiis squamarum parce vestitis, scepius ommno denudatis. tolia 
terminalia in apice bulborum, solitaria, coriacea, atro-mndia, lanceolata, 
petiolata; petiolo crasso terete hinc canaliculato. Spica 2-3 flora. Joins 
inulto brevior, ex axiUd folii terminalis, ante squamarum mfenorum decessum. 
Flores rosei. Sepala exteriora ovato-oblonga: anteriora lata bast dor so 
carinata, basi subsaccata; interiora membranacea oblonga subunguiculata. 
Labellum posticum, in columnd pronum, trilobum: lobis lateralibus erectis, 
rubidis, venosis, intermedio obtuso patente; ungue cristis duabus elevatis 
pallidis; lamina cristis tribus luteo-aurantiacis. Anthera terminalis, oper- 
cularis, decidua, subrotunda, sublutea, postice purpurascens biloculans, 
loculo Utroque semibipartito. Pollima 8, apice mateme viscida cohatientia, 
glandula nulla. Stigma oblongum, transversum. 
This* pretty addition to the genus Ena was brought 
from China for the Horticultural Society by Mr. J. D. 
Parks, in 1824. Our drawing was made trom a plant 
which flowered in a stove in the Chiswick Garden, m 
October last. 
The species is easily cultivated in moss and decayed 
vegetable mould, in which it flourishes more t an a mo. 
any other plant of the family. 
This is the first species of Eria in which the fl< 5WCTs 
are free from a greater or less degree of downiness > 
others having their flowers protected by hairs in L , 
able manner* The carinate mid-rib of the exterior sepals 
is also peculiar to this. 
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