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ERIA vestita. 
Furred Eria. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Orcuıpacz=z. $ MaLAxEÆ—DENDROBIDX. 
ERIA. Lindl. 
E. vestita (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1844. misc. 79. Dendrobium vestitum, 
Wall. Cat. no. 2005. Lindl. gen. & sp. no. 33); caulibus pendulis 
villis deciduis densé vestitis, foliis coriaceis lanceolatis apice obliquis 
obtusis integris suprà sparsé subtüs densissimé villosis, racemis elon- 
gatis multifloris flexuosis bracteis ovatis coriaceis persistentibus floribus 
capsulisque villosis, sepalis lanceolatis lateralibus in cornu obtuso por- 
recto connatis mucronulatis, petalis conformibus obtusis brevioribus 
glabris, labelli trilobi laciniis lateralibus obtusis intermediá subrotundà 
crispá emarginatà pilsoá per axin linea elevatà interruptà velutinà 
dentibusque paucis auctà, lamellis 7 quarum duse lanceolatæ sinus fere 
attingentes et quinque parvae dentiformes. 
Of the shaggy Erias this is one of the more remarkable, 
having so much the habit of a Dendrobium that it was so 
considered by Dr. Wallich ; for at the time of the publication 
of that indefatigable Botanist's laborious Catalogue, it was not 
known that all the species of Dendrobium are hairless or 
nearly so. 
What is not a little singular is that these plants have very 
frequently tawny or reddish-brown hairs, if they have any. 
The history of the production of such a colour would be a 
good subject for examination by some phyto-chemist. The 
flowers too are reddish-brown externally, white inside, and 
haug down in pendulous spikes, which are longer than the 
leaves. 
The species is a native of the Indian Archipelago. Dr. 
Wallich's collectors had it from Sincapore, and Mr. Cuming 
sent it from Manilla(?) to Messrs. Loddiges. It also occurs, 
in a small flowered state, among Mr. Cuming's dried plants 
from the Philippines, marked '*Laguna." The specimen 
