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ERIOPSIS biloba. 
Two-lobed Eriops. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACE=. $ VANDEÆ-— MAXILLARIDÆ. (ORCHIDS, 
Vegetable Kingdom, p. 181.) 
ERIOPSIS, Lindl.— Caules succulenti, apice tantum foliati. Racemus 
radicalis multiflorus. Bractee minima. Flores explanati: laciniis sub- 
sequalibus oblongis obtusis, mento brevi obtuso. Labellum anticum, conca- 
vum, trilobum, disco lamellatum, c. basi productá columns articulatum. 
Columna semiteres, clavata, aptera ; anthera oblonga, subunilocularis ; pol- 
linia 4, ineequalia, per paria filis 2 elasticis affixa; glandula submembranacea 
quadrata.—Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub fol. 9. 1847. 
Erropsts biloba, Lindl. supra. 
“ This new genus belongs to the Maxillarids, among Van- 
deous Orchids, but has so much the habit of an Eria, when 
not in flower, that it may be mistaken for it. It has large 
plaited leaves placed two or three together, upon the summit 
of a fleshy oblong stem, and it throws up from the base along 
spike of gay orange-coloured blossoms. The history of its 
introduction is unknown. It has been flowered by J. J. 
Blandy, Esq., of Reading, who, in September last, favoured 
us with a specimen ; it had been acquired by him among the 
many rare species forming the late Mr. Barker's collection, 
which Mr. Blandy purchased, and is possibly some western 
plant. We do not, however, find any trace of it in books, or 
among our own unarranged collections." 
It was thus we spoke of this beautiful plant in February 
last. 'The present figure will serve to complete what is 
known of its history. Its genus is perfectly distinct, whether 
we regard the short chin or the almost quadrangular gland, 
or the peculiar lamell of the lip. Its nearest affinity is with 
the racemose Maxillarias, readily distinguished however by 
their crescent-shaped gland, and tubercular (not lamellated) 
lip with a long chin. 
April, 1847. H 
