Tab. 4163 



ERIA DlLLWYNII. 



Dillwyn Llewelyn's JEria. 



Nat. Ord. Orchide*:. — Gynandria Monandria. 

 Gen. Char. (Vide supra Tab. 3605.J 



EuikDillwynii; pseudo-bulbis oblongis laevibus di- 4-phyllis, foliis oblon- 

 gis racemis subsequalibus, bracteis membranaceis oblongis obtusis 

 reflexis, racemis erectis, petalis sepalisque erectis, labello trilobo basi 

 trilamellato, lobo medio rotundato obtuso 5-lamellato. 



From the Philippine Islands, whence it was received by 

 Dillwyn Llewelyn, Esq., of Pennleegar, through Mr. Cuming, 

 in whose collection it blossomed freely in March, 1843. " I 

 send you," Mr. Llewelyn says, " a specimen of one of Mr. 

 Cuming's Erias, which is valuable from the great facility 

 with which it submits to cultivation, and the profusion with 

 which it bears its flowers. It blossomed in my stove last 

 year; and this season it is a beautiful object, with seven or 

 eight bulbs, each bearing two spikes of flowers." It does not 

 seem to accord with any described species of the Genus. 



Descr. Pseudo-bulbs oblong, nearly smooth on the sur- 

 face, dark green, clothed at the base with large, striated, 

 membranaceous, sheathing scales. Leaves about four; from 

 the top of the pseudo-bulb, six to eight inches long : oblong, 

 obtuse. Raceme of flowers ' about as long as the leaf, re- 

 markable for the copious, pale-colored bracteas ; on the 

 peduncle, as well as on the rachis, oblong, obtuse, reflexed, 

 membranaceous. Flowers nearly white, or cream -colored. 

 Petals and sepals almost erect, uniform, lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, slightly falcate; the lower decurrent with the base of 

 the column into a blunt spur. Lip oblong, three-lobed, with 

 three lamellae reaching the whole length to the apex, or 

 nearly so; the two lateral ones thickened, and red at the 

 base; the intermediate lobe, besides these three lamellae, 



