Tab. 5415. 

 eria myristic^eformis. 



Nutmeg Eria. 



Nat. Ord. Orchide^e. — Gynandria Monandria. 



Gen. Char. Sepala semipatentia v. clausa, insequalia, extus Janata vel glabra, 

 lateralibus basi valde obliquis cum pede columnar connatis calcar semulantibus. 

 Petala sepalo superiori sequalia v. minora. Labellum cum basi producta co- 

 lumnar articulatum, trilobum, raro subintegrum, cucullatum, disco calloso vel 

 cristate Columna basi longe producta. Antliera terminalis bilocularis, lomlis 

 obsolete 4-locellatis. Pollinia 8, nunc omnino libera, nunc materie elastica glan- 

 dulam mentiente cobserentia. — Herbse in arboribus crescentes, caulibus carnosis, 

 vaginalis, cicatricibus foliorum notatis. Folia scepius plicata. Racemi simplices, 

 erecti, bracteis scepius dilatatis. Flores nunc conspicui. Lindl. 



Eria myristicaformis ; pseudobulbis aggregatis oblongis squamis amplis sub- 

 membranaceis obsitis, demum oblongo-ovatis nudis fuscis lineis pallidis stri- 

 atis, foliis duobus terminalibus subspithamseis erectis spatliulato-Ianceolatis 

 acutis, scapo brevi, racemo erecto plurifloro glabro foliis breviore, sepalis 

 petalisque oblongis obtusis subuniformibus albis, bracteis pedicello vix bre- 

 vioribus reflexis albidis, labelli trilobi disco bicallosi lobis lateralibus ovatis, 

 intermedio ovali reflexo cristato. 



A very pretty and very fragrant species of Eria, which seems 

 to us quite new, recently detected at Moulmeine, by the Rev. 

 C. S. P. Parish, and communicated by him to Messrs. Low, of 

 the Clapton Nursery, where it flowered in September, 1863. 

 It may perhaps, in this now extensive genus, rank near the 

 E. obesa, Lindl, figured at our Tab. 5391, but it differs in 

 many essential particulars, especially in being everywhere gla- 

 brous, in the nature of the labellum, and in the pseudobulbs. 



Descr. Pseudobulbs aggregated, oblong-green, at first clothed 

 with large sheathing scales, of which the uppermost one is some- 

 times leafy, at length often flowering : the old bulbs remain with 



DECEMBER 1ST, 1863. 



