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Arborum et ruplum parasitica in moiitibus Sillet confinibus, unde in hortuni botanicum Calcuttae misit M. R. Smith. 

 In niontibus Ccylona^ dctcxit Mucrac (Lindl.). Floret tempore anni calido. 

 Nomen Khasianum : Atia Khun. 



. Planta erecta, gracilis, pedalis — 1^-pedalis, Isevis. Pseudobulbus cylindraceo-attenuatus, 5-pollicaris, involutus squamis magnis, 

 oblongis, acutis, laxifis vaginantibus, 2-pollicaribus, aridis, membranaceis, infimis parvis ; basi digitum crassa exserens jihras radicales 

 teretes, .villosas, simplices ; apice nudiuscula subalternatim diphyllus. Folia ensiformi-linearia, erectiuscula, leviter divergentia, coriacea 

 et firma, acuta, marginibus ferJs rectilineis, supra lucida, canaliculata, subtiis costa subcarinata ; basi parfim angustata, ct complicata uiium 

 super alterum, parva ab invicem distantia,, pseudobulbi apici inserta, 6 — 8-pollicaria. Scapus gracillimus, subfiliformis, leviter anceps, 

 ex apice pseudobulbi surgens, basi folii summi pari!im amplexus, cseterum liber, erectus, 3-pollicaris, sursilm hracteis paucis, vagis, 

 lanceolato-linearibus, acuminatis, erectis, unguicularibus. Racemus terminalis, erectus, gracilis, cylindricus, attenuatus, spithamiEus, 

 supra folia elevatus, basi digitum crassus, con^iam Jlorihus parvis, numerosis, undique sparsis, albis, labello flavicante, breviter pedicellatis, 

 hracted parva, lanceolata, patula, albicante, pedicello breviore sufFultis. Sepala ferfe sequalia, ovata, acuta, distincta. Petala linearia, 

 angustissima. Labellum simplex, nudum, unguiculare, suprk flavicans, basi vix infundibuliforme, apice partim expansum in laminam 

 ovatam, acutam. Columna gracilis, libera, semiteres, leviter versus labellum arcuata, hujusque ferfe longitudine, apice subtruncato- 

 concaviuscula. Anthera terminalis, persistens, semiglobosa, bilocularis. MASSiE pollinis 2, oblongse, posticfe sulcatse. Ovarium bre- 

 vissimum, subclavatuin. 



Plate XXXV. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. The same dissected. 3. Upper part of the column with the anther and pollen masses 



detached. 



ERIA PANICULATA. Tab. 36. 



FoLiis lineari-lanceolatis, acuminatis, subtus glaucis ; caulibus teretibus, pendulis, elongatis ; racemis terminalibus, 

 aggregatis, cylindraceis, multifloris ; sepalis lanatis, ovatis, obtusis, petalisque minoribus, guttatis ; labello trilobo, basi 

 apiceque calloso, lobis guttatis : intermedio truncato. — Lindl. MSS. 



Eria paniculata, Lindl. aptid Wall, in Cat. Lid. n. 1971. 



Hab. in convalle Napalia; minore, Noalcote dicta, arborum parasitica. Etiam crescit in montibus Pundua, Sillet 

 confinibus. Floret Martio. 



Planta parasitica, ex arborum truncis subpendula, salv^ inflorescentia laevis. Radix constans fibris numerosis, longis, fuscis, ramosis. 

 Caules aliquot cjEspitosi, cylindracei, 1— 2-pedales, pennam cygneam crassi, extrorsflm obsolete compressiusculi, vaginati. Folia ap- 

 proximata, nuraerosa, alterna, bifaria, angulo acuto patula, lineari-lanceolata, e basi transversa geniculata, semipollicem lata sensim 

 attenuata, valdfe acuminata, 6— 8-pollicaria, crassa, coriacea et rigida, supr^ lucida, leviter plicata, subtiis pallida, subglaucescentia, costa 

 pariim elevata, marginibus acutissimis, ferfe scindentibus, desinentia in vaginas striatas, caulem arctfe involventes, 2-pollicares. Racemi 

 terminales, simplices vel bifidi, breviter pedunculati, cylindrici, digitum crassi, 3-5-pollicares, paniculam formantes ovatam, laxam 

 pendulam. Pedunculi erubescentes, pollicares racAe.que teretes, carnosi, tomento cano, copioso densfe vestiti. Flores numerosi, ap- 

 proximat,, undique sparsi, mediocris magnitudinis, flavicantes, suprii rufo-punctati, inodori, brevfe pedicellati, ektiis cano-viUosi, suffiilti 

 hracteis ovatis, lanceolatis, acuminatis, glabris, reflexis, persistentibus, membranaceis, ;,erfice//M». villosum, 3-linearem {Equantibus Sepala 

 ovata, obtusa, un^ cum petalis labelloque punctis crebris, rufis guttata, extiis ad basin viUosula, tetate glabriora; antlcum leviter forni- 

 catum ; lateraUa patentia, basi lata infra basin columnar elongatam connata, indfe subproducta et quasi calcarata. Petala lanceolata, sepalis 

 dimidio angustiora paull6que breviora, valdfe obtusa, columnae lateraliter adposita, omnin^ glabra. Labellum sessile, adscendens, 3-lobum 

 lobislaterahbus ovatis obtusis, intermedio truncato, retuso, intiis disco callis duobus oblongis, altero ad insertionem labelli, altero majore 

 apical! in sinu lobi intermedii. Columna brevis, basi elongata sepala lateralia et labellum adfigens. Anthera terminalis, ovata, bilocu- 

 lans, locuhs fundo 4-locularibus. Mass^ pollinis 8, cereacea^, quaternatim pedicellatae. Ovarium breve, clavatum, villosum. 



" This plant is intermediate between Dendrobium and Eria, agreeing with the former in its pendulous habit and 

 taper stems, and with the latter in fructification. Dendrolimm of Blume is the same genus as Eria, but of later date 

 Octomena is entirely different, agreeing in nothing but the number of its pollen masses. Octomeria stands next Pleii 

 rothallis ; Lna next Dendrobium." — Lindl. 



Our elegant plant is a native both of the borders of Bengal, on the lofty range of mountains called Pundua, and of 



r }l \ f '?"*'^ "' ^""""'^ "' ^'^^ ''^"'y ^^ ^^"'^^t^' ^^^^^^ '^ considerably less elevated than the great 

 valley of Nipal. It is, however, a rare plant in both places. 



Plate XXXVI. Fig. l . ^ Flower. 2. The same dissected. 



