Tab. 7605. 

 eria latjbracteata. 



Native of Borneo. 



Nat. Ord. Orchide*. — Tribe Epidendre^e. 

 Genus Eria, Lindl.; (Benth. So HooJc.f. Oen. Plant, vol. iii. p. 509.) 



Eria (Hymeneria) latibracteata ; rbizomate brevi, pseudobulbis confertis 1-3^- 

 pollicaribus 2-3-pbyllis obovoideis v. fusiformibus sulcatis, foliis 2-4- 

 poll. longis sessilibus ovato-oblongis -lanceolatisve acutis recurvis, pedun- 

 cnlo brevi valido bracteis paucis amplis vacuis instrncto, raceino 

 dependente puberulo 6-10-floro, pedunculo rhacbique valido ovariisque 

 viridibus rubro punctulatis, bracteis §-poll. longis late cymbiformibus 

 apiculatia patulis flavo-viridibus, floribus |-poll. longis, sepalis pallide 

 flavidis, dorsali galeato, latentlibus late ovatis obtusis in mentum rotun- 

 datnm productis, petalis oblongis subacutis, labello sepalis paullo 

 longiore trilobo, lobis lateralibus roseis apice rotundatis disco inter lobos 

 cristis 2 carnosis apice rugosis aucto, terminale aureo transverse oblongo, 

 disco late incrassato carnoso rugoso, colamna apice crenata. 



C. latibracteata, Rolfe mss. 



The genus Eria is one of the largest of Orchids in 

 tropical Asia ; nearly 100 species (of which upwards of 

 twenty were previously undescribed) are recorded in the 

 " Flora of British India," and a considerable number have, 

 since the publication of that work, been discovered within 

 'the geographical limits of its flora. The total number 

 of known species cannot be under 250. E. latibracteata 

 belongs to the largest section of the genus, founded more 

 on habit than on any definite characters. Its nearest ally 

 is E. bractescens, Lindl. (Bot. Reg. 1841, Misc. No. 46 and 

 1844, t. 29), a Burmese and Malayan plant, to be dis- 

 tinguished by the 2-lobed tips of the leaves, much smaller, 

 narrower bracts and flowers, longer and more slender 

 pedicels and narrower sepals. 



E. latibracteata was imported from Borneo by Messrs. 

 Sander & Co., of St. Albans, who sent specimens to 

 the Herbarium at Kew to be named in July, 1895 ; and 

 from whom the specimen here figured was received ; it 

 flowered in the Royal Gardens in July, 1897. 



Descr. — Pseudobulbs fascicled on a short root stock, one 

 to three and a half inches long, ovoid to fusiform, terete, 



July 1st, 1898. 



