especially as Lindley admitted that he did not know the 
other two species. It is perhaps for this reason that J. J. 
Smith retains Blume’s generic name for the section (Orch. 
Jav. p. 391). 
Eria longispica is very nearly allied to F. latifolia, Reichb. 
f., though it is distinct in the characters indicated. - It is 
an exceptionally sturdy plant, with erect habit, broad leaves, 
and long spikes of very numerous flowers, which are light- 
yellow blotched with reddish purple. The lateral keels of © 
the lip are yellow, but the central one is covered with a 
loose powdery pubescence, which is removable with the 
slightest touch. £. paniculata, Lindl., belonging to the 
same section, which is also in cultivation, has a pendulous 
habit, and very narrow leaves. 
Deser.—A. stout epiphytic herb, without pseudobulbs. 
Stems erect, stout, about six inches high, with six to eight 
leaves. Leaves distichous, coriaceous, ligulate-oblong, 
with the apex obliquely 2-lobed and acute, 12-16 in. long, 
14-12 in. broad. acemes terminal, slender, clothed 
with a whitish pubescence, 10-16 in. long, densely many- 
flowered. Bracts reflexed, ovate, acute or acuminate, 5, in. 
long. Pedicels slender, about 2 in. long, densely white- 
tomentose. Dorsal sepal elliptical-oblong, obtuse, 4 in. 
long; lateral sepals obliquely ovate, obtuse, + in. long by 
nearly as broad, reflexed. Petals linear-oblong, obtuse, 
1 in. long. Lip 3-lobed, orbicular in outline, $ in. long; 
side lobes broad, subobtuse; front lobe small, quadrate, 
obtusely 2-lobed or sometimes denticulate in front; disk 
3-carinate, with the central keels oblong and glabrous, and 
the central one narrowed behind, expanded into a rounded 
crest infront, and covered with a loose, farinaceous-pubescence. - 
Column short, with broad truncate wings.—R. A. Roure. 
Cultiv.—Eria longispica has been in cultivation at 
Kew since 1898. It is a plant of exceptionally free 
growth, with Iris-like habit, and it produces its tall 
not unattractive flower spikes in May in a tropical house 
where the conditions are those suitable for Cypripediums. 
Very few of the numerous species of Hria can be 
included among popular garden orchids, five only having 
been previously figured in this work, none of them being of 
striking merit from the cultural standpoint, although £. 
extinctoria and E, vestita are two distinct and pleasing 
