Tap. 8229. 
ERIA HYACINTHOIDES. 
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Java. 
ORCHIDACEAE. ‘Tribe EPIDENDREAE. 
Erta, Lindl.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 500. 
Eria hyacinthoides, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. p. 66; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. vol. iii. 
p. 660; J. J. Smith, Orch. Jav. p. 410; affinis ZH. bicristatae, Lindl., sed 
racemis triplo longioribus et multifloris differt. 
Herba epiphytica, circa 30 cm. alta, Pseudobulbi erecti, oblongi, subcompressi, 
6-7 cm. longi, vaginis brunneis vestiti, 2-3-phylli. Folia petiolata, elon- 
gata, subobtusa, coriacea, 20-30 cm. longa, 3°5-4°5 em. lata, basi attenuata. 
Pedunculi axillares, erecti, 10-15 cm. longi; racemi multiflori, rachi et 
pedicellis albido-tomentosis. Bracteae ovatae, acutae, concavae, pubes- 
centes, 4-6 mm. longae. /edicelli T-10 mm. longi. Flores pubescentes, 
albi; anthera flava. Sepalum posticum oblongum, obtusum, circa 1°38 cm. 
longum ; sepala lateralia ovato-oblonga, obtusa, 1°3 cm. longa; mentum 
oblongum, obtusum, circa 6 mm. longum. Petala ovato-oblonga, obtusa, 
circa l cm. longa. Labellum trilobum, circa 1 em. longum; lobi laterales 
erecti, triangulares, acuti; lobus intermedius reflexus, ovato-oblongus, 
obtusus; discus prominenter longitudinaliter bicallosus, canaliculatus. 
Columna clavata, 7-8 mm. longa. 
Eria hyacinthoides, Lindl., is a Javan species which was 
originally described by Blume in 1825 under the name of 
Dendrolirium hyacinthoides; the two genera _ cannot, 
however, be separated. The species was recorded as a 
native of Mt. Salak. Lindley probably only knew it from 
description, for his herbarium contains but a single flower, 
marked as authentic, which was afterwards sent to him by 
Reichenbach. The plant here figured was obtained from 
Leiden by Mr. F. W. Moore, Glasnevin, under the name of 
E. bieristata, Lindl., but that species according to the original — 
description has a short, few-flowered inflorescence, and 
Mr. J. J. Smith, author of Die Orchideen von Java, con- 
siders our plant to be E. hyacinthoides, Lindl.; it certainly 
agrees better with the description of the latter. Smith, 
however, describes the side lobes of the lip as deep violet 
brown, a character not mentioned by Blume. He further 
considers FE. ebulbis, Lindl. (Dendrolirium ebulbe, Blume) 
and EF. Endymion, Ridl., as synonymous ; this point requires 
confirmation, for Blume placed the former in a different 
section from £. hyacinthoides, and the latter is a native of 
DroEmBEr, 1908. 
