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ERIA STELLATA. STAR-FLOWERED 
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Class and Order. 
GynanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—OrcuinEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala semipatentia v. clausa, inequalia, extus lanata 
v. glabra, lateralibus basi valde obliquis cum pede columnz 
connatis calcar emulantibus. Petalasepalo superiori equa- 
lia v. minora. Labellum cum basi producta columne arti- 
culatum, trilobum, raro subintegrum, cucullatum, disco 
calloso, y. cristato. Columna basi longe producta. An- 
thera terminalis, bilocularis, loculis obsolete 4-locellatis. 
Pollinia 8, nunc omnino libera, nunc materie elastica glan- 
dulam mentiente coherentia.—Herbe in arboribus crescen- 
tes ; caulibus carnosis, vaginatis, cicatricibus foliorum nota- 
tis. Folia sepius plicata. Racemi simplices erecti, bracters 
sepius dilatatis. Flores nunc conspicui. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Enia® stellata ; foliis lanceolatis carnosis 5-costatis, sepalis 
pubescentibus petalisque lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis 
labelli tricostati lobis lateralibus obtusis intermedio 
acuminato, scapo elongato radicali multifloro ovario- 
que pube ferruginea lanatis. Lindl. 
Era stellata. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 904. Gen. et Sp. 
Orchid. p. 67. 
Ocromerra stellata. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 310. 
Denprontum Javanicum. Swarts in Act. Holm. 1800. p. 
247? Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 4. p. 137? 
. Coes The 
* From «a, wool, on account of the woolly, or downy, nature of the 
flowers. 
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