Tas. 4437. 
ERIOPSIS rutTipoBULBon. 
Rough-stalked Eriopsis. 
Nat. Ord. OrncH1pEx.—GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Caules succulenti (pseudo-bulbosi), apice tantum foliati. Racemus 
radicalis multiflorus. Bractee minime. Flores explanati, laciniis subeequalibus 
oblongis obtusis, mento brevi obtuso. Labellum anticum, concavum, trilobum, 
disco lamellatum e basi producta column articulatum. Columna semiteres, 
clavata, aptera. 4uthera oblonga, subunilocularis: pollinia 4 ineequalia, per 
paria filis 2 elasticis affixa ; glandula submembranacea, quadrata. Lindl. 
Erropsis rutidobulbon ; caule (pseudo-bulbo) oblongo-ovato tereti rugoso, foliis 
2 striatis, scapo radicali, racemo multifloro nutante, sepalis petalisque 
oblongis, labelli hirsutuli striati lobis lateralibus maximis intermedio 
minimo subintegro. 
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From New Grenada, whence it was introduced by Mr. Purdie 
to the Royal Gardens of Kew, where it produced its fine raceme 
of flowers in August, 1848. _ It evidently belongs to the genus 
Friopsis, established by Dr. Lindley on a plant which flowered 
in the collection of J. J. Brady, Esq., the origin of , which is un- 
known. It cannot, however, be the same species, as will be seen 
at once on comparing the two figures. 
Duscr. Pseudo-bulbs (rather than “ stems”) ovato-oblong, 
terete, of a dark purplish-black colour, singularly rough or 
wrinkled upon the surface, bearing two (rarely three) large, 
broadly lanceolate, striated, somewhat coriaceous Jeaves at the 
extremity ; one, however, a little below the other, so that a 
part of the pseudo-bulb is seen between. Scape a foot and a 
half long, radical, terete, dark purple, bearing a drooping raceme 
of many flowers. Sepals and petals alike, spreading, almost 
horizontally, oblong, obtuse, dull orange-yellow, red-purple at 1 
the margin. Zip about as long as the sepals, obtusely spurred 
at the base behind, broadly ovate, three-lobed, the disk striated, 
lamellated, with a dull crest ; the lateral Jobes broad, involute, 
the terminal one small, orbicular, obscurely two-lobed, white, 
with dark purple spots; the rest of the lip is dull orange-red, 
APRIL Ist, 1849. 
