Tap. 8234, 
ERIA RHYNCHOSTYLOIDES. 
Java. 
ORCHIDACEAE. Tribe EPIDENDREAE. 
Eria, Lindl.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 509. 
Eria rhynchostyloides, 0’ Brien in Gard. Chron. 1907, vol. xlii. p. 870; Kew 
Bulletin, 1908, App. iii. p. 87; aff. H. leucostachyae, Lindl., sed pseudo- 
bulbis brevibus et crassis, pedicellis longioribus, et labelli lobis lateralibus 
auriculatis differt. 
Herba epiphytica. Pseudobu/bi aggregati, oblongi, subcompressi, 5-10 cm. 
longi, 24 cm. lati, vaginis membranaceis vestiti, 3-4-phylli. Folia 
oblongo-lanceolata vel elongata, acuta, erecta vel recurva, coriacea, 
15-80 em. longa, 2-3 em. lata. Scapi axillares vel subterminales, breviter 
pedunculati, crassiusculi, 15-20 em. longi; racemi arceuati, cylindrici, 
densiflori, pubescentes. Lracteae elliptico-oblongae, obtusae, subconcayae, 
reflexae, 5-7 mm. longae. Pedicelli graciles, sparse pubescentes, 6-8 mm. 
longi. Flores parce pubescentes, albidi, columnis purpureis. Sepaluia 
posticum elliptico-oblongum, obtusum, subconcavum, erectum, 5-6 mm. 
longum ; sepala lateralia late triangulari-ovata, obtusa, 5-6 mm. lata; 
mentum 5-6 mm. longum. Petala lanceolata, obtusa, 5-6 mm. longa. 
Labellum trilobum, 5 mm. longum; Jobi laterales auriculati, concavi, 
parvi; lobus intermedius unguiculatus, late ovato-orbicularis, obtusus, 
3 mm. latus, marginibus recurvis.. Columna lata, 2 mm. longa, purpurea.— 
R. A, RouFE. 
Eria rhynchostyloides is a recent addition to the genus 
which belongs to the section Urostachya, Lindl., and is allied 
to EB. floribunda, Lindl., and E. leucostachya, Lind|., but is 
remarkable in the section for its short stout pseudobulbs, 
A photograph of this species was first sent to Kew from 
Paris in 1894 by Mr. Godefroy-Leboeuf who stated that it 
had been obtained from Java. It could not be identified, 
but in the absence of specimens it was not described. There 
are several species from Java which are imperfectly known, 
but none of them appear to Mr. Rolfe to resemble the one 
now described. 
Cuttivation.—The plant now figured, which is that on 
which the original description was based, was presented to 
Kew early in 1908 by the Hon. Walter Rothschild, Tring. 
January, 1909. 
