Tab. 8642. 

 ERIA ORNATA. 



Malaya. 



Orchid aceae. Tribe Epidendkeae. 

 Ebia, Lindl. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. iii. p. 509. 



Eria (§ Dendrolirium) ornata, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. p. 66 ; De Vriesc, III. 

 Orch. t. 8 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. vol. iii. p. 660 partim ; Bidl. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. vol. xxxii. p. 302 ; J. J. Smith, Orch. Jav. p. 380 partim, 

 fig. 288; Kraenzl. in Engl. Pflanzenr., Orch.-Dendrob. pars 2, p. 50 pro 

 parte sed fig. excl. ; species distincta, ab E. armeniaca, Lindl., bracteis 

 basi latioribus aurantiacis et labelli disco tricarinato differt. 



Herba epiphytica, rbizomate crasso lignoso. Pseudobulbi distantes, late 

 ovoidei vel ovoideo-oblongi, subcompressi, 4-7 cm. longi, triphylli. Folia 

 breve petiolata, elliptico-oblonga, subacuta, coriacea, recurva, 20-25 cm. 

 longa, 4-5 cm. lata. Scapi suberecti, 30-45 cm. longi, basi vaginis sat 

 numerosis imbricatis vestiti, tomentosi praesertim superne, multiflori ; 

 bracteae magnae, ovatae vel ovato-lanceolatae, subobtusae, margine paullo 

 reflexae, 3-4 "5 cm. longae, glabrae vel parce pubescentes, pulchre rubro- 

 aurantiacae ; pedicelli 3-4 cm. longi, tomentosi. Flores mediocres, extra 

 brunneo-tomentosi. Sepala subconniventia ; posticum ovato-oblongum, 

 subobtusum, 1 ' 2-1 ' 5 cm. longum ; lateralia subaequalia basi valde dila- 

 tata, mentum breve rotundatum formantia. Petala lineari-oblonga, 

 1-1*2 cm. longa. Labellum recurvum, trilobum, 1-1 '2 cm. longum, basi 

 angustum ; lobus intermedins deltoideo-ovatus, subobtusus, undulatus ; 

 lobi laterales late triangulares, obtusi; discus tricarinatus. Columna 

 clavata, 5 mm. longa. Pollinia 8, ellipsoidea. — Dendrolirium ornatum, 

 Blume, Bijdr. p. 345. — B. A. Bolfe. 



The striking Eria here described has had a somewhat 

 confused history. It was originally published as Dendro- 

 lirium ornatum in 1825 by Blume, who based his species 

 on material from Bantam and from Buitenzorg in Java. 

 It became, therefore, E. ornata when Lindley treated 

 Blume' s genus as a section of Eria. Some time there- 

 after Lindley described, as E. armeniaca, a Philippine Eria 

 collected by Cuming which had flowered in the collection 

 of Messrs. Loddiges at Hackney. Later, however, Lindley 

 included the Philippine E. armeniaca in the older E. ornata, 

 and at the same time added to the species a Khasia 

 plant collected by Sir Joseph Hooker. The Khasia plant 

 is now known to be a distinct species, E. tomentosa, 

 Hook, f . ; the status of the Philippine one is less clear, 

 for Kriinzlin follows Lindley's later view and treats 

 E. armeniaca as a form of E. ornata, while Ridley adopts 

 that originally formed by Lindley. The two plants are 



January, 1916. 



