Tab. 8662. 

 eria tomentosa. 



Lido- China. 



Orchidaceae. Tribe Epidendreae. 

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



Eria tomentosa, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vol. v. p. 803 ; aff. E. ornatae LinrTl 

 bracteis ovatis inulto brevioribus floribua minoribus et labello' latiore 



differt 



Herba epiphytica, rhizomate crasso lignoso ; pseudobulbi inter se dittanies 

 late ovoidei vel globoso-ovoidei, subeompressi, 4-6 cm. lor^i 2-3r,hvllV 

 Folia breve petiolata, lanceolata vel elliptico-lanceolata, subacuta, co riacea 

 recurva, 9-22 cm. longa, 16-4 cm. lata. Scapi suberecti, 25-33 cm W* 

 basi vagims sat numerosis imbricatis vestiti, praesertim superne brunne°o- 

 tomentosi, multiflor. ; bracteae mediocres, ovatae vel ovato-lanceo latae 

 subobtusae margme paullo reflexae, 1-5-2 cm. longae, parce pubesccntes' 

 pulchre rubro-aurantiacae; pedicelli 3-3-5 cm. longi, brunneS-tomentosi' 

 Flores med.ocres, extra brunneo-tomentosi. Sepala subconnh entia ■ 

 posticum oblongum subobtusum, 1-3-1-5 cm. longum; lateralis sub! 

 aequaba, basi dilatata mentum breve formantia. Petala linear! -oblong 

 subacuta, 1-11 cm. longa. Labellum recurvum, trilobum, 1-2-1 4 "m' 

 longum ; lobus mtermedius obovatus, subobtusus, recurvus, undulatus •' 

 lob! lateralis angusti, obtusi ; discus obtuse tricarinatus, carinis crenuttiV 

 Columna oblonga 4 mm. longa. PoUinia 8, subglobosa.- E. omote 



SSfcft Tl L T-7 S ° 7 C - VoL J iii - P- 48 ' excl - *?£> ^c auct. ejusd n 

 Gen & Sp. Orcb. Epidendrum tomentosum, Koenig in Bete. Obs. vol iii 

 p. 06. — ±4. A. IvOLFE. 



The striking Eria here figured is one for the material 

 of which we are indebted to Sir F. W. Moore, by whom 

 it was flowered in 1915 in the collection at Glasnevin 

 where it has been in cultivation since 1913, when it was 

 purchased, with some other orchids, from Mr. Pauwels 

 Meiralbeke Ghent, as a new importation not well estab- 

 lished. After one or two trials it was found, Sir Frederick 

 Moore informs us to succeed best in the warm end of 

 the intermediate house, with a night temperature not 

 falling below 58° F. Though the leaves are thick and 

 leathery it appears to dislike too much sun. Straggling 

 in growth, with pseudobulbs up to five inches apart and 

 with spare, thm, wiry roots given off under each bulb 

 the plant is unsmted to pot-culture and does best 

 suspended in a basket near the glass. The roots may be 



May, 1916, " 



