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inspexisset ill. b. Lindley, vidisset quanti rostellum bifidum sit habendum, quod preterea et in Eriis, sensu 
Lindleyano legitimis occurrit.—Society Islands (Forster !), Navigator Islands (“from Mons. C. F. Tonnerre, 
Hance !). 
Oba Eria (Phreatia) myosurus, Reichb. f. in Bonplandia, 1857, dicenda Eria stachyurus. 
Thelasis carinata, Bl. Choix (Fl. Jav.) = Eria carinata. 
Phreatia elegans, Lindl. = Erta elegans. 
Phreatia minutiflora, Lindl. = Eria minutiflora. 
Phreatia Microtidis, Lindl. = Eria Microtidis. 
Phreatia Tahitensis, Lindl. = Eria Tahitensis. 
1. E. stenostachya, (sp. nov.) Reichb. f.; foliis cuneato-ligulatis, pergameneis, apice inzequali- 
bilobis; pedunculis folia excedentibus seu aquantibus, apice per sesquipollicem racemosis ; bracteis 
linearibus, angustis, 1-nerviis, pedicellos sequantibus ; sepalis triangulis, acutis; mento modico ; tepalis 
minoribus; labello unguiculato, cordato, oblongo, acuto ; androclinio 5-dentato.— Buke Levu, Island 
of Kadavu (Seemann, n. 589). 
2. E. sphzrocarpa, (sp. nov.) Reichb. f.; foliis pergameneis, lato-ligulatis, apice inzquali- 
bilobis; racemis folia subzequantibus ; rhachi anantha parce vaginata ; floribus densissimis ; bracteis 
a lanceolata basi setaceis, flores haud zequantibus; mento subevanido obtusangulo ; sepalis triangulis 
obtusis; tepalis lato-ligulatis, obtusis; labello rhombeo, obtuso, trinervi; androclinio 5-lobo, lobo 
postico 3-dentato ; ovariis maturioribus sphzricis.—Folia ultra pedalia, sesquipollicaris latitudinis. 
Planta egregia et videtur species optima.— Viti, locality not specified (Greeffe !). 
$2. DenproLIRIUM (BL), Lindl. Contrib. to Ind. Orchid. p. 48 ; Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc., Aug. 1858.— 
Caules valde abbreviati ; flores majuscult, dense lanati. 
3. E. aeridostachya, Reichb. f. apu1 ill. Lindl. loco jam citato, p. 48; caule brevi, mono- 
phyllo seu diphyllo; folio oblongo-ligulato, acuto; racemo peduneulato, longe cylindraceo, plurimi- 
floro, densifloro; rhachidibus ac sepalis extus papillis plurimis ferrugineis, sepalo dorsali oblongo; sepalis 
lateralibus :equalibus in perulam elongatam apice tumidam extensis; tepalis a basi latiori curvato- - 
ligulatis, oblique acutis; labello ligulato, apice obtuse acuto, basi corniculis geminis erectis.— Viti 
(Seemann! n. 609). Also collected in Java. 
Peduneulus oritur ex propria vagina juxta pseudobulbum phyllophorum, porrectus, incurvus. Vagine 
siccæ cinnamomes ; folium valde coriaceum, basi petiolato-angustata, latitudine multum varia. Rhachis 
peduneuli parce fasciculis papillarum tecta. Videntur papille anthesi progrediente increscere. Specimen 
Seemannianum multo magis ferrugineum, quam illud Zollingeri. ; 
§ 3. Urnostacnya, Lindl. 1. c. 46, mire definita: “and finally Urostachya, which includes the 
species that will go into none of the preceding sections ;" caulescentes, racemis paniculisve, lana in 
labelli axeos nulla. 
4. E. rostriflora, (sp. nov.) Reichb. f; caule valido elongato apice, bene foliato; foliis 
cuneato-lanceolatis, apice obtusatis cum apiculo; racemis multifloris; bracteis semilanceolatis, de- 
flexis; ovariis pedicellatis, subpollicaribus; mento obtusangulo, minuto; sepalis triangularibus 
elongatis; tepalis subszequalibus, labello a basi cuneata ovato, medio apicem usque triangulo (si mavis 
oblongo-triangulo, basi utrinque obtusangulo) ; linea incrassata utrinque cum margine parallela.— 
Namosi, Island of Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 615). 
* Flores viriduli." Caulis spithameus, basi tumidus, vaginis cinnamomeis nervosis indutus. Folia 
sicca duriuscula, nervis inferne bene prominulis. Specimen meum cum esset ac sit satis mancum, analysin 
in Museo Kewensi confeci. 
d. MaraxipEz, Lindl.—Pollen ceraceum, sine caudiculis. 
XVIII. Liparis, Rich. Orch. Eur. f. 10. Sepala æqualia, recte inserta. Tepala angustiora. 
Labellum expansum, nunc columne basi adnatum, nune liberum (vulgo basi bituberculatum). Columna 
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