Tab. 41. B. 
ERIA STRICTA. 
Nar. Orv. Orchidew ; Tribus Malaxidee. Linn. Syst. Gynandria Monandria. 
ERIA, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 904. Pollinia 8 cereacea quaternatim coherentia. Anthera terminalis opercularis de- 
cidua membranacea 2-locularis, loculis obsolete 4-foveatis. Stigma concavum rostello truncato. Columna teres 
aptera. Labellum anticum concavum trilobum medio callosum, unguiculatum, cum basibus sepalorum lateralium 
exteriorum connatum. Sepala conniventia subaqualia.—Herbe epiphyte (Indiz orientalis) habitu vane, vix bul- 
bose ; caulibus vaginatis ; floribus lutescentibus extts semper lanatis ; foliis planis v. nervosis. 
Erta, caulibus teretibus, spici secunda densa multiflora, labello scrotiformi per medium calloso, perianthio lanato 
clauso, foliis 1—2 lineari-lanceolatis sessilibus. 
Descr. Herba terrestris? vix repens, caulibus fasciculatis, teretibus, squamis magnis, membranaceis, laxis, venosis, demum 
fibrosis vaginatis. Folia 1—2, lanceolata, acuta, coriacea, sessilia, spice subequalia. Spica terminalis, densa, secunda, multi- 
flora, pedunculata, pedunculo gracili, nudo, basi tantum Squame rudimento instructo. Perianthium clausum, regulare, resupi- 
natum, undique extuslanatum. Sepala exteriora equalia, valvata, intus glabra: inferioribus invicem et cum basi labelli con- 
natis ; ézleriora minora, oblonga, tenuia, diaphana, porrecta. Labellum parvum, anticum, scrotiforme, faciei columne appres- 
sum, ungue cum sepalis 2 exterioribus connato tuberculoso, lamina triloba sub-saccata : lobis lateralibus minoribus, tenuioribus, 
recurvis, super axin labelli per vittam carnosam emarginatam connexis ; lobo medio transverso carnoso. Columna lJabelli lon- 
gitudine, obesa, crassa, alata: alis marginalibus apice productis conniventibus, basi connatis. Stigma alis columne supertec- 
tum. Anthera terminalis, opercularis, decidua, bilocularis. Pollinia 8, quaterna, cereacea. Partes omnes minutissima et visu 
difficillime. 
Oe VERE Te 
A native of Nepal, whence specimens have been long since communicated by Dr. Wallich. ) 
That this genus is distinct from Mr. Brown’s Octomeria we do not at all doubt. We lament, however, that spe- 
cimens of the original species of that genus, O. graminifolia, have never fallen in our way. 
The Pinalia alba of Dr. Hamilton differs so essentially from Eria,—especially in the presence of a perfect gland 
to the pollen masses, and in having a large projecting stigma, at the back of which the anther is placed almost as in 
Notylia, and also in having scarcely any pubescence upon the perianthium,—that it cannot with propriety be consi- 
dered otherwise than asa peculiar genus. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
1. A front view of the flower in its natural position. 2. The same artificially expanded. 3. A front view of the columna. 
4. A side view of the columna, showing the position of the lip with respect to it. 5. The labellum separate. 6. One set of 
pollen masses. 
