ERIA. 



ORCHIDES. 267 



Pseudobulbis sphaericis depressis apice dipliyllis, foliis oblongis pla- 

 nis basi angustatis complicatis, scapo gracili foliorum longitudine apice 

 unifloro, sepalis lateralibus falcatis acutis, sepalo supremo petalisque 

 subaequalibus linearibus acutis, labello petalis breviore, Jobis laterali- 

 bus abbreviatis lunatis purpureo-marginatis lobo intermedio lineari ob- 

 tuso intus longitudinaliter bicristato. — Fl. temp. pluviali. 



This preuy species grows in clusters on tlie bark of the Mango and other trees; tbe 

 flower is white and very large for the size of the plant. viz., two inches across. The 

 pollinia are eight in number, wedgeshaped, and united by threads at their narrow 

 end ; the leaves are one and a half to two inches long, and ihe scape about the same 

 length , and furnished at its base with a keeled obtuse linear sheath. 

 Huc porro : ERIA RETICOSA R. Wight lc. V. I. 1637. (1851.): 



Caespitose, stemless, pseudobulbs orbicular, depressed, enclosed 

 in a net-Iike sack: leaves about two, elliptic, spreading: scape fili- 

 form, 1 flowered furnished at the apex with a large somewhat boat 

 shaped bractea: flowers larger, resupinate, expanding; sepals and pelals 

 about equal, exceeding the obscurely 3 lobed lip. Flowers pure white, 

 bp and column yellow, bract brownish. 



On branches of trees about Pycarrah in profusion, fl. May, June. It seems to be met 

 with more or less in flower the greater part of the year. It is very remote in habit 

 from other Eria. 



2. ERIA JERDONIANA. Huc : E. Lichetwra Lindl. 1. c. Huc: Lichinora R. Wight. 1. c. 

 Ic. V. 1738. 



Sepals adhering at Ihebase, posterior one Jonger, somewhatgaleate; 

 lateral ones connate wilh the prolonged base of the column, ovate, ob- 

 tuse, pelals linear, lanceoJate , shorter than the sepals; lip subrhombeo- 

 ovale, acutish, articulated, with the long base of Ihe column. Anther 

 termiual, 2 celled, with 4 poJlinia in each. Stemless plants, pseudobulbs 

 thin , flat, adhering like lichens to the branch on which they grow 

 (whence the name), Jeaves paired, broad, ovate, suborbicuJar, cuspi- 

 date pointed, reticulately veined, large in proportion to the rest of the 

 plauts, gJabrous : flowers axillary, paired, short pediceJIed, hairy; bracts 

 obovate, somewhat boat-shaped, densely ciliate, Jateral sepals hairy 

 wilhin. 



Leavesat flrst green, afterwards changing to purplish brown. Flowers tawny coloured. 



— 1738 LICHINORA JERDONIANA R. W.Malabar Mountains , on branches of irees. 



Mrs. Jerdon. 



3. ERIA PUSILLA Lindl. Contrib. lo Orchid, of India. Huc ; Phrealia uniflora R. Wight. 

 Ic. V. I. 1734 (1851) : 



Repent, pseudobulbs globose, about 2 leaved, leaves obovale cuspi- 

 date: scape longer than leaves, one flowered: bract large, cordato 

 ovate, acuminate: lip lanceolate acummate, 2 nerved. 



Khassia Hills and Chunassang : Griffllh. 

 3b. ERIA MICROCHILOS Lindl. Conlrib. to ihe orchidology of India p. 47. Dendrobium 

 microchilos Dalzell in Hook. Journ. Bot. IIL 345 : 



Pseudobulbis profunde bilobis , lobis orbicuJatis valde depressis re- 

 ticulalis epidermide albida, foliis 3 — 4 Jinearibus obtusiusculis superne 

 subplanis basi anguslatis ibique scapum floriferum vaginantibus, flori- 

 bus allemis secundis spicalis, bracteis ovalo-subulatis ovario Jongioribus, 

 capsula sessiJi ovata glabra, sepalis e basi lata acuminatis, pelalis con- 

 lormibus aequiiongis angustioribus, labello ovalo indiviso subdupJo 

 longioribus. 



Herba pusilla . '^— 3- uncialis. Scapus filiformis, muliiflorus. Flores straminei. mi- 



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