ERIA. 



ORCHIDES. 269 



6. ERIA NANA A. Rich. Ann. Sc. nat. nouv. Ser. XI. 1842. 19. 



Pseudobulbis nudis ovoideis; foliis saepius binis, membranaceis, in- 

 feriori breviori obovali-oblongo obtuso, basi sensim anguslato, superiori 

 longiori subacuto; scapo graciii, foliis vix longiori, 2 — 4 floro: floribus 

 subsessilibus, spicatis , sepalis lineari-lanceolatis, acutissimis, labello 

 unguiculato, sepalis dimidio breviori, arcuato, erecto, columnae approxi- 

 mato lineari-lanceolato, acutissimo, supra unguem dilatato. 



In sylvis humidis inter muscos in monte vuigo des Condas Nilgherries. Oct, Perro- 

 tet. Affinis E. pumilae Lindl., sed giaberrima. Folia tenuia, membranacea, non 

 plicata, sepala linearia. 



§ 2. Acervata: Pseudobulbosa foliis coriaceis floribus solitariis laevibus. 

 Inter pseudobulbosas quasi Callostylis! 



7. ERIA ACERVATA Lindl. Paxt. Fl. G. I. 170. — Journ. Hort. loc. VL 57. — Walp. 

 Ann. III.*530: diagnosis. — Peculiar the stem when fuily forraed being nothing more 

 than a collection of pseudobulbs or compressed bodies in form not unlike a flat 

 flask, and piied one over the other in a singular manner. — Flowers white, smooth, 

 slight tinge of green. The foot of the column is neither chambered nor toothed. In 

 all respects this plant is so eniirely an Eria , that it is referred to that genus, al- 

 though in the flowers examined the number of pollenmasses was 4 , instead of 8. But 

 this may have been accidenlal. In its three ridged lip , reflexed bracts, it so strongly 

 cails to mind that genus. as to raise a reasonable presumiion ihat the number of 

 polienmasses would in more perfect flowers be as usual. 



§ 3. Xiphosium Lindl. 1. c. Pseudobulbosae foliis coriaceis floribus spicatis 

 seu racemosis laevibus sublaevibusve. 



8. ERIA ROSEA Lindl. B. Reg. 978; Lindl. in Hook. Journ. Bot. VIL 34: Hongkong. on 

 rocks. M. Gough; flowering in January. It is also a Khasiya plant, it being undoub- 

 tedly the Xiphosium acuminatum of Griffiths Ic. 316. 



9. ERIA STELLATA Lindl. B. Reg. 904. B. Mag. 3605. 



10. ERIA COCHLEATA Lindl. — Bot. Reg. XXX. 1844. Misc. 23. 



Foliis lanceolatis coriaceis 5 costatis, sepalis glabriusculis petalisque 

 lineari-lanceolatis, labello basi costis 5 apice 3 undulatis lineato: lobis 

 lateralibus obtusis interraedio oblongo-spathulato, scapo elongato radi- 

 cali multifloro ovarioque alte costato cochleari glabris. 



Manilla. With very much the appearance of E. stellata , from which it difl^ers in having 

 sraaller flowers , a smooth scape and a shining ovary with high ribs , which are 

 twisted , so as to have the appearance of a very deep pale threaded scren. Sepals 

 are very green , petals and lip whiie, the lalter painted with crimson veins at raargin. 

 Loddiges imp. 



11. ERIA SPECIOSA Rchb. fil. MSS. Tainia spcciusa BI. Bjdr. Mitopcuilum spcciosurn 

 81. Mus. Lugd. Bat. II. 185. 



12. ERIA BICORNIS Rchb. fil MSS. Ania bicornis Lindl. B. Reg. XXVIII. 1842. Msc. 41 



Folio oblongo lanceolato carnoso scapo breviore, labelli lobo medio 

 emarginato apiculato ecalcaralo basi billameliato, lamella altera vcrsus 

 apicem interjecta, anthera bicorni. 



Ceylon. coll. Rcv. J. Clowes. Flowers green except ihe lip , which is bright yellow. 

 — Appearance of Kulo|ihia macrostachya. — Bot. Reg. XXX. 18448 : Labollum cum 

 bavi producta columnae articulatum. Anlhera bilocularis. — It bolongs to a littlc 

 groop of ihe Epidendrous seclion , of which Bletia is thc lypc , and is ne;irly allied 

 to A. latifolia , a sylhei plant , at present onJy known from dried speciniens ; from 

 ihat is difTcrs in having mucli smailcr flowers aiid leaves . aii entirely diflercnt la- 



