274 ORCHIDES. 



KRIA. 



3*^ HRIA VELUTINA G. Lodd. in liu. — Dot. Re?. XXVI. 1840. Misc. 209. 



Caiile tereli velutino, foliis dislichis carnosis ovato-ianceolatis mar- 

 gine revolutis juniorihus utrinque velulinis ndnatis supra glabris, flore 

 solitario oppositifolio inter squamas heihaceas obtusas villosas sessili, 

 sepalis petalisqiie linearibus apice recurvis extus hirsutis, labello cuneato 

 elongato canaliculato apice rotundato subtrilobo siipra pubescente in- 

 appendiculata. 



Sincnpore. Cuming. Loddiges. It has pale ilirty yellow flowers growing singiy 

 among liairy bracts opposite the leaves, It is probable , that VVallich's Dendrobiuni 

 vestilnm, of wich I have only seen fragments of flowers, is a species of Eria allied 

 10 ihis. and it is certain , thal among the liistributed specimens of that plant are 

 hranchcs of the present species without flowers. 



Huc : Regcl in Sem. bot. petrop. 55: Caulis elongatus foliis bracteis floribusque ve- 

 lutino - pilosis. Folia disticha, oblongo - lanceolala , utrinque attenuata . sessilia, 

 oblusiuscula , 2V2 — ^Va pollices longa , 74 — 1 pollicem lata, obscure viridia. Racemi 

 oppositifolii , foliis raultoties breviorps , erecti . paucillori , bracteis subrotundis her- 

 baceis muniti. Flores parvi , luteo - brunnci , sepalis erecto - patentibus , lanceolatis, 

 obtusiusculis , vix V2 lineam longis, laicralibu-< subfalcatis , basi cum pede columnae 

 connatis, calcar obtusum aemulantibus ; pctalis lineari - ligulatis , obtusis. sepalis 

 minoribus; labello cuneato - oblongo , apice obiuso , supra lineis duabus conniventi- 

 bus pilosis notato , petalis breviore. Columna semiteres, aptera, basi longe producta. 

 Anthera terminalis , bilocularis. Pollinia 8. 



33. ERIA FERRUGINEA Lindl. — Bot. Reg. XXV. 1839. 35. 



Caulibus teretibus articuiatis vaginatis, foliis oblongis obtusis, ra- 

 cemo erecto laterali multitloro basi squamato, bracteis ovatis acutis 

 ovario villosissimo brevioribiis, labelli lobis lateralibiis eieclis truncalis, 

 intermedio ovato serrafo subi^licato: disci cristis 4 denlatis, iutermediis 

 carnosis iiicurvis. 



Sepala viridia, petala et labellum et gynostemium alba roseo picta. — Calcutta. Lod- 



diges imp. 



34. ERIA VESTITA Lindl. — Dendrobium vestitum VVall. Cat. 2005. LO. 33. — Bot. Reg. 

 XXX. 1844. Misc. 79. 



E. caulibus pendiihs villis deciduis dense veslitis, foliis coriaceis 

 lunceohilis apice obiiquis oblusis integris supra parce, subtus densissimc 

 villosis, racemis elongatis mnltifloris flexuosis bracteis ovatis coriaceis 

 persistenlibus floribus capsulisque villosis, sepalis lanceoiatis latcralibus 

 in corni) obtuso porrec!o connatis mucronulatis, pelalis conformibiis 

 obtusis bievioribus glabris, labelli trilobi laciniis laleralibus obtusis, iu- 

 termedia subrotunda crispa emaiginata pilosa per axin linea elevata 

 inlerrupla velutina dentibiisqne j^aucis aucla, lamellis 7 quarum duae 

 lanceolalae siniis fcre atlingentes tt quinque parvae dentiformes. 



Structure of a woolly Eria. haliii of a pendulous Dendrobium. A native of Indian 

 Arciiipelago. Wallicirs colleclion had it from Sincapore, Cuming sent it from Ma- 

 nilla (?). It is singularly cloihed with a thick reddishbrown hairiness. The flowers 

 arc reddishbrowin exlcrnally , white inside. and hang down in pendulous spikes^ 

 which are longer ihan the leaves. 



Bot. Rcg. XXXI. 1845. 2. — Plirlippiries : ..Lagune" in a {small nowered state: 

 C.uraing. (Pcrigonium intus albidum . labelli lamina medio flava , perigonium exlus 

 niiniatuni.) 



§ 9. Eriura Liiidl. I. c: Caulis (oliosus. Folia glabra. Racemi iatciales 

 floribus extus lanatis, labello per axin fuifuiaceo, apice 

 siMi apice d basi lubtrculalo. 



35. ERIA PANICULATA Liiidl in Wnll. Pl. As. rar. Vol. 1. \>. .32 1. 3f.. - Boi. Rp!.- 



