ERIA. 



ORCHIDES. 275 



XXVIIl. 1842. Misc. 33. — Flow. Lodd, Had exactly the appcarance of Dr. Wallichs 

 figiire Avith \o»g narrow taper pointed leaves and panicles of sniall grecnish llowcrs 

 slightly freckled with purjtlc. They have a line of fine whitc powder fornied all 

 along the middle of the lip , and burrying ihe tuherch) , which occurs at ihe hase. 

 This powder consists of a vasl multitude of pyriforni hodies visible only under the 

 microscope , and of ihe same nalure as those which occur on Poiystachya. They 

 are in fact ex/remely short hairs of one joinl tapering to the base ; in appearance 

 they resemble fine powdery diist. 



§ 10. Hymeneria Lindl. 1. c e\ Urostachya ]. c. : Caulis foliosus. Folia gla- 

 bra. Racemi laterales florihus exlus calvis seu subcalvis, 

 Labeliuin non fuifuraceo-callosum. 



36. ERIA RINGENS Rchb. fll. in Bonpl. 222, : 



A£f. Eriae pubescenti Wight., glabra, bracteis ovatis acutis , labelli ungue 

 brevissimo, lamina oblonga acuminata basi rolundata, gynostemii andro- 

 clinio utrinque setniovato brachiato, angulis anticis medio omnino mii- 

 ticis. Caulis carnosus bulbosus (cylindraceus? planus?), siccus dimidium 

 pollicem lalus. Folia oblongoliguiala basi cuneata, apice inaeqnali acuta, 

 tres qualuorve poliices longa, unura pollicem lala. Spicae oppositifoliae 

 duos Iresve lineas longae apiculatae reflexae ovariis pedicellatis subae- 

 qnales. Perigonia longiusctjla (Ires lineas longa); glaberrima. Mentum 

 oblusnm. Sej^ala et tepala lancea acuta! 

 2129 Cuming. Phil, 



Obs. Haec species ab ill. Lindley in Contrib. to the Orchidoloffy of India refertnr 

 ad Eriam ovalam Bot, Reg. Vidi speciraen Eriae ovatae in herbario Liydleyano et 

 fcabeo etiam ejusdem auctoris analysin depictam. Plantae meae lahium ovatum acu- 

 minatum laeve , plania Lindleyanae oblongum subtrilobum apiculaium , carina obliqua 

 uirinque in basi. 



37. KRIA PUCESCEXS Bot. Reg. Wight Ic. V. 1. 1851 1634. — {E. polystachija in Icon) 

 Stem leafy, short, clothed at the base with sheathing scales : leaves lanceolate laperijig 

 ot hoih ends, acuie, marked with strong longiludinal veins: racemes slender. droo- 

 piiig; rachis and pedicels pubescent, flowers resupinaie , bracts as long as ihe pedi- 

 cols , lanceolate acuminaie: sepals and petals a little longer than the lip , glabrous, 

 lalcate, attenuaied towards the point , ihreenerved ; lipoblong, threenerved, sub- 

 cnriaceous at the base , contracteil in the middle; limb lanceolate . acute, margiiis 

 membranous reflexed. Flowers white , perianlh tipped with pink. — Western slopes 

 of the Neilgherris, flowering in Aug. et Sept. — Very nearly all. to the next (poly- 

 stachya , 



38. ERIA POLYSTACHYA A. Rich. - Ann, sc. nat. nov. Sr. XI. 1841. p. 20. lab. 9.: 

 Caide brevi incrassato pReudobuIbiformi sublereti , basi laxe vagiuato; 



loliis subterminalibus, inembranaceis, elliptico -oblongis, aculis, venosis 

 basi vagiminlibus; floi ibus albi.s, piulicellatis, spicatis, bracteatisque; spi- 

 cis axillaribus, foliorum longitiidine aut paulo brevioribus, bracleis ova- 

 libu.'^ longe aciiminatis, pedunculi longitudine, sepalis exteinis pubenti- 

 biis. acutis; internis tenuissimis trinerviis , oblongo linearibus, obtusis; 

 labello breviori, oblongo intt^gro, subcanaliculalo, aculo, basi inlerne 

 bicrisialo. 



Crescit siipra arbores et saxa in sylvis humidis et umhrosis circa Ncddouhetta. Sept. 



JNeilgherries Perrolet. — Difl". ab E. flava Horib, miiioribus, labello clongato . prope 



intcgro. 



Huc: £ria j)olyslacliya Ach. Richard. Wight Ic. V. 1. (1851) lah. 1635. — E. pu- 



bcscensin Ic). — Stem thickeiicd, pseudobulhlike at tbe hase, loosely sheaihed ; lca- 



ves termiiial, from oblong eiliptical acule to obovote - elliptical , soinewhat obtuse, 



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