276 ORCHIDES. 



ERIA. 



glabrous : spikes axillary, about tlie length of ihe Icaves, ereci , clothed with short 

 pubescence, bracis lanccolate acule : sepals ovate, aiienuated at the point ; pubescent, 

 excecding the lanceolate petals: lip ovale lanceolaie, about half tlie iength of petals. 

 — Neilgherries, western slopes. flowers in August. Septb. — Lip in analysis should 

 be only half the size. 



39. ERIA FLORIBUNDA Lindl. Wall. Cat. n. 7408. - Bot. Reg. XXIX. 1843. Misc. 56. 



Caulibus carnosis subflexuosis teretibus, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis, 

 racemis oppositifoliis patulis multifloris pubescentibus foliis brevioribus, 

 bracteis defloralis ovatis concavis relrorsis , sepalis tripio lalioribus, la- 

 bello angusto nudo basi saccato: laciniis lateralibus ascendentibus ab- 

 breviatis intermedia cuneata tridentata, 



A caulesceni species , with lanceolate leaves 7—8". The flowers are small , pink, 

 smooih , in close spreading racemes much shorter than the leaves. The column is 

 dark purple at the top. Mr. Prince originally found it at Sincapore . and communi- 

 cated it to Dr. Wallich. Msrs. Loddiges have since received it froni the same place 

 ihrough Mr. Cuming. — It is a pretty plant , worth cultivation. — Bot. Reg. XXX. 

 1844. 20: Labellum basi cyathiforme, mclliferum . bidentatum , columnae adpressum, 

 sursum unguiculalum , cuneatum . apiculatum , inflexum , colnmna paulo brevius. — 

 Along with E. polyura , bipunctata , profusa, and some olhers ii forms a small group 

 of species which are very different in habit from such plants, as E. pannea , arme- 

 niaca etc. 



lluc . b. var. leucostachya Lindl. : Eria lencostachya Lindl. Journ. H. Soc. IIL 1848. p 

 XV. xyl. — Paxt. Fl. G. III. 116. Xyl. 286. — BorneO: Sarawak in large masses of trees. 

 Flower spikes not unfrequently from 8— lOinches, each stem has several. — Inabsence 

 of leaves, there was no means of determining how far it might be distinct from E. 

 floribunda : its flower spikes were much more dense, and the flowers were wholly 

 destitute of the pink tinge conspicuous in that species, 



40. ERIA BRACHYSTACHYA Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. III. 223. 



Caule ac foliis prope Eriae paniculalae LindJ., spicis oppositifoliis 

 plurimis abbreviatis, bracteis lanceolatis acutis ovaria gJabra aequanti- 

 bus superantibusve, labello cuneato flabellato, antice trilobo, lobo me- 

 dio semiovato acutiusculo, lobis lateralibus obtusangulis , carinulis ge- 

 minis curvato diveigentibus a basi in medium, carina per discum lobi 

 medii tomenlosi. 



Caulis adest spithamaeus. Folia lineari - lanceolata acuminata , subcoriacea apice'in- 

 aequaliter bilobula, quatuor sive quinque polliccs longa , quatuor lineas lata. Pedun- 

 culi semipollicares tenues , quadri - quinquefiori. Bracleae pergameneae. Flores illis 

 Eriae profusae duplo majores , glabri. Mentum modicum obtusum. Sepala ovato lan- 

 ceolata. Tepala duplo angustiora. Labellum scpalis brevius. Gynostemium brevis- 

 simum apice antice irilobum. 2063. Cuming. Phil. 



4L ERIA CONVALLARIOIDES L. 0. 70. - Bot. Reg. XXVII. 1841. 62. 



Caulibus compressis juniorihus dense et laxe vaginatis, foliis oblongo 

 lanceolalis multinerviis, racemis densissimis oblongis cernuis breviter 

 peduncuiatis , floribus subgjobosis leviter pubescentibus, labello subcor- 

 dato ovato acuto inappendiculato. — Perigonium album. 



Lodd. h has small whilisli flowers, collected in close heads in ihe axils of broad stri- 

 ated leaves ; thoy have no smell . and iho spccies proves much less pretty than was 

 expccted. Thc speciHc characteristic LO. 70. made up chiefly from bad Indian drawings 

 considered correcl , especially as regards the Howers, destituled of hairs and the lip 

 which is entire . and not 3 — toothed. I also find that the anther is not dorsal , but 

 merely contraried towards te back of the colnmn , so as to exposc ihe pollenmasses. 

 The namc convallarioides is unfortunate, for it can only bring to mind in India the 



