278 ORCIIIDES. 



ERIA. 



27" long; ihe hracis ovnte , reflexed, greenish dull purple ; the flowers white with 

 a tinge of pinl< and a \ ellow lip ; they are arranged in short spreading racemes, 



47. ERIA CLAVICAULIS VVall. in litt. — "boi. Reg. XXVI. Misc. 220. 



Caiilibiis clnvatis, foliis lanceolatis aciitis.^jimis , bracleis ovato-oblon- 

 gis concavis recurvis, lloiilxis glabris, sepalis lateialibus tridngularibus 

 aculis, dorsali petalisqiie snbaequalibus ovalibiis subundulatis, iabelli 

 Irilobi lobis lateralibus ascen(lentibn.s rotundatis, inermedio oblongo supra 

 carinato tomentoso infra sinus 2 tui.ercuiato. 



White. Its lip is downy along the middle, and all over the central lobe , and is 

 bordered with pink round the laieral srgmpnls. l)r. Wallich sent it to Mr. Loddiges. 



48. ERIA PLANICALLIS Wall. — Bot. Reg. XXVI. 1840. Misc. 4. 



Caule coinpiesso folioso erecto, foliis coriaceis aveniis oblnsis emar- 

 ginalisque, floribus glabris inlra bracteas siccas striatas subsessilibus, 

 labello leniformi siipra ungueni bicnlloso, petalis linearibus, sepalis ova- 

 tis acntis mullo an.L-ustioribus. 



Forwarded by Dr. Wallich from the East Ind. Comp. lioianic Garde^ Calcutta 1838. 



Flowers creem - coloured , produced in a recurved massy clusier at ihe extremity of 



ihe stem , nearly concentrated by the brown scales and bracteas in which ihey are 



enveloped. 



49. ERIA PUMILA LO. p. 68. - Boi. Reg. XXIV. 1838. Misc. 147. 



Foliis anguste ianceolatis acuminatis, caulibus teretibus erectis sub- 

 iiequalibus, spicis capitatis lateralibus snbsessilibus, ovaiio villoso, 

 sepalis petalisque ovatis acutis basi tanlum pilosis, labelli trilobi basi 

 bilamellati pubescenlis lobis latoralibus subulatis patentibus, intermedio 

 quadrato bilobo apiculo inleijecto. 



Loddig. flowered it, wlio received it without name from ihe Bot. Gard. Calculta. It 

 has small capitatc flowers , membranous and slightly tinged with piiik ; the horns of 

 the labell. ihe column and anlher being also pink. It was originally described in 

 the above work from bad and broken dried specimens and is stated lo have the middle 

 lobe of the labellum ovate ; but in reality that partis iwo - lobed with an iniermediale 

 point encli lobe bcing ovate. 



50. ERIA BIPUiNCTATA Lindl. - Bot. Reg XXVII. 1841. Misc. 179. 



Caulibus ovalibns compressis, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis 11 - nerviis, 

 lacemis axillaribus cylindraceis multifloris, bracteis ovatis acuminatis 

 reflexis , alabastiis globosis, sepalis pelalisque ovatis obtusiusculis, la- 

 belli trilobi laevis laciniis laleralibus intermedio carnoso convexo ro- 

 (undalo angiislioribus. 



Chiaral distr. of the Khosca hills in India , Gibson. — Duke of Devonshire. Flowers 

 of a Liparis, foliage of an Eria so far as general aspect gocs. The stems are flat. 

 oval, partiaJly covered by tbe sheathes of fallen leaves , when fuU blown between iwo 

 and 3 inches long, nt Orst ihey are green, but they become, when old, of a light pur- 

 plisli brown colour. The ieaves in sizc und form are very like those of Eria flori- 

 buiida; to which tbis species is nearly allied. Flowers are arranged in cyliiuirical 

 drooping racemes rather shorter than the leaves ; ihey arc pcilectly frec Irom downi- 

 ness , e.xcept just at the basc" of the raccmc, ainl are about the size of a grain of pep- 

 pcr, veryjiale, yellowisli white , wilh Ihe lip of tlic coluinii purjile , aiid ihc point of 

 the labellum dee|» yellow. by which means the flowers seem as if ihey had two spols 

 upon ilitim , when ihey are looked at Iroiii ihe front. 



51. ERIA ACUTIFOLIA Liudl. — Bot. Rcg XXVIII. 1842. Misc. 32. 



Caulibus oblongis abbrevialis, foliis laiiceolalis coriaccis aciilissirais 

 scapi longitudine 2 — 3" longis, lacemo ereclo (5 — 6) paucilloro pu- 

 bescenle, bracleis oblougis icllexis floribiisque glabris, labelli lobis acu- 

 tissimis eieclis intermetlio oblongo oblusu concavo glubro: vimis tribus 

 clcvatis caruosis, clinandrio profnnde excavato. 



