Eria.] OrchidecB. 167 



much shorter than the ov. ; pedicel with the furfuraceous ov. 

 I in.; Sep. scurfy, dorsal broadly ovate-oblong, obtuse, lateral 

 falcately ovate, subacute; mentum rounded; pet. narrower, 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse, glabrous; lip shortly clawed, 3-lobed, 

 side lobes erect, subfalcate, obtuse, mid lobe orbicular, reflexed, 

 tip recurved, disk with a central ridge; column rather long, 

 truncate. 



* More elevated parts of the Central Province ' (Thwaites). 

 Fl. (?) ; creamy-white, the lip with the side lobes pink, and the mid 

 lobe yellow. 

 Endemic. 



5. E. Ziindleyi, Thw. Enum. 299 (1861). 



Dendr-obiiun bicolor^ Lindl. Gen. and Sp. 90. E. bicolor, Lindl. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 58. E. ephemera^ Rchb. f. in Walp. Rep. vi. 272. 

 C. P. 2761. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 799. 



Stems 6-18 in., densely tufted, rooting at the base, as 

 thick as a goose-quill in the middle, clavate at the top, and 

 tuberous at the very base, smooth, internodes many, terete, 

 clothed with short acute sheaths; 1. clustered on the terminal 

 internodes, sessile, 3-4 in. long, oblong or oval-lanceolate, 

 obtuse, many-veined when dry ; ped. from the upper nodes, 

 I -1 4 in., 2-3-fld., glabrous; bracts large, \-\ in., broadly 

 oblong, obtuse, green, recurved ; pedicel with ov. \ in.; sep. 

 \-% in. long, glabrous, dorsal ovate-oblong, obtuse, lateral 

 falcately ovate-oblong; mentum rounded; pet. linear-oblong, 

 falcate, obtuse, 3-5-veined; lip very shortly clawed, side lobes 

 broad, acute, almost as long as the suborbicular truncate mid 

 lobe, disk with 2 calli between the side lobes; column long, 

 top narrowed, truncate; anth. very small ('pollinia 8, wedge- 

 shaped, all united by a viscus.' Ic. in Herb. Perad.) ; fr, i in., 

 narrowly clavate. 



Montane zone to 7000 ft.; rather common. Hantane. Fl. Sept.-Dec; 

 white, the large bracts often yellow. 

 Endemic. 



6. E. Thwaitesii, Trim Syst Cat. Ceyl. 88 (1885). 

 E. velutina, Thw. Enum. 299 (non Lodd.). C. P. 2349. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 803. 



Stem 6-12 in., rooting at the nodes, as thick as a swan's 

 quill, branching, internodes very short, clothed with silky 

 sheaths, roots pubescent, branches short, leafy at the top, 

 softly pubescent; 1. 2-5 by i-i in., linear- or oblong-lanceo- 

 late or oblanceolate, obtuse or subacute, thickly coriaceous, 

 sometimes subfalcate, silkily tomentose, or woolly on both 

 surfaces; ped. stout, terminal, with the lax-fld. spike 3-4 in. 



