CXSV. OUCIIIDA.C^. 691 



Capsules | in. long, obovoid, conspicuously and deeply ribbed. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 5, p. 787; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat, v. 12 (1899) p. 518; 

 Gatnmie, in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 17, pavtjl (1906) p. 36. Eria braccata, 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bo. M. p. 262 {not of Lindl.). Eria unijlora, Dalz. in 

 Kew Journ. Bot. v. 4 (1852) p. 111. — Flowers : July. 



KoNKA-N : Stocks !, Law !, Balzell !, Woodrow ; Western Ghats, Gammie. Deccan : 

 ■ Mahableshwar, Balzell \, H. M. Birdwood; Lanoli, very common, Gammie. S. M. 

 Country : Eamghat, Ritchie, 707 ! — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula), 



2. Eria Dalzellii, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 3 (1858) p. 47. A 

 small plant l|-3 in. high (rai'ely more). Pseudobulbs flattened, ovoid, 

 reaching h in. in diam., reticulated; principal venation pinnate {Gammie). 

 Leaves usually 2, oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse. Flowers in racemes 

 from between the leaves, secund, green with a yellow tinge ; pedicels 

 short ; bract below the flower -1- in. long, lanceolate with a long acumen. 

 Sepals lanceolate, acute, often recurved towards the apex ; lateral sepals 

 i in. long ; dorsal sepal \ in. long. Mentum {spur) broad, short, blunt, 

 sac-like. Petals as long as the lateral sepals, lanceolate, acute. Lip 

 tV ^y 'it ^'^•' rather thick, ovate-lanceolate, with 2 distinct callosities at 

 the base ; side lobes narrow, rounded, | the length of the lip ; midlobe 

 ■Jq in. long, linear, acute, with a crenulata margin. Column nearly 

 white {Oammie). Anther imperfectly 8-celled ; pollinia 8, pyriform. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 5, p. 789 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 262 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. ]2 (1899) p. 518; Gammie, in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 17, part 1 

 (1906) p. 36. Dendrobium Jiliforme, Wight, Icon. v. 5, part 1 (1852) 

 p. 5, t. 1642. — Flowers : July. 



KoNKAN : Stocksl, Law], Balzell I, Gammie; S. Konkan and Ghats, Balzell cf- 

 Gibson. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



There is a marked difference between the lip of this orchid and the lip of Eria 

 microcliilos, Lindl., which it otherwise much resembles. The points ot difference 

 between the two plants have been clearly pointed out by Gammie (Journ. L'omb. Nat. 

 I.e.), I have examined Lindley's own specimens in his Herbarium. 



3. Eria microchilos, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 3 (1858) p. 47. 

 Pseudobulbs flattened, irregularly shaped, | in. in diam., reticulated ; 

 principal venation flabeUate {Gammie). Leaves 2-4, oblong-lanceolate, 

 obtuse, i-eaching 2 in. long. Flowers secund, in racemes rising from 

 the base of the leaves ; bracts ^ in. long, ovate-lanceolate, acute. 

 Sepals minutely ciliate with gland-tipped hairs ; lateral sepals -1- in. 

 long, broadly lanceolate, acute ; dorsal sepal ^ in. long, linear-lanceolate. 

 Mentum {spur) -^-^ in. long, curved forward. Petals i by Jjj in., more 

 or less ciliate with minute gland-tipped hairs. Lip jo~i i^"^- ^o^^g? thin, 

 pandurate ; side lobes small, rounded ; midlobe broadly ovate, rounded 

 and with subcrenulate margins ; disk with almost obsolete ridges which 

 coalesce in a single line towards the apex. Column green ((?ammi>); 

 pollinia 8, pyriform, unequal. Dalz. & Gibs. p. 262 ; Gammie, in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 17, part 1 (1906) p. 36. Eria DalzeMii var. 

 Jimbriata, Hook. f. Fl, B. I, v. 5, p. 789. Dendrobium microchilos, Dalz. 

 in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) p. 345. — Flowers : July-Aug. 



Konkan : Stocks !, Law !, Balzell !, Gammie ; Wari country on mango-tree^, 

 Balzell ^ Gibson. Deccan : Mahableshwar, common, Cooke I — Distrib. India 

 (W. Peninsula). 



The difference between the lip of this oi-chid and that of Eria Balzellii is sufficient 

 to justify its restoration to the rank of a species which is given to it by Lindley. 



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