356 j. j. sMiTii. uuciiii)A( i;ai:. 



Eria brachiata J. J. S. in l'eddc Rcjj. Xll (1913), 122. 



Tab. CXXIX, 237. 



Caules clongati, validi, tcretcs, dense adprcsse rufo-pilosi, intcrnodiis c. i-j — 4.3 cm. 

 jongis. Folia suLpatentissima, sessilia, basi scmitorta, oblique lanceolata, apicc valde oblique 

 angustata, anguste obtusa, supra convexa cum canalicula longitudinal!, costa média subtus 

 proniincntc, novcUa utrinquc dense adpresse pilosa, deinde supra glabiata, carnosulo-coriacea, 

 c. 15 cm. longa, 3.5 cm. lata (in spiiitu vini); vaginae tubulosae, cylindricae, dense pilosae, 

 apice longius ciliatae, intcrnodiis subaequilongae, c. 0.8 cm. diam. Inflorescentiae vaginam ad 

 basin perforantes, densius c. 15 — ig-florae, longe dense patentissime rufo-villosae, c. 6.5 — 10 

 cm. longae, pedunculo brevi, c. 1.6- — 2 cm. longo, vaginulis 2 — 3 brevibus ample tubuloso- 

 cucullatis oblique truncatis dense patenter villosis ad c. i cm. longis donato, rachide leviter 

 fractifle.Ka. Bracteae majusculae, persistentes, refle.xae, valde cucuUato-concavae, orbiculari-ova- 

 tae, vix acuminatae, obtuse apiculatae, dorso patentissime villosae, intus glabrae, carnosae, ad 

 c. 1.35 cm. longae et fere aequilatae, superiores minores. Flores médiocres, c. 1.4 cm. lati, 

 2.1 cm. longi, sepalis divergentibus, dorso longe patenter villosis. Sepalum dorsale subhorizon- 

 tale, lanceolatum, obtusum, concavum, c. 1.5 cm. longum, 0.43 cm. latum. Sepala lateralia 

 lacinia oblique suborbiculari concava basi subconstricta ad pedçm gynostemii decurrentia, 

 mentum deorsum spectans cum ovario angulum acutum faciens incurvum brève saccatum 

 obtusum vix lateraliter compressum c. 0.57 cm. longum iormantia, oblique oblonga, subfalcata, 

 obtusa, concava, c. 1.25 cm. longa, basi 0.S75 cm., supra basin 0.57 cm. lata. Petala subli- 

 nearia, leviter sigmoidea, concava, apice recurva convexaque, obtusa, longe ciliata, 3-nervia, 

 c. 1.3 — 1-375 "^"i- lo'ig^i 0.2 cm. lata. Labellum paulum infra apicem pedis gynostemii insertum, 

 unguiculatum, 3-lobum, curvatum, costis 2 brevibus validiusculis parallelis glabris in medio 

 labelli in basi lobi medii terminantibus, costa tertia humiliore superne interrupta apicem haud 

 attingente pilosa in lobo medio, 3-nervium, ungue mferne parallèle pedi gynostemii valde 

 hamato-recurvo, concavo, inferne lineari-oblongo, superne cuneato-dilatato, c. 0.8 cm. longo, 

 infra lobos latérales O.53 cm. lato; lobi latérales erecti, falcatulo-porrecti, apice incurvi, mar- 

 gine antico basi recurvi, oblique sublineares, obtusi, margine antico basi longe ciliati, superne 

 nonnuUis pilis instructi, usque ad basin lobi intermedii c. 0.7 — 0.75 cm. longi, 0.15 cm. lati; 

 lobus intermedius leviter recurvus, conve.xus, e.x ungue transverse quadrangulo sparse longe 

 ciliato medio valde cuneato-dilatatus, apice subtruncatus, 2-lobulus, lobulis oblique qua- 

 dranguli.s, irregulariter repandulis, convexis, dente majusculo triangulo acuto valde hamato- 

 recurvo in sinu, totus c. 0.6 cm. longus, basi 0.375 cm., apice 0.66 cm. latus. Gynostemium 

 gracile, leviter curvatum, a dorso compressum, dorso obtusangule conve.xum et sparse adpresse 

 pubescens, in utraque stigmatis parte dilatatum, infra stigma papilloso-puberulum, c. 0.7 cm. 

 longum, clinandrio profunde excavato, subrotundato-triangulo. intus costula longitudinali donato, 

 filamento triangulo, auriculis latis, margine inferiore dente brevi instructis. Anthera cucullata, 

 carinata, apicc 3-lobula, lobulis lateralibus antice subacutis, lobulo intermedio paulo brcviore 

 et obtuso, basi quadrilobulata, c. 0. 175 cm. lata. Pollinia 8, inaequalia, compressa, extus con- 

 vexa, intus plana, 4 oblique cuneata, 4 oblique subelliptica. Rostellum rccurvum. Stigma sub- 

 quinquangulare. Pes gynostemii cum ovario angulum acutum, cum gynostemio angulum obtusum 

 racicns, apice valde hamato-incurvus et breviter liber, truncatus, margine apicali leviter calloso- 



