188 ORCHIDACEtf 



ERIA Lindl. 



E. (§ Cylindrolobus) BRACHYSTACHYA Reichb. f. Bonpl. 

 3 : 223 (1855) ; Lindley Journ. Linn. Soc. 3 : 59 (1858) ; Miquel 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. 3: 657; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. 6: 276; Vidal 

 Phan. Cum. Phil. 149 and Rev. PI. Vase. Fil. 268. — Pinalia 

 brachystachya Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. pt. 2, 678 (1891). 



" E. brachystachya : caule ac foliis prope Erie paniculate 

 Lindl., spicis oppositifoliis plurimis abbreviatis, bracteis lanceo- 

 latis acutis ovaria glabra sequantibus superantibusve, labello cune- 

 ato flabellato, antice trilobo, lobo medio semiovato acutiusculo, 

 lobis lateralibus obtusangulis, carinulis geminis curvato divergenti- 

 bus a basi in medium, carina per discum lobi medii tomentosi. — 

 Caulis adest spithamseus. Folia linearilanceolata acuminata, sub- 

 coriacea apice insequaliter bilobula, quatuor sive quinque pollices 

 longa, quatuor lineas lata. Pedunculi semipollicares tenues, quadri- 

 quinqueflori. Bracteaz pergameneae. Flores illis Erie profuse 

 duplo majores, glabri. Mentum modicum obtusum. Sepala ovato 

 lanceolata. Tepala duplo angustiora. Labellum sepalis brevius. 

 Gynostemium brevissimum apice antice trilobum. 2063. Cuming. 

 Phil." — Reichenbach, Bonpl. I. c. 



Stem slender, 4-5 mm. thick, foliose. Leaves distichous, cori- 

 aceous, linear-oblong, unequally bilobed at the tip, ± 1 dm. long, 

 about 8 mm. wide. Peduncles opposite the leaves. Bracts yellow, 

 about 1 cm. long, 4 mm. wide, linear-oblong, acute. Lateral sepals 

 oblong, obtuse, 1 cm. long, 5 mm. wide near the base. Upper sepal 

 oblong, ± 1 cm. long, 4 mm. wide. Petals linear-ovate to oblong, 

 rounded at the tip, 1 cm. long, 5 mm. wide. Labellum 6 mm. long, 

 5 mm. wide, 3-lobed in front; lateral lobes hyaline, oblong, obtuse, 

 2 mm. long ; middle lobe 2 mm. long, ovate or semi-elliptical, 

 opaque, granular, with a large median granulose crest, at the base 

 of which are two small tubercles or abbreviated carinse, one on 

 each side near the sinus formed by the union of the middle and 

 the lateral lobe. 



