ORCHIDACEiE 



ERIA Lindl. 



Eria (§ Eriurae) candoonensis Ames sp. nov. Herba epiphy- 

 tica, plus minusve 3 dm. alta. Radices fibratae, ramosae. Caules 

 erecti, plus minusve 8 mm. in crassitudine, rigidi, usque ad api- 

 cem foliosi, vaginis foliorum tecti. Folia disticha, 8-1 1 cm. longa, 

 10-12 mm. lata, coriacea, articulata, oblonga, apice valde inae- 

 quilobata, lobis obtusis. Vaginae foliorum 2 cm. longae, persisten- 

 tes. Racemi terminales, in speciminibus nostris duo, plus minusve 

 1.5 dm. longi. Pedunculus infra racemum 4 cm. longus, dense 

 lanuginosus, 2 mm. crassus. Racemus multiflorus, plus minusve 

 1 dm. longus. Bracteae inflorescentiae dependentes, plus minusve 

 7 mm. longae, lanceolatae, acuminatae, pubescentes, in sicco ver- 

 ruculosae. Flores plus minusve 4 mm. inter se distantes. Pedi- 

 cellus cum ovario 1-1.4 cm. longus, dense lanuginosus. Sepala 

 lateralia 5.25 mm. longa, 3.25 mm. lata prope basim, carnosa, 

 ovato-lanceolata, obtuse acuta, quinquenervia, extus dense pu- 

 bescentia. Sepalum dorsale 5.75 mm. longum, 2 mm. latum trans 

 medium, anguste elliptico-lanceolatum, obtusum, extus pubes- 

 cens. Petala 5 mm. longa, 1.25 mm. lata, prope apicem spathu- 

 lata, obtusa, trinervia. Labellum unguiculatum, plus minusve 

 6 mm. longum, trilobatum, in circuitu semiorbiculatum, 6 mm. 

 latum ; unguis 1 mm. longus ; lobi laterales labelli 2 mm. longi, 

 1.5 mm. lati trans basim, semiovati, obtusi, lobum intermedium 

 aequantes ; lobus intermedins 2 mm. longus, 5.5 mm. latus, levi- 

 ter retuso-apiculatus, transverse ellipticus. Calli sex, tres prope 

 basim labelli, in disco utrinque callus complanatus, breviter cari- 

 natus prope sinum, in medio lobi terminalis tuberculum permag- 

 num, erectum, complanato-conicum. Columna brevis. 



A very distinct species well characterized by its distichous, 



rigid leaves. The calli of the labellum in the less mature flowers 



are covered with a farinaceous substance that is formed by the 



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