PLATE 2067. 
ERIA IRIDIFOLIA, Hook. /. 
Orcuipex. Subtribe Erez. 
E. (Eriura) iridifolia, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 790; caule brevi 
crasso, foliis 1- 1}-pedalibus ensiformibus acuminatis, scapis foliis 
multo b ioribus vaginis bracteiformibns, racemis mu ulti. densifloris 
stellata-tamentalter fioribus minutis subsessilibus, petalis lineari- 
oblongis, labello suborbiculari sessili glabro basi calloso, lateribus 
rotundatis, lobis lateralibus brevibus obtusis, terminali parvo concayo, 
disco nudo v. parce pubescen 
Has. Malay Peninsula; Perak, on Gunong Batu Pateh, Wray. 
Caulis spathaceus, gens crassitie phn eg et ultra, e basi oo 
Folia recurva, crasse coriacea, 1~1} poll. lata, e basi vagin ante 
apicem shoe eet sensim apres: OO "iia terminales, terni, 4—6 poll. 
ongi, dec bracteze parvule, ovate ; flores $ poll. longi, tomentosi, 
albi cece lineati. Sepalum dorsale ovato-oblongum, obtusum ; 
lateralia multo majora, late ovata, apice rotundata; petala 1-nervia, 
apice rotundata, punctata; labellum disco levi v. obscure 2-carinato. 
The minute flowers of this species are so greatly hardened and con- 
tracted. in drying, that I have ne it ere to restore them by 
maceration for description. I have seen but one specimen. The base 
of the stem, as clothed with tat abcukles must wie fresh have been as 
thick as a child’s wrist.—J. D. H. 
Fig 1. Side view of flower. 2. Front view. 3. Petal. 4. Lip, from another 
ee re All enlarged. 
