PLATE 2069. 
ERIA ANDERSONI, Hook. f. 
OrcHIpEsx. Subtribe Erinz. 
E. (Hymeneria) Andersoni, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 795; pseudo- 
bulbis crassis csespitosis cylindraceis 4—5-articulatis striatis, foliis 2 
lineari-lanceolatis, spica suberecta pubescente, bracteis amplis herbaceis 
ovato-lanceolatis revolutis, oe breviter pedicellatis secundis, 
sepalis recurvis lateralibus tri ngulari-ovatis acutis, 
conico obtuso, petalis oblo opedbnienlatis labelli lobis lateralibus 
brevibus obtusis, intermedio orbiculari bilobo convexo recuryo, disco 
bicarinato. 
ikkim Himalaya; at Darjeeling, alt. 7,000-8,000 feet, 
Giciorsth in in Herb. Hort. Calcutt.). 
Pseudobulbi 2-5 poll. longi, 4 poll. diam., virides Iuteo striati. Folia 
8 poll. longa, 2—# poll. lata, acuta, terminalia. Scapus brevis, latere 
pseudobulbi insertus; spica seu racemus secundas, inclinatus, rachi 
robusta viridi; bractese 4-3? poll. lon nge, PEON pedicelli unacam 
ovario 4-3 poll. | ongi, viride s. Flores } poll. diam. ; sepala et petala 
alba roseo-striata; labellum purpureum, lobis lateralibus albo-margi- 
natis, lobo intermedio fulvo basi purpureo 
Of this species there are ae careful aetu belonging to the 
Calcutta Gardens, lent to me b. Dr. King; and the ac companying 
neria, with 2. smmicefoli (Pl. ts BE. ran (Pl. 1846), FH. 
alba (PL. ae a conf (Pl. git E. myerte (Pl. 1849), and the fol- 
sha fe lip. The bracts are those of E. Bieisbaababls a Singapore 
species with slender ee -pedicelled flowers, and of EH. recurvata, to 
which it is so nearly allied that I think it would be better placed 
nearer to it than to EB. excavata and alba.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Lip and column. 3. Lip. 4. Anther, 5. Pollinia. All 
enlarged. 
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