PiLate 2078. 
ERIA GRACILIS, Hook. /. 
Orcuipem. Subtribe Erma. 
E. (Trichotosia) gracilis, Hook. f.; caule gracili, vaginis superioribus 
ptm foliis anguste lanceolatis acutis utrinque gla abris, pedunculis 
vibus 
ris, floribus hirsutis, sepalis lateralibus lanceolatis 
cect ‘mento elongato calcariforme, petalis lineari-oblongis obtusis, 
labe rfaraceo-pubescentis longe unguiculati limbo parvo spathulato- 
peters v. flabelliforme.— F7. Brit. Ind. v. 806. 
Has. Malayan Peninsula; Perak, Scortechint. 
Caulis 6-8-pollicaris, crassitie ae anatine. Folia 13-2-polli- 
caria, erecto-patentia, juniora ilosa. Racemi vix pollicares, 
peduneulo hirsuto v. glabrato; ovario brevi, bractew ovato-lanceo- 
late, 3-$ poll. long, ovaria superantes. Flores 5 poll. longi; mento 
recto sepalis dimidio breviore ; labello fere sect | amina crassiuscula, 
crenulata medio tumida; columns glabra pes villosa. 
The smallest Indian species of the section Trichotosia, with rather a 
long spur-like mentum, as in L. oligantha.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1. Bract and flower. 2. The same, with the perianth spread open. 3, Lip. 
All bi Fenth ed. 
