Puate 2079. 
ERIA OLIGANTHA, Hook. f. 
OrcHIDE&. Subtribe Erire. 
coriaceis ovato-lanceolatis subtus mendes om ai floribus 
Has. ie sili 
Caules 10-12-pollicares, curvi, crassitie fere penne anserine, apice 
versus hirsuti. Folia 2-24 poll. longa, sessilia, apice ware obtusata, 
marginibus sicco recurvis, nervis immersis. Racemé em poll. longi, 
2-3-flori; bractes late ovate, ovaria superantes. Flores } poll. longi, 
hirsuti, demum glabrati, mento recto interdum sepala fere equante. 
Columna et pes ejus sparse hirsute. 
In structure of the flower very near EZ. estate but a much larger 
plant, with vey different thickly coriaceous leayes.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Petal. 3. Column and lip. 4. Lip. Al enlarged. 
