Piate 2084. 
PHREATIA NANA, Hook. f. 
OrcHipez. Subtribe Eriea. 
P. nana, Hook. /.; pusilla, caulibus er fastigiatis curvis foliosis, 
foliis distichis patenti-recurvis subulatis acutis carnosulis, spicis 
late ovatis ovarium vaginantibus, floribus minimis, sepalis sequalibus 
triangulari-ovatis petalis ovatis obtusis duplo longioribus, mento 0, 
labello ovato-oblongo obtuso petalis minore.—Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 811. 
Has. Malayan Peninsula; Perak, Scortechini ; King’s Collector. 
Caules 1-3-pollicares, crassitie penne passerine, seepe decurvi, inter- 
nodiis brevibus. Folia vix pollicaria, ad ;'5 poll. lata, in vaginam 
brevem latiusculam articulata, teretia. lores ad 3; in. diam., pallide 
virescentes ; ovarium oblongum, oy perianthium marcescens 
bracteeque papillose, carne cellulos Columna crassiuscula, pede 
nulla, rostello erecto ; anthera enbkai twist 
The genus Phreatia is placed by Bentham near to Hria, and, indeed, 
Reichenbach has reduced it to the latter genus ; but one the total 
difference in habit, which is that of Sean the cellular texture of 
the flowers (and their minute size, which renders them most difficult 
of analysis from dried specimens), is ey peculiar. The latter 
character occurs also in Thelasis in Vande, and further examination 
Fig. 1. Bract and flower. 2, Ovary, lip andcolumn. 4, Young fruit. 5. Anther, 
All greatly enlarged. 
