﻿ERIA ALBA, Lindl. 



pubescente, e 

 bus, mento r 



E. alba, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. 67; pseudobulbis senatis 

 confertis ovoideis non caulescentibus, foliis 3-5 anguste lanceolatis 

 i_ *~ 'gidiusculis nervosis, scapo foliis breviore erecto ovarioque 

 sepalis ovato-lanceolatis 3-5-nerviis glabris v. pubescenti- 

 rotundato, petalis lineari oblongis obtusis 3-nerviis, labello 

 ambitu obovato-oblongo late unguiculato albo pnrpnreo tincto, lobis 

 lateralibus oblongis obtusis, intermedio orbiculari v. obovato-oblongo, 

 disco saspissime crasse 2-carinato, columna parva pede non excavato. 



Hab. Subtropical Himalaya, from Kumaon, alt. 3,000-6 000 ft., 

 foyle, Strachey and Winterbottom (E. excavata), &c, to Sikkim, alt. 

 6,000-7,000 ft. 



This species belongs to the difficult group with ^.graminifol^ 

 (pl. 1847), E. excavata (pi. 1846), and E. confusa (pi. 1850), species 

 that are abund living state, but in the Herbarium 



difficult to distinguish without careful analysis. Speaking roughly, 

 folia may be recognised by its caulescent hah t short bracts 

 and the recurved side lobes of the lip; E. excavata by the BeBHlehp 

 and excavated foot of the column; E. confusa by the <»™*°°£ 

 pseudobulbs; and E. alba by none of these characters applying to > it. 

 f : acervata (pl. 1849), which is confounded with these in ^aria, 

 differs greatly in the flaccid leaves, glabrous n**^**^? 

 flowers, and long bracts. The thickenings on the lip are as variable 

 tnis as in its allies.— J. D. Hooker. 



