﻿Plate 1849. 



EBIA ACEBVATA, Lindl 



Orchidbj;. Tribe Ebibj;. 



E. acervata, Lindl in Journ. Hart. Soc. vi. (1851), 57, cum icxylog., 

 et in Paxt. Fl. Gard. i. 170 ; pseudobulbis confertis crassis, folns *-? 

 oblanceolatis flaccidis, racemis floribusque glabris, bracteis majuscuhs 

 lanceolatis, sepalis lateralibus ovato-lanceolatis acuminata falcatis 

 5-7-nerviis, mento majusculo late conico obtnso, petalia ; linean-ob- 

 wngis lanceolatisve 5-nerviis, labello ambitu obovato v. oblongo, basi 



i Hab. Sikkim Himalaya (Ic. in Herb. Hort. Gale.) j Khasia Hills, 

 alt. 4,000-5,000 ft., J. D.H. and T. T. ; ? Tenasserim, Parish. 



Pseudobulbs very variable in form, densely crowded, 1-2 ^f J^J 

 ellipsoid or flask-shaped, often flattened by mutual c 

 usually of two nodes, faintly grooved, lengthening into flesh? sw • 

 Leaves flaccid, in this respect differing from those of its allies . 

 5°^ alba and gramhiifolia, pale green. Bacemes somet a 

 W the same pseudobulb; flowers white or y^lt^vSeu- 

 Pedicels slender.-The Tenasserim plant referred to this by Btoohe^ 

 ^( Trans. Linn. Soc. xxz. 137) has much broader • shorter, 

 "gid leaves, but it may be a form of acervata.— J D- Hooeek. 



