﻿Plate 1850. 



ERIA CONFUSA, EooJc.f. 



Orchide,e. Tribe Erie*. 



E confusa, Hook. f. (sp. nov.) ; pseudobulbis in caules crassos 

 eievatos v. cyhndraceos elongatis, foliis 2-8 lanceolatis rigidinsculis 

 ervosis, racemo laterali pubescente, bracteis majusculis, sepalis 

 owongo. v. ovato-lanceolatis obtusis 5-nerviis, mento late conico 

 obtuso, petalis ovato- v. lineari-lanceolatis obtusis 3-5-nerviis, labello 

 ambit* obovato late unguiculato, lobis lateralibus ovato-oblongis 

 dacatis terminali rotundato obovato v. transverso interdum parvo et 

 "Jterahbus incurvis breviore, disco sajpissime 3-carinato, columna 

 SpQrcj ^ excavata > in P a rt, Lindl. in Wall Gat. 1974, et in Gen. et 



*«?f J N ^ pa1 ' Walu oh; Sikkim, alt. 4,000-6,000 ft., /. D. H. (dis- 

 tributed as E. alba). 



]n J he Psendobulbs lengthening into 2-4-nodal stems, 3 to 10 inches 

 tM? Tl &9 thick as the lifctle tiQ ger, and the lateral scape, distinguish 

 ms at nrst sight from E. excavata, with which it was distributed by 

 Dla I- confounded by Lindley. It further differs from that 



TttS i n the lar ^ er bracts, pedicelled flowers, lip and column (as 



form * S 1 * Under P L 1846 )" As in its aIlies ' i4 varieS e reatI ? iD the 

 th 7 e lobes of the lip, and of the calli or ridges on the disk of 



form ° T f n - N ° descri P^ons convey a clear idea to the mind of the 

 distn.+ a ^ cu, P turi °g of the lip of orchids, and this organ is so much 

 ,1 I ed °7 compression that in a dried state the characters it affords 



