Eria. 15 



Conspectus generam. 



A. Folia plana, rarius coarctata aut teretia, 



a. Sepaia libera v. (rarissime) basi partim connata. 



«. Gaules pseudobulbosi, apice foliali, basi cataphjUis 



supra foliis paucis praediti. Flores in racemos qua- 



quaversos rarissime secundos dispositi 27 8. Eria Lindi. 



ß. Gaules non pseudobulbosi, per totam longitudinem 



foliati, catapbylla nuUa in basi. Racemi dislichanthi, 



fractiflexi 278a. Trichotosia Blume. 



b. Sepaia in tubum connata. Plantae pseudobulbis ap- 



planatis praedilae 279. Porpax Lindl. 



B. Folia arcte complicata. Racemi raultiflori. Flores patuli, 



phylla inter se vix diversa, minutissimi 280. Phreatia Lindl. 



278. Eria Lindl. 



Eria*) Lindl. Bot. Reg. XI. (182 5) t. 9o4, Orchidac. sceletos (1826) 17, Gen. 

 et Sp. Orch. (1830) 65; Endl. Gen. (1837) 192; A. Rieh- in Ann. sc. nat. 2. Ser. 

 XV. (1841) 19; Meisn. Gen. (1842) 370; Brongn. Enum. gen. (1843) 25; Lindl. Veget. 

 kingd. (1847) 181; in Journ. Linn. Soc. III. (1859) 45 e. p.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. III. 

 509; Pütz, in Engl. Prantl Pflzfam. IL 6. 175. — Bryohium h\nd\. Introd. Nat, Syst. 

 ed. 2. (1836) 446. — Callostylis Blume Bijdr. (1825) 340, Tabell. (1825) t. 74. — 

 Ceratium Blume 1. c. 341, Tabell. t. 46. — Conchidium Griff. Notul. IlL (1851) 321; 

 Icon. pL (1851) t. 310. — Gylindrolohus Blume Praef. Fl. Javae (1828) 6. — Den- 

 drolirion Blume Bijdr. (1825) 343, Tabell. (1825) t. 69. — Erioxantha Rat in Loud. 

 Gard. Mag. VIIL (1832) 247. — Exeria Raf. Fl. Tellur. IV. (1836) 49. — Mycaranthes 

 Blume Bijdr. (1825) 352, Tabell. (1825) t. 57. — Oetomeria D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 

 (1825) 31 (non R. Br.). — Pinalia Buch-Ham. ex D. Don 1. c. (1825) 31 in syn. et 

 Lindl. Orch.- Scel. (1826) 21 cum icone. — Trichotosia Blume Bijdr. (1825) 11. — 

 Tyolostylis Blume Praef. Fl. Jav. (1828) 6. — Epiblastus Schlechter in Schum. Lautex'b. 

 Nachtr. Fl. deutsch. Schutzgeb. Südsee (1905) 137. — Trichosma Lindl. Bot. Reg. 

 (1842) t. 21; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. IIL 518. 



Sepalum dorsale petalaque paulum minora ceterum aequalia, libera; sepaia lateralia 

 postice producta, cum pede gynostemii connata, mentum plus minus prominens, rarius 

 elongatum v. nullum formantia. Labellum apici pedis gynostemii affixum, non v. parum 

 mobile, erectum, gynostemio parallelum, simplex v. plus minus profunde trilobum, discus 

 lineis elevatulis v. callis 2, quibus saepius tertia interposita, instructus. GjTiostemii pars 

 libera haud longe evoluta, pes gynostemii saepius elongatus, concavus, fovea stigmatica 

 oblonga, transversa, rostellum paulum evolutum, bipartitum, anthera mitraeformis bilo- 

 cularis, loculus quisque quadrilocellatus, pollinia 8, pyriformia, quaterna quaeque massula 

 pollinacea conjuncta, stelidia saepius bene evoluta, filamentum lineare v. filiforme. Cap- 

 sula oblonga v. fusiformis. — Herbae epiphyticae, rarius terrestres. Gaules pseudobul- 

 bosi, ovati, fusiformes, clavati, rarius cylindracei, uni- ad pauciarticulati, interdum basi 

 cataphyllis foliaceis, persistentibus suffulti, plerumque ultra medium cataphyllis papy- 

 raceis, mox evanidis vestiti, apicem versus foliis paucis pergameneis, rarius coriaceis 

 coronati. Racemi laterales aut ex axilla cataphylli cujusdam aut ex illis foliorum Orientes, 

 interdum adeo approximati ut paniculam oligocladam ludant. Rhachis, Ovaria, flores 

 extus saepissime dense lanata, rarissime folia et flores intus. — 



E continente Indiae orientalis et regionibus montium Himalayae (ubi rariores) per 

 totam regionem insularum a Ceylonia orientem versus usque ad Novam Guineam insu- 

 lasque pacificas late dispersae. In continente Australiae tamen adhuc nuUae. 



*) Eria ab iftioy = lana, propter indumentum lanatum in hoc genere frequenlissimum. 



