810 CXLVIII. ORCHIDE^). (J. D. Hooker.) [Phreatia. 



19/1. CLADERIA, Hook. f. 



Terrestrial; stem tall, terete, rooting on tree-trunks, leafy. Leaves 

 large, ovate-lanceolate, finely acuminate, plicate, narrowed into strongly 

 ribbed inarticulate sheaths. Scape terminal, erect, simple or sparingly 

 branched, sheathed rachis of spike many-fld., very stout, rigid, tomentose ; 

 bracts short, broad, rigidly coriaceous, persistent ; flowers large, coriaceous 

 or fleshy, tomentose without. Sepals obtuse, dorsal oblong ; lateral ob- 

 liquely oblong, base saccate. Petals strongly falcate, oblanceolate, obtuse, 

 costa stout. Lip as long as the sepals, concave, coriaceous, sessile at the 

 base of the column ; hypochile large, broadly oblong, base saccate, disk 

 with 2 tomentose ridges and many horizontally spreading nerves, epichile 

 small, of 2 orbicular lobes, their bases incumbent on the tip of the hypo- 

 chile. Column long, sigmoid, thickened upwards ; clinandrum concave ; 

 anther terminal, hemispheric, imperfectly 2-lobed ; pollinia 2 ? pyriform. 



C. viridiflora, HooJc.f. Ic. Plant, ined. 



PEBAK ; at Sunga Ryah, King's Collector. MALACCA, Maingay ; in dense 

 jungles. 



Stem 8-10 ft., as thick as a goose-quill, terete ; the lower part creeping and 

 rooting, the upper erect and clinging to trees by side roots. Leaves 5-10 by 1^-3 in., 

 5-nerved. Spikes 2-5 in., very stout, strict, erect; bracts concave, in. long, 

 sessile by a very broad base; flowers 1| m. diain., pale green, striped with darker ; 

 sepals and petals nearly glabrous within, strongly nerved, the nerves branching and 

 anastomosing; lip abruptly shortly narrowed at the base. I know nothing very 

 like this curious plant, which I place provisionally near Eria. 



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20. PHREATIA, Lindl. 



Tufted often very small plants, with the habit of Oleronia, pseudo- 

 bulbous or not. Leaves distichous, articulate on equitant sheaths. Scape 

 axillary or lateral, or from the rootstock, slender ; flowers very minute, 

 cellular, racemed or spicate. Sepals equal, coniiivent or spreading. Petals 

 smaller. Lip jointed on the base of the column or its foot, sessile or 

 clawed, broad or narrow. Column very short, top broad ; anther low, 

 2-4-celled ; pollinia 8, obovoid, waxy, cohering by a viscus. Capsule 

 minute, ovoid, terete. Species about 10, Indian, Malayan and Oceanic. 

 The flowers are of the same cellular texture as in Thelasis. 



1. P. IVIyosurus, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 61 ; stem 0, leaves 

 8-12 in. strap-shaped, tip obliquely rounded, scape long, bracts ovate- 

 lanceolate acuminate, sepals obtuse, mentum rounded, lip sessile cuneate, 

 broad end obscurely 3-lobed. Eria (Phreatia) Myosurus, lleiclib. f. in 

 Bonplandia. 



PEUAK, alt. 3000-3500 ft., King's Collector, Scortechini. DISTEIB. Java, 

 Sumatra. 



Rhizome very stout. Leaves \ f in. broad, flat, membranous. Scape and 

 raceme rather longer than the leaves ; bracts variable in length ; flowers ' in. long, 

 waxy-white. The Javan specimens have a shorter, broader, more rhomboid lip. 



2. P. eleprans, Lindl. Gen. 8f Sp. Orchid. 63 ; in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 iii. 61 ; stem or a small pseudobulb, leaves 2-5 in. linear-lanceolate or 

 oblanceolate obtuse, scape longer, bracts ovate-lanceolate exceeding the 



