ERIA. : 117 
1, Eria мгвсісогА, Lindl. in Journ, Linn, бос. III, 47. 
Height of the whole plant not exceeding two inches. Pseudo-bulbs coespitose, depressed- 
globular, reticulate, "95 in. broad. Stem short, slender. Leaves two to four, oblanceolate; 
apiculate, sessile, “5 to 1:25 in. long and about :25 in. broad, ‘Scape terminal, slightly 
longer than the leaves, erect; the peduncle with one or two bracts; the raceme 8- to 
6-flowered, secund. Flowers :25 in. across, pale green; floral bract lanceolate, acuminate; 
longer than the curved sessile ovary. Sepals sub-equal, lanceolate, acuminate, spreading; 
the lateral pair falcate. Petals narrower than the petals, spreading, Lip shorter than 
the sepals, lanceolate, concave, slight dilated and deflexed at the middle, without side 
lobes, erose towards the minutely tri-lobulate apex, the disc with two calli at the very 
base. Column short with a long curved foot. Lip of the anther emarginate.  Pollinia 
oblong, laterally compressed. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 789, Dendrobium muscicola, 
Lindl. in Wall. Cat., 2017; Gen. and Spec. Orchid., 75. 
Sikkim, at Namtse, elevation 4,000 to 5,000 feet, Pantling, No. 163; in flower 
during August. Nepal;. Wallich, Khasia, altitude 3,000 to 4,000 feet; Griffith. 
Tenasserim; Parish. 
This species is said also to occur in Ceylon, and Thwaites’ C. P. No. 2355 is 
referred to it; but an examination of the Ceylon plant shows its lip to be without calli 
at the base, and its ulterior margins to be entire, not serrate. The Sikkim plant is 
closely allied to ЖЕ. Dalzelli, 
PraTE 159.—Eria muscicola, Lindl. А plant; of natural sise. Fig. 1 a flower, 2 floral bract, 
sessile ovary, the column and its foot, the anther im situ and the lip seen from the side, 3 lip, 
4 column and foot with anther ій situ, б anther, 6 pollinia; ай enlarged. 
2, ERIA BIFLORA,: Griff. Notul. III, 302 (not of Lindl.) 
Pseudo-bulbs tufted, stem-like, clavate, compressed, 2:5 to 4 in. long, bearing 
the remains of several scattered sheaths. . Leaves three to five, narrowly elliptie, acute, 
slightly narrowed to the base, 2 to 2:5 in. long and “5 to ‘65 in. broad.  Peduncles 
25. to "35 in. long, -1- or 2-flowered. Flowers °2 in. long, glabrous; floral bract large, 
petaloid, as long as the flower, elliptic, recurved, ovary shortly stalked. Sepals connivent, 
the dorsal narrowly elliptic; the lateral pair with broad bases, falcate. Petals nearly as 
long as the dorsal sepal, oblong, obtuse. Lip oblong, with very narrow incurved side 
Icbes; the apex blunt, emarginate, with papillose margins and a central oblong callus, 
the dise with two bold erect parallel laminz from the base to near the apex, Mentum 
triangular, Anther with an orbicular fleshy top and membranous edges.  Pollinia obovate, 
cohering by a delicate granular membrane. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 800.  Trichotosia 
biflora, Griff. Notul III, 331; Ie. Pl. Asiat., t. 315. | 
Sikkim, in tropical valleys, Pantling, No. 244; in flower during September? 
im, at Mergui; Griffith. : 
sae flowers is of a nearly uniform pale yellow, the large floral bract being of 
a deeper shade of the same colour. , 
Prare 160,—Eria biflora, Griff. А plant; of natural size. Fig. 1 floral bract, stalked ovary and 
flower side view, 2 ovary, column with its foot, anther in situ and lip, side view, 3 lip, 4 front view 
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of column, foot and anther, 5 anther seen from above, 6 pollinia; all enlarged. 
