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ending with the side lobes, the central one long, extending to the apical lobe. Mentum 
conical, Column rather short, its foot about the same length, slightly curved.  Pollinia 
compressed, attached to two vertical elongated membranes. Eria Andersoni, Hook. fil. 
le. Plantar, t. 2069; Fl. Br. Ind. V, 795 (in part). Е. excavata (in part), Lindl., беп, 
and Spec. Orch., 67;. Wall. Cat., 1974. 
Sikkim, at elevations of about 1,500 feet in the valley of the Teesta; Pantling, 
No. 257; in flower during April. 
The sepals and petals are dull yellow with reddish-brown nerves. The lip has similar 
colouration, except that the apical lobe is bright yellow with brown margins. 
After most careful examination of all the available material both in the field and 
in the Herbarium, we have been forced to the conclusion that E, confusa, Hook. fil., 
covers for the most part the Ж. Andersoni of the same author. The colour of the sepals 
and petals of this species is ochraceous with brown stripes, the posterior part of the 
lip being purplish-brown and the anterior lobe yellow flushed with brown. 
Prats 169.—Ería confusa, Hook. fil. A plant; of natural size, Fig. 1 a flower, 2 floral brat, 
stalked ovary, column and lip, 3 lip, 4 column and its foot with anther én sifu, б interior of anther, 
6 pollinia; ай entarged. | 
19. ERIA acervara, Lindi, in Journ. Hort. Soc., 1851, 57, with fg. 
` Rhizome stout, clothed with fibrous sheaths. Pseudo-bulbs crowded, narrowly ellipsoid, 
more or less compressed, furrowed, sheathel when young and with several transverse 
cicatrices when adult, 1:5 to 2:5 in. long and '6 or ‘7 in. broad. Leaves three to 
five, thickly membranous, narrowly-oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, sub-acute, minutely 
emarginate, narrowed towards the base; length 3 to 6 in. breadth *5 to 1 in, 
Racemes one to three, few-flowered, glabrous, from the axils and more than half as 
long as the leaves; the peduncle puberulous, bearing four or five lanceolate, more 
or less reflexed bracts. Flowers glabrous, about °65 in. long; floral bract lanceolate, 
acuminate, only half as long as the long-stalked ovary. Sepals sub-equal, lanceolate, 
acuminate, the lateral pair falcate. Petals similar to the sepals, but slightly narrower. 
Lip obovate in general outline, narrowed at the base, 3-lobed; the lateral lobes 
oblong, blunt, slightly narrowed ; the terminal sub-orbicular or ovate, with thickened 
entire edges; the upper surface with three parallel ridges from the base, almost to the 
apex. Column and foot about equal in length. Mentum short, obtuse. Lindl. in Paxt. 
Flow. Gard. I, 170; Hook. fil, Ic. Plantar, t. 1819; Fl. Br. Ind. V, 796; Reichb. 
fil. in Walp. Ann. VI, 269; in Gard. Chron., 1878, 106. Dendrobium seriutum, Wall, 
MSS. 
Sikkim, at elevations of about 1,500 to 2,000 feet; in flower during June and 
July; Pantling, No. 170. Khasia Hills; Hooker, Mann. Е 
The flowers. are white, only the terminal lobe of the lip being tinged with yellow. 
There is considerable variation in the size of specimens, Parish’s Tenasserim specimens 
attributed to this species have shorter broader leaves, and probably belong to another. | 
PLATE 170.—Eria acervata, Lindl. А plant; of natural size. Fig. 1 front view of a flower 
2 floral bract, stalked ovary, column with its foot, anther, in situ, and the lip, seen from the side, 
3 lip, 4 front view of column and its foot with the anther i» situ, 5 lower surface of empty 
anther, 6 pollinia; ай enlarged. 
Axx. Roy. Bor. блвр., Carcurra, Vor. VII. 
