ERIA. 127 
Leaves three to five, sub-coriaceous, more or less narrowly oblong, acuminate, tapering to 
the base; length 6 to 9 in., breadth "75 to 1'5 in. Ласете from the base of the pseudo- 
bulb, erect, stout, covered with dense pale soft tomentum, about. as long as the leaves 
and with several sheaths at the base. Flowers distant, "6 in, long; floral bract lanceolate, 
‘much shorter than the tomentose stalked ovary, shrivelled when the flowers open, Sepals 
tomentose externally, the dorsal small, lanceolate; the lateral pair much larger, triangular, 
spreading. Petals lying parallel over the column, narrowly oblong, narrowed at base and 
apex, smaller than the dorsal sepal,- Lip oblong, 3-lobed; the side lobes narrow with 
truncate apices, puberulous and with two long tapering ridges at their junction with 
the dise; the terminal lobe oblong, acute, deflexed, slightly 2-ridged, glabrous. Column | 
erect, its foot at right angles to and longer than itself. Jip of anther with a small 
quadrate appendage. .Pollinia small, compressed, attached to two granular membranes. 
Capsule narrowly cylindric, 1°5 to 1°75 in. long. Lindl. in Journ. Linn. бос. III, 49 
(excl. var. B.); Hook, fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 801. Æ. laniceps, Reichb. fil. in Hamb. 
Gartenzeit, XIX, 10. Dendrobium pubescens, Hook. Exot. Flora, t. 124.  Octomeria flava, 
Wall. MSS. 0. pubescens, Spreng. Syst., 6. 1V. 810, 
| Sikkim, in low warm valleys and at the base of the range, common; Pantling, 
No. 130; in flower curing April Westwards as far as Kumaon and eastwards to 
Bhutan. A variety named Janata, with smaller fluwers and darker coloured lip, is found 
in Tenasserim; it was regarded as a species by Lindley. 
` The sepals and petals of the Sikkim plant are green, and the basal half of the lip 
is purple on both surfaces; the foot of the column has a bloteh of the same colour. 
In specimens from Nepal and Kumaon the flowers are yellow. The leaves when dry 
have often numerous small concretions on their surfaces, 
PrarE 175.—Eria flara, Lindl. A plant; of natural size, Fig. 1 а flower, 2 floral bract, stalked 
ovary, column and its foot and the lip, seen from the side, 3 lip, 4 column, 5 lower surface of anther, 
6 pollinia; all enlarged, 
18. ERIA PANNEA, Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1842, Misc, 64; in Journ. | 
> Linn. Soc. III, 50. 
Rhizome as thick as a crow-quill, woolly; stems very short, 1- to 4-leaved, Leaves 
fleshy, cylindric, pointed at the apex, 3 to 7 in, long, and ‘2 to “25 in. in diam. Peduncle 
terminal, 1 to 2 in. long, woolly, 1- to 4-flowered. Flowers about “5 іп, long ; floral bract 
large, ovate; the ovary pubescent, sessile, Sepals spreading, densely covered with white 
wool externally like the ovary and bract; the dorsal broadly elliptie, sub-acute; the 
lateral pair ovate-triangular, sub-acute, sub-falcate, Petals elliptic, sub-acute, slightly 
pubescent, spreading. Lip fleshy, cblong, obtuse, not lobed, concave, downy, with oblong 
granular calli near the base and apex, the edges sub-undulate. Mentum rather long, 
obtuse. Column short, pubescent outside; the foot long, curved, concave, glabrous, 
Pollinia clavate, in two groups, each group united to a very small granular appendage, 
Walp. Ann, VI, 273; Hook. fil. Fl Br. Ind, V, 804. Z.? teretifotia, Griff. Ш, 298; le. 
Pl. Asiat., t. 300, | | 2. | 
^ Sikkim, in tropical valleys and along the base of the range; in flower-during May; 
Pantling, No. 144, Tenasserim ; Parish. Perak; Scortechini, Ridley. Malacca; Lolb. 
Distrib, Borneo. : | 
