ALVISIA. 
Calyx bilabiatus, basi clausus ; sepalis lateralibus in mentum semi- 
connatis. Petala mult minora, libera. Labellum emarginatum, con- 
avum, ¢. basi — column articulatum. Columna nana, li 
: a ; : dion 
ollinia 8, oe oe , libera 
toh spicis termin Sen ‘tanto dangeti sparsifloris. Bractexe 
erbaceee. Flores parvi. 
among the species referred to Eria much resembles this ie 
ioe in which the a disunited anther-cells, each with 2 valves 
pions not vertically, nstitute an Fe 
terete, not pen Abas into 
. visia tenuis. Ceylon, Thwaites. Os Hey He Os Amtopemows district, 
surg 188 1853, (h.s. sp.) 
obulbs single or membranous, 
janes narrowed into the petiole, acute. “Spikes filiform, 2”—5” long, 
‘naked at the base; the flowers being at last 2”” apart. i ome, 
herbaceous, membranous, roundish, acute, rather longer than 
Flowers perfectly Pavel — smooth, 1” long. Sea bank, 
concave, 
a : 
Seneviratna, the meritorious native artist who has been attached to the 
Botanic Garden, Ceylon, for more than thirty years. 
Jan. 6, 1859. 
