On some Plants in the H. C. Botanic Gardens. S65 



Hab. — Khassya Hills, Churra Punjee, alt. 4300 feet. 

 Flowers here in November. 



Descr. — Rhizomata creeping, covered with imbricated scaly 

 sheaths. Pseudo-bulbs ovatej rather compressed, obsoletely 4-cor- 

 nered, young ones rather scurfy. Leaf (one to each pseudo-bulb,) 

 oblong-lanceolate, attenuate into a longish channelled petiole, con- 

 cave, coriaceous, acute, more or less arched. Scape arising from the 

 base of the last pseudo-bulb, terminating the rhizoma, a«span or a 

 foot in length ; the peduncle almost entirely concealed by imbricated 

 green bractes, the uppermost one being very long, conduplicate- 

 ensiform. From the fissure of this, about its middle, emerges a 

 short spike of flowers, which are of some size, prettily variegated, 

 and of a waxy aspect. To each of the 3-5 flowers there is a long, 

 (equalling the whole flower,) linear, very acuminate spreading bracte. 

 Perianth ringent, posticous. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, acumin- 

 ate, keeled along the centre of the back ; the lateral oblique, form- 

 ing with the foot of the column a stout gibbosity ; colour brownish 

 red with red streaks, and green keels. Petals flesh-coloured, pale, 

 with reddish streaks, lanceolate, attenuate to both ends, connivent, 

 somewhat shorter than the sepals. Labellum articulated with the 

 foot of the column, tremulous, three-lobed : lateral lobes small, 

 roundish, erect, terminal sub-lanceolate, acute, with an obsolete 

 crest along the centre, reflexed from the middle. An oblique incon- 

 spicuous crest at the base of each of the lateral lobes. The general 

 colour sanguineous, central lobe tawny yellow. Column curved 

 (with its foot forming a hook,) white, somewhat three-toothed at the 

 apex ; teeth rounded, anticous (dorsal) one the smallest. Rostel- 

 lum entire, short, tongue-shaped. Anther fleshy, two-celled ; cells 4- 

 locellar. Pollen masses 8, cohering by fours with a large viscous 

 elastic powdery-looking flat body. Ovarium triquetrous (almost 

 three winged,) the angles continuous with those of the sepals, red- 

 dish brown. 



I met with this plant about Churra Punjee in October 

 1837. It was introduced into these gardens, where Buxoo 

 tells me it has been called Eria carinata, by Mr. Gibson. 



