FLORA VITIENSIS, B01 
mspexisset ill. b, Lindley, vidisset quanti rostellum bifidum sit habendum, quod praterea et in Hriis, sensu 
mor legitimis occurrit.—Society Islands (Forster !), Navigator Islands (“from Mons. C. F. Tonnerre,” 
Obs. Evia (Phreatia) myosurus, Reichb. f. in Bonplandia, 1857, dicenda Hria stachyurus. 
Thelasis carinata, Bl, Choix (Fl. Jay.) = Evia carinata. 
Phreatia elegans, Lindl, = Bria elegans. 
Phreatia minutiflora, Lindl. = Bria minutiflora. 
Phreatia Microtidis, Lindl. = Eria Microtidis. 
Phreatia Tahitensis, Lindl. = Eria Tuhitensis. 
. I, E. stenostachya, (sp. nov.) Reichb. f.; foliis cuneato-ligulatis, pergameneis, apice inzequali- 
bilobis ; pedunculis folia excedentibus seu eequantibus, apice per sesquipollicem racemosis ; bracteis 
linearibus, angustis, 1-nerviis, pedicellos zequantibus ; sepalis triangulis, acutis ; mento modico ; tepalis 
minoribus; labello unguiculato, cordato, oblongo, acuto ; androclinio 5-dentato—Buke Levu, Island 
of Kadavu (Seemann, n. 589). 
*. E. sphzerocarpa, (sp. noy.) Reichb. f.; foliis pergamencis, lato-ligulatis, apice inzequali- 
bilobis; racemis folia subzequantibus ; rhachi anantha parce vaginata ; floribus densissimis ; bracteis 
a lanceolata basi setaceis, flores hand sequantibus; mento subevanido obtusangulo; sepalis triangulis 
obtusis; tepalis lato-ligulatis, obtusis; labello rhombeo, obtuso, trinervi; androclinio 5-lobo, loba 
postico 3-dentato ; ovariis maturioribus sphericis—Folia ultra pedalia, sesquipollicaris latitudinis. 
Planta egregia et videtur species optima.—Viti, locality not specified (Greeffe !). 
§ 2. Denprouirtum (Bl), Lindl. Contrib. to Ind. Orchid. p. 48 ; Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc., Aug, 1858.-— 
Caules valde abbreviati ; flores majusculi, dense lanati. 
3, E. aeridostachya, Reichb. f. apud ill. Lindl. loco jam citato, p. 48; caule brevi, mono- 
phyllo seu diphyllo; folio oblongo-lhgulato, acuto; racemo peduneulato, longe cylindraceo, plurimi- 
floro, densifloro; rhachidibus ac sepalis extus papillis plurimis ferrugineis, sepalo dorsali oblongo; sepalis 
lateralibus zequalibus in perulam elongatam apice tumidam extensis; tepalis a basi latiori curvato- 
ligulatis, oblique acutis; Jabello ligulato, apice obtuse acuto, basi corniculis geminis erectis.—Viti 
(Seemann! n. 609). Also collected in Java. 
Peduneulus oritur ex propria vagina juxta pseudobulbum phyllophorum, porrectus, incurvus, Vagine 
siecre cinnamomesx; folium valde coriaceum, basi petiolato-angustata, latitudine multum varia, Rhachis 
peduneuli parce fusciculis papillarum tecta. Videntur papilla anthesi progrediente increscere. Specimen 
Seemannianum multo magis ferrugimeum, quam illud Zollingeri. 
§ 38. Urosracnya, Lindl, 1. c, 46, mire definita: “and finally Urostachya, which includes the 
species that will go into none of the preceding sections ;” caulescentes, racemis paniculisve, lana in 
lubelli axeos nulla. 
4, E. rostrifiora, (sp. nov.) Reichb. f.; caule valido elongato apice, bene foliato; foliis 
euneato-lanceolatis, apice obtusatis cum apiculo; racemis multifloris; bracteis semilanceolatis, de- 
flexis; ovariis pedicellatis, subpollicaribus; mento obtusangulo, minuto; sepalis triangularibus 
elongatis; tepalis subzequalibus, labello a basi cuneata ovato, medio apicem usque triangulo (si mavis 
oblongo-triangulo, basi utrinque obtusangulo) ; linea incrassata utrinque cum margine parallela,— 
Namosi, Island of Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 615), 
 Plores viriduli.” Caulis spithameus, basi tumidus, vaginis cinnamomeis nervosis indutus. Folia 
sieca duriuscula, nervis inferne bene prominulis. Specimen meum cum esset ac sit satis mancum, analystn 
in Museo Keweunsi confeci. 
d. Mataxtpra, Lind]|.—Pollen ceraceum, sine cautliculis, 
XVIII. Liparis, Rich. Orch. Eur. f. 10. Sepala wqualia, recte inserta. Tepala angustiora. 
Labellum expansum, nunc columne basi adnatum, nuue li berum (vulgo basi bituberculatum), Columna 
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