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ERIA. rosea. 
Pink Chinese Eria. 
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GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Oncuipex.: Tribus Malaxidec Lindl. 
ERIA.—Supra, vol. 11. fol. 904. 
“ 
E. rosea; bulbis costalis rugosis, foliis solitariis coriaceis lanceolatis, spica 
axillari pauciflora, sepalis glabris. chee: ‘ 
- Herba cespitosa, bulbosa, bulbis epigeis, ovatis, irregulariter costatis, 
Tugosis, vestiguis squamarum parce vestitis, sepitis omnind denudatis. — Folia 
terminalia in apice bulborum, solitaria, coriacea, atro-viridia, lanceolata, 
petiolata; petiolo crasso terete hinc canaliculato. Spica 2-3 flora, foltis 
multd brevior, ex axilld foliz terminalis, ante squamarum inferiorum decessum. 
Flores rosei. Sepala exteriora ovato-oblonga: anteriora latd bast dorso 
carinata, basi subsaccata ; interiora membranacea oblonga subunguiculata. 
Labellum posticum, in columnd pronum, trilobum: lobis lateralibus erectis, . 
rubidis, venosis, intermedio, obtuso patente; ungue cristis duabus elevatis 
pallidis ; lamin& cristis tribus luteo-aurantiacis. Anthera terminalis, oper-~ 
cularis, decidua, subrotunda, sublutea, posticé purpurascens, bilocularis, 
loculo utroque semibipartito. Pollinia 8, apice materie viscida coherentia, 
glandula nulla. Stigma. oblongum, transversum. 
This pretty addition to the genus Eria was brought 
from China for the Horticultural Society by Mr. J. D. 
Parks, in 1824. Our drawing was made from a plant 
which flowered in a stove in the Chiswick Garden, in 
October last. a 
The species is easily cultivated in moss and decayed 
vegetable mould, in which it flourishes more than almost 
any other plant of the family. 
This is the first species of Eria in which the flowers 
are free from a greater or less degree of downiness; all the 
others having their flowers protected by hairs in a remark- 
able manner. The carinate mid-rib of the exterior sepals 
is also peculiar to this. 
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