Eria bambusifolia

Lindl . in Journ . Linn. Soc. iii. 61 ; leaves large linear-oblong lanceolate , racemes as long simple or branched slender laxly many-fld . and flowers densely brown –tomentose , bracts small orbicular apiculate , lateral sepals ovate –lanceolate falcate 5-nerved , mentum long incurved , petals oblanceolate acuminate falcate 3-nerved , lip clawed ovate-oblong strongly nerved , side lobes very small , midlobe small orbicular , column long decurved .

TROPICAL SIKKIM HIMALAYA , J.D.H. KHASIA MTS.; at Borpanee , alt . 3-4000 ft., Simonds , Griffith (Kew Distrib . 5112 ).

Stem 2-3 ft., as thick as the thumb or less . Leaves a span long and less , 1-2 in. broad , acuminate , many-nerved . Raceme longer than the leaves ; rachis slender ; bracts 1/6 in., reflexed ; pedicel ¼ - 1/3 in .; ovary slender ; lateral sepals ½ in.long . Capsule 1- 1 ½ in., slender , subterete , ribs slender .