Eria bipunctata

 

Eria bipunctata

Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841 , Misc. 83 ; stem oval compressed , leaves lanceolate acuminate 11-nerved , racemes axillary cylindric densely many-fld ., flowers very minute subglobose , sepals ovate obtuse broadly oblong and acute , petals 3-nerved , mentum rounded , lip short , side lobes rounded spreading narrower than the rounded fleshy convex midlobe .

KHASIA HILLS , Gibson.

Stems 2-3 in., flat , green , old light purplish . Leaves as in Eria floribunda . Racemes drooping , slightly pubescent ; bracts ovate , acuminate , reflexed ; flower very shortly pedicelled ;sepals membranous , 1/10 in.long ; lip peculiar , claw broad short continuous with the foot of the column , the lateral ribs of which run along its sides , diverge opposite the side lobes enclosing a sunk space , and there form a thickened margin to the midlobe meeting at its apex ;a strong ridge or nerve traverses the axis of the lip .-I have examined flowers only (in Herb . Lindl.) ,and seen no leaves .

 

 

 

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