Eria carinata

Gibs in Calc. Journ . Nat Hist . v. 365 ; Lindl . in Journ . Linn. Soc. iii. 50 . Eria rosea , Wall . Cat. 7409 ( not of Lindl .) ; Reichb.f. in walp. Ann .vi.l 2269 ( in part) . Eria Eordii , Rolfe in Gard . Chron . 1886 , ii . 584 (excl. habitat ) . Xiphosium acuminatum , Griff. Notul . iii. 332 ; Itin .Notes 78 , No. 1153 ; Ic. Plant . Asiat .t. 316 .

SIKKIM HIMALAYA , King , Elwes . KHASIA MTS., Griffith (Kew Distrib. 5121).

Pseudobulbs on a stout or slender rhizome , 2-4 in., ovoidly oblong , sucate .Leaf thickly coriaceous , with the stout petiole 6-18 in . Scape 6-8 in., included up to the raceme in the sword –shaped upper sheath ; bracts 1 ½ in., linear-lanceolate ; sepals ovate or ovate-lanceolate , green and white with red nerves , keel serrate ; mentum rounded ; petals rhombic , acute ; lip obvate –oblong , red-brown , side lobes narrow , midlobe rounded or ovate ; column short .-Very near the Hong Kong B. rosea.