Eria clavicaulis

Wall. Mss. Ex Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1840 , Misc. 90 ( not of Journ . Linn. Soc . ) ;stem elongate subclavate , leaves 2-4 elliptic –lanceolate , scape 2-3 fld ., bracts elliptic or oblong, lateral sepals triangular acute , mentum broad rounded or incurved , petals broadly oblong 5-nerved , hypochile broadly obovate , side lobes large rounded sometimes embracing the thickened at the sinus and 2 elongate lateral calli , column long . Walp . Ann. Vi . 278.. Eria khasiana , Lindl. in Journ . Linn. Soc. iii. 59.

KHASIA HILLS , Griffith ( & Ic. in Hort . Bot. Calc.).

Stems 6-8 in., crowded , terete ; internodes 2 in.; sheaths short , acute . Leaves 3-4 in., terminal , acuminate . Scape ½ -1 in. ; pedicels about as long , slender ; bracts ½ -1 in., many-nerved ; flowers glabrous , white , lateral sepals 1/3 -1/2 in., and lip white with purple margins .-The habitat of Wallich’s Eria clavieaulis is not recorded ; the cultivated specimens in Herb. Lindley have larger flowers than the native one, with a broader lip.