Eria ferruginea

Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1839, t. 35; in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 57; brown –tomentose , rhizome stout , branches short 2-leaved , leaves lanceolate thickly coriaceous , scapes from the bases of the branches , bracts large , flowers coriaceous , lateral sepals very broad 9-nerved , petals obovate-oblong , hypochile broad saccate shortly clawed , lobes small , epichile short crisped ,disk with large toothed crests . Walp . Ann. Vi . 274 .

KHASIA and JYNTFA HILLS , alt . 4000 ft. , Griffith, & c.

Rhizome as thick as a swan’s quill , jointed , young sheathed . Leaves 5-8 in ., acuminate , base narrowed . Scape 4-6 in., base sheathed ; raceme 3-5 in., rachis stout; bracts 1 in , and less , lanceolate ; flowers 1 in .diam ., white ; lip pink ; column short , stout .-Referred to sect . Trichotosia by Lindley .