Eria floribunda

Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7408 ; Bot. Reg. 1843, Misc. 43; 1844 , t. 23 ; in Journ . Linn. Soc. iii. 60 ; stem very stout , erect terete fleshy , leaves subterminal linear –lanceolate to elliptic , flowers small very many in leaf-opposed or lateral decurved spikes , lateral sepals very short and obtuse , mentum deeply saccate , side lobes of lip basal acute separated from the small fan-shaped truncate midlobe by a strong ridge . Walp . Ann. Vi. 276.

MALAYAN PENINSULA ; from Tenasserim to Singapore .-DISTRIB . Sumatra , Siam , Borneo .
Stem 10-18 in., as thick as the thumb or less . Leaves 2-5 , 5-10 by ½ - 2 ½ in., many-nerved . Scape short and rachis stout , pubescent ; spike 3-6 in .; bracts 1/6 in ., broadly ovate , reflexed ; flowers 1/6-1/4 in . broad , white tinged with pink ; dorsal sepal small , broad , obtuse , 3-5 nerved ;petals ovate-oblong , obtuse; column very short ; pollinia very narrow .-The specimens present great differences in size , breadth of leaf , and the tip of the lip , but I am unable to find specific characters for the forms .