Eria graminifolia

Lindl . in Journ . Linn. Soc. 54; leaves 46 linear-lanceolate , spikes erect puberulous , bracts broadly ovate shorter than the pubescent ovary , lateral sepals ½ in . ovate-lanceolate subacute oblong recurved with a short ridge or auricle, midlobe orbicular , axis with sometimes a crenulate ridges from base to tip . Hook f. Ic..Plant . t. 1847. Eria alba , var. B. Lindl. l.c.

SIKKIM HIMALAYA ,Griffith’s Collectors (Kew Distrib. 5115 ,E. alba ?) , alt . 5-6000 ft . J.D. H.

Pseudobulbs short or elongated into a naked or sheathed vermiform cylindric stem , 5-6 in ., and as thick as a pencil , at first sheathed. Leaves 4-6 in ., subovate , rigid . Spike shorter ;flowers glabrous ,white ; mentum rounded ; lip very variable as to ridges , & c.; its spreading and recurved side lobes are a good character .-A drawing (in Herb . Hort .Cale. ) of a Sikkim plant which may be a form of this has small side lobes of the lip pointing upwards , a ridge on the centre only of the midlobe , and two calli? Between the side lobes . The habit is entirely that of graminifolia .