Eria Lichenora

Lindl. in Journ . Linn. Soc. iii. 46; leaves or bicular –ovate ciliate , perianth 2-labiate, lateral sepals connate pubescent , petals linear 1-nerved , mentum small rounded , lip very small shortly clawed ovate-cordate,sides toothed , tip acute or subulate . Eria jerdoniana , Reichb.f. in Walp . Ann. Vi. 267. Lichenora Jerdoniana , Wight Ic. t. 1738. ss

MALABAR ; on the Bababoodan Hills , Jerdon & c. ; Travancore , Johnson .
Pseudobulbs ½ -3/ 4in . diam ., crowded . Leaves 1 in., dark green or purplish . Flowers 1/3 in.long , tawny ; pedicel very short , with a very broad ciliate bract, and many subsimilar sheaths; dorsal sepal orbicular –ovate , 5-nerved , united lateral concave .