Eria Meirax

N.D. Br. In Gard . Chron . 1880, 603 ; sepals glabrous 5-nerved coherent into a gibbous -based tube with free ovate acute lobes , petals broadly oblong 5-7 nerved ciliate , lip minute ovate –cordate 5 –nerved serrulate . Eria Elwesii, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1883, i. 402. Cryptochilus Meirax, Par. & Reichb.f. in Trans . Linn. Soc . XXX. 148.

TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein , Parish . SIKKIM HIMALAYA , Elwes.
Pseudobulbs 1/3 in.diam ., minutely reticulate . Leaves not seen in Moulmein specimens , in Sikkim 1 in ., oblong-lanceolate , acute , petioled .Flowers ½ in.long ; bracts very large , hemispheric , with a long mucro. –Mr. Brown indicates the probability of Eria Elwesii not differing from Eria Meirax, and no distinctive characters for it are given.