Eria nana

A. Rich . in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2, xi. 19 ; leaves 2 elliptic –lanceolate , scape and spike short , flowers second , sepals linear-lanceolate 3-nerved , mentum short, petals linear acuminate , base 3-nerved , lip half as long as the sepals , linear slightly contracted in the middle 3-nerved , tip rounded crenulate . Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii . 46 ; Walp . Ann.vi . 269 . Dendrobium filiforme , Wight Ic. t. 1642 (lower right-hand fig.).

NILGHIRI HILLS on trees , Wight , Sir. F. Adam .

Closely allied to Eria Dalzellii , but leaves more oblong , scape shorter ,flowers twice as large , and lip much narrower .- An authentic specimen in Herb. Lindl. certifies Wight ‘s figure quoted above , and his specimens being the plant of A .Richard. Lip not acute , as described by A. . Richard and Lindley .