Eria paniculata

Lindl. in Wall . Pl. As. Rar. i. 32 ,t. 36 ; in Bot.Reg. xxviii . 1842, Misc. 38 ; in Journ . Linn . Soc. iii 55; leaves 10 12 in. lineaa fleshy nerveless , bracts ovate-lanceolate reflexed , lip suborbicular , side lobes falcately oblong , midlobe reniform or 2-lobed crenate , hypochile greatly thickened with a disciform elevated basal tubercle and a very large heel-like one concave towards the column on the midlobe .

SIKKIM HIMALAYA , at Kursiong , J.D .H. KHASIA MTS., alt . 4000 ft. , Griffith , & c. Naga Hills in Upper Assam , prain.

Stem 1-2 ft., as thick as a goose quill . Leaves 1/8 -1/3 in . Broad , taper-pointed , in Sikkim specimens loaded with crystalline concretions . Branches of panicle 6-8 in.; bracts ¼ in .; mentum short , rounded ; peta s elliptic , obtuse , 3-nerved.