Eria pannea

Lindl . in Bot. Reg. 1842 , Misc. 64 ; in Journ . Linn. Soc. iii. 50 ; stems very short 1-4 leaved from a creeping rootstock , leaves linear terete fleshy , scape 1-2 fld. and large ovate bracts and sepals densely woolly , sepals ovate –lanceolate obtuse , petals linear –oblong woolly , mentum rather long obtuse , lip oblong obtuse thick concave with an oblong granulate callus at the base and near the tip . Walp . Ann. Vi.273 .? Eria teretifolia , Griff . Notul . iii. 298 ; Ic. Pl. Asiat .t. 300.

SIKKIM HIMALAYA , Herb.Griffith , alt. 1-2000 ft., J.D.H. KHASIA HILLS , alt. 3-4000 ft., J.D.H . & T.T. TENASSERIM , Parish . PERAK, Scortechini . Malacca , on Mount Ophir , Lobb. SINGAPORE , Hort . Lodd.-DISTRIB. Borneo .

Rhizome as thick as a crow –quill ; stems woolly , sometimes forming small globose pseudobulbs . Leaves 1-10 in . by 1/8 -1/6 in . diam ., often postulate. Scape 2-3 in.; flower sessile ; lateral sepals 1/3 in long ; column very short .-Griffith’s teretifolia from Malacca , together with the Perak and Singapore plants , bay be different from the Sikkim and khasia ones , the former having narrow lanceolate and the latter broadly ovate bracts .