Eria pauciflora

Wight Ic. t. 1636; stem slender below clavate above , leaves 2 linear –oblong flowers 1-2 , pedicels very slender with 2-3 oblong bracteoles , bracts basal oblong obtuse , lateral sepals ½ in . ovate sessile cuneately oblong truncate , lobes obscure , disk with 2 calli , axis ridged , column short . Lindl.in . Journ . Linn. Soc. iii. 58 ( excl. Khasia hab.) ; Walp .Ann. vi. 272 .

NILGHIRI HILLS , Wight.
Stems 5-6 in., from a creeping stock ; internodes ½ -1 in . ; sheaths short, truncate . Leaves 2-5 in., obtuse or subacute . Scape 1-1 ½ in., very slender ; bracts ½ in., membranous ; bracteoles scattered , 1/6-1/4 in .; flowers white ; outer nerves of petals branching ; lip strongly nerved .-The bracteoles are anomalous