Eria rufinula

reichb. f. in Hamb . Gartenzeit .xix . 13 ; hirsute , leaves 3-4 in.narrowly lanceolate very coriaceous , spikes short 2-4 fld. hispid , bracts long narrow recurved ,sepals lanceolate ,petals oblanceolate acute 3-nerved , lip glabrous except the ciliate base , claw broad, limn obcordate . Eria annulata , Lindl . in Journ . Soc. iii. 57 (not of Blume ).

SIKKIM HIMALAYA , alt. 5000 ft ., J.D.H CACHAR , keenan . ? TENASSERIM , Helfer .

Stem 10-12 in ., about as thick as a duck’s quil . Leaves subfalcate , usually ( in Sikkim ) loaded with concretions . Flowers ½ in.long . smaller than in the foregoing species ; bracts ovate-lanceolate , acuminate ,falcate ; mentum much shorter than the sepals ;lip much thickened along the mesial line and tip ; foot of column glabrous .