Eria scabrilinguis

Lindl. in Journ . Linn. Soc. iii. 51 ; quite glabrous , leaves 2 broadly elliptic –lanceolate acuminate , scape stout erect , spike dense –fld., bracts minute , sepals ½ in.oblong –lanceolate subacute , mentum rounded incurved , petals nearly as broad falcate , lip as long as the sepals , side lobes narrow with two mesial ridges , midlobe orbicular hispid with lines of purple papillae .

SIKKIM HIMALAYA , Ic. Catheart in Herb. Kew.

Pseudobulbs 1 ½ -2 in ., ovoid or ellipsoid , green , sulcate. Leaves 5-7 by 1 ¾ -1 ¼ in ., 3-nerved .Scape from between the leaves , very short , and rachis purplish ; spike 2 ½ in ., ovary 1/3 in; sepals and petals white ; lip with pale rosy side lobes and purple midlobe .-Described from Ic. Catheart.

** Flowers small or medium –sized , in lax many-fld. Spikes or racemes.
Lip entire or nearly so.