Eria Stricta

Lindl .Coll. Bot. t. 41 B; in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 52; pseudobulb elongate cylindric , spikes 1-2 terminal , lip 3-lobed with a basal oblong and subapical globose woolly callus . Walp . Ann. Vi. 271 . Eria secundiflora , Griff . Notul . iii. 302 ; Ic. Pl. Asiat .t. 30. Mycaranthes stricta , Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1970 ; Gen . & Sp . Orchid. 63 ; Wight Ic. t. 1763. Octomeria secunda , Wall. Mss.

EASTERN HIMALAYA ; Nepal , Wallich ; Sikkim , Griffith’s collectors , alt. 3-4000 ft ., J.D.H. Naga Hills in UPPER ASSAM , Griffith. KHASIA HILLS , alt . 4000 ft. , J.D.H .& T.T. –DISTRIB. Siam (alt. 7000 ft., Murton).

Pseudobulb 1-5 in., from a stout oblique rhizome , as thick as a goose-quill , basal sheaths very large , membranous . Leaves 3-4 in., oblong –lanceolate . Scape and raceme 3-5 in.; bracts copular ; petals oblong , 3 nerved .-The Siam specimen has a panduriform lip.