Eria tomentosa

Hook .f. ; pseudobulbs large ovoid ,leaves few elliptic-oblong very thick , scape terminal very stout and raceme brown villous , bracts very large pedicels with the long ovary 1- 1 ½ in., sepals coriaceous falcate lanceolate , mentum large incurved ,petals oblanceolate , lip oblong strongly nerved , claw broad , side lobes narrow , midlobe clawed subquadrately cordate . Eria ornata, Lindl . in Journ . Linn. Soc. iii. 48 ( not of Gen. & Sp . Orchid .). Eria flava , Wall . Cat. 1973/2 (in part) . Epidendrum tomentosum , Koenig in Retz. Obs. Vi . 53.

SILHET , Wallich . KHASIA HILLS , alt. 3-4000 ft. and CHITTAGONG, at Seetakoond, J.D.H. & T.T. (Eria ornate ) . TENASSERIM (Ic. in Herb . Lindl. & Parish).

Pseudobulbs 2-4 in ., from a very stout woody rhizome , 3-4 leaved when young. Leaves 3-6 by 1 ½ -3 in., nerveless , smooth and almost spongy , contracted into a very thick petiole . Scape 6-12 in ., as thick as a goose- quill or less, base with short coriaceous sheaths ; rachis of raceme stout , scarred after fruiting ; bracts 1 in . and less, oblong or lanceolate , not reflexed , coarsely veined with a broad thickened roughened central area from the base to the apiculate tip.-This differs from the Philippine Island Eria ornate in the much shorter bracts and lip.

*** Pseudobulbs very small or 0 .