Eria velutina

G. Loddiges in Bot. Reg. 1840 , Misc,. 86 .;stem above and leaves softly villous , leaves 2-3 in. thickly coriaceous , sepals ovate –lanceolate , petals linear obtuse 5-nerved ,lip very long –clawed , glabrous with a villous cushion on the cuneate obovate limb . Walp . Ann. Vi. 274.

SINGAPORE , Cuming (Hort . Loddiges ) . MALACCA, MAINGAY . TENASSERIM , Heljer (Kew Distrib. 5110).

Stem 1-2 ft ., as thick as a goose –quill . Leaves with strongly revolute margins when dry . Spikes dense –fld .; mentum as long as the sepals ; side lobes of lip rounded , midlobe short , 2 –fld ; foot of column puberulous .-The flowers are described in Bot. reg.as solitary .