Eria vittata

Lindl . in Journ . Linn. Soc. iii. 51 ; leaves 2 elliptic or lanceolate ,spikes decurved glabrous , base sheathed ,lateral sepals ½ in. short strongly decurved acute 5-nerved , petals linear –oblong falcate 5-nerved ,lip sessile oblong with 5 crenulate ridges from the base to the broad midlobe . Reichb .f. in Gard . Chron . 1882 , I . 330 .

SIKKIM HIMALAYA , Ic. Cathcart & Hort . Kew . MUNNIPORE ,alt . 4000 ft., Watt.

Pseudobulbs 2-5 in., oblong or cylindric . Leaves very variable , 4-8 in . Rachis of spike stout ; flowers broad , green striped with red ; mentum nearly as long as the sepals ,broadly conic or saccate ; column long .- Bracts not seen , propably deciduous .