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AMKS. 
than the laterals. Petals lancwhitc, aaiiv or suhat-iito, about nun, lon<,s 
2 mm. wido, 3-norvc<h Labollum ovate-lancoolatcv suho1»tiise, cordate at 
base, 4 mm. long, 1.75 mm. wide near the base. 
At 5,250 ft. alt. on Mount ITuIcon, June 15-27, 1000, M. L. MerriH (No. 4420). 
The type consists of a sin<^le specimen and is unfortunately imt in good condi- 
tion. Tlie flowers are not very numerous, and the only raceme seen may not be 
wholly characteristic. 
Eria cymbiformis J. J. Smith Kec. Trav. Bot. Xeerlund. 1; 152 icilh /?</. 
(1904). 
Epiphyte in ravine forest at 4,000 ft. alt. on Mount Halcon, flowers \yhite, 
with faint odor, Nov. 2C, 1006, \t<^rill (Xo. 4S47). 
Sumatra. 
Eria (§ Trichotosia) halconensis Ames sp. nov. 
Phint comparatively slender^ abo\it 5 dm. tall. Stems about 7 mm. 
in diameter near the base, tapering gradually upwards. Leaves linear- 
lanceolate^ acuminate, acute, pubescent, about 1 dm, long, 7—11 mm. 
wide. Eacemes leaf-opposed, shorter than the leaves, about 5 cm. long, 
somewhat flexuose, densely covered with reddish yellow hairs. Bracts 
broadly ovate or sul)orbicular, 4-6 mm. long, hairy, abruptly acuminate. 
Lateral sepals triangular, e.xternally hairy, subacute, 7 mm. long about 
4 mm. wide at base. Upper sepal oblong, externally hairy. - Petals 
linear, subspathulate, tapering to a subacute or subobtuse apex, G mm. 
long, 1.5 mm. wide. Labellum 7 mm. long, linear-cimeate at the base, 
dilated above, then constncted within 2 mm. of the ti]), 3-lobcd; lateral 
lobes mimite, obtuse, formed by the constriction; middle lobe subquadrate, 
apiculatc, 3-4 mm. wide; disc with a prominent mid-nerve. Mentum 
about 3 mm. long. 
Epiphyte on ex)>osed ridge at 4,500 ft. alt. on Mount llalcon, flower piidy- 
purple, Nov. 10, 1906, Merrill (No. 5742) .—Terrestrial on hanks in mossy forest, 
at 6,000 ft, alt. on Mount Halcon, flowers pink-purple, Nov. 15, 1000, MoriU 
(No. 5510) type. 
This is a rather graceful species, the slender stems sometimes attaining 9 dm. 
in length and less tlian 1 cm. in thickness at base. 
Eria (§ Hymeneria) Hutchlnsoniana Ames Bp. nov. 
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Allied to E. temtifoUta Eidl. Ehizomes woody, about 5 mm. in 
diameter. Pseudobulbs 5 cm.-l dm. apart, abbreviated, 1.5-3 em. long, 
clothed with scarious sheaths, leafy at the suuLiuit. Leaves linear- 
lanceolate, about 1 dm. long, about 8 mm. wide, acute, tapering gradually 
toward both ends. Inflorescence few-flowered, about 6 cm. long, near 
the summit of the pseudobulbs. Flowers white and purple. Peduncle, 
pedicels, and ovaries covered with rufous or dark 3'ellowish hairs. 
Bracts lanceolate, acute, about 4 mm. long, about 1.5 mm. wide. 
Lateral sepals triangular-lanceolate" acute, slightly protuberant anteriorly 
