THE GENUS BR1A IX THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 205 



sub-acute, 1.4 mm long, 4 mm wide. Lip entire, ovate, obtuse, ecallose, 

 7 mm long. Column 2.5 mm high. Ovary tomentosc hairy." 



Luzon, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, For. Bur. t$06 Meyer, Novem- 

 ber 22, 1904, terrestrial, flowers odorless, petals cream-color, lip dark-red, common, 

 altitude 760 m; For. Bur. 2.1.22 Borden, December, 1904: District of Lepanto, 

 Mount Data, Merrill 4859, October 29, 1905, epiphytic in the mossy forest, altitude 

 2,125 m, flowers pale-dull-purple; trail to Balbalasan, For. Bur. 512!) Klonmc, 

 November 19, 1906, flowers pink; same place and date, flowers white, For. Bur. 

 51-12 Klemmc: Province of Benguet, Pauai, Bur. Sci. J t 818 Mcurns, July, 1907, 

 altitude 2.100 m. 



E. Woodiana Ames in Philip. Jonrn. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 332. 



"Allied to E. ovata Lindl. Stems about 18 cm long, Leafy ai the 

 summit, closely sheathed. Led res oblong-lanceolate, up to 3 dm long, 

 3-4.5 cm wide, acute. Inflorescence racemose, much shorter than the 

 leaves. Flowers pale yellow. Peduncles about 1 dm long, floriferoua 

 nearly to the base, breaking forth from the leafy summit of the pseudo- j 



bulbs. Bracts ligulate, acute, about 5 mm long. Lateral sepals oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, 6 mm long, 2 mm wide. Upper sepal narrowly lance- 

 olate, 6.5 mm long. Petals narrowly lanceolate, subacute, 5.5 mm long, j 



1.5 mm wide. Labellum 3-nerved, about 4 mm long, orbicular at base, 

 contracted at about the middle into the oblong, obtuse, apical half, mono- [ 



callose at base in front of the claw." | 



E. longicruris sp. nov. : 



Caules cylindracei, vaginis tubularibus vestiti, ad 30 cm alti, in sicco 

 2 mm in diametro, ad Bummum per distantiam 3-5 cm foliosi. Folia 

 lanceolata, acuminata, acuta, lamina ad 15 cm longa, 1—1.5 cm (rarissime 

 2 cm) lata. Inflorescentiae 2 vel 3, oppositifoliae, laxiflorae, 5-9 cm 

 longae; pedunculus brevis, cum rhachide glabro pergracilis. Bracteae 

 acuminatae, acutae, plus minus 6 mm longae. Florcs plus minus 15, 

 glabri. Ovarium cum pedicello pergracile, ad 15 mm longum. Sepalum 

 dorsale a basi regulariter fastigatum, vel aliquantum lanceolatum, acutum, 

 11-13 mm longum, 2-3 mm latum ad basim. Sepala lateralia similia, 

 parum falcata, intermedio aequilonga. Petala ligulato-lanceolata, acuta, 

 sepalis aliquanto breviora et angustiora. Labellum brevissimc unguicu- 

 latum, 3-lobatum, plus minus G mm longum; pars basilaris rotundata, 

 plus minus 4 mm lata, carinis tribus, medio crasso, canaliculato; lobi 

 laterales incurvati, breves, obtusi ; lobus tncdius oblongo-obovatus, plus 

 minus 3 mm longus, 1.5-2 mm latus. Columna gracilis, ferme 3 mm 

 alta; pes 2 mm longus. (Fig. 6.) 



Mindanao, Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. Bur. Jf60U M earns & 

 Hutchinson, June 4, 1906, part in Manila, part in herb. Ames. Altitude 2,800 m. 

 Flowers yellow-white. 



E. graciliscapa Rolfe ex Ames Orchidaceae 1 (1905) 93; 2 (1908) 193; 3 

 (1908) 88, t. 51. 



"Pseudobulbs terete, slender, 5-6 inches long. Leaves 3 or 4, terminal, 

 lanceolate-oblong, subcoriaceous, 2^-3^ inches long, 6-8 lines broad. 



