LEAVITT. 



the base which my camera drawing from the type, reproduced below (fig. 8) 

 ocs ot' .low The longest leaf is 9 cm long by 2 cm broad, and the raceme 

 Urn ion , The sepal are 1 cm long by 4-4.5 mm broad, W the 

 of the same dimensions; the Up is 6 mm long, 3.5 mm broad; the column excluding 

 the anther is 2 mm high, its foot 2.3 mm long, and the ovary and pechcel cm 

 Ion- the floral bracts are broadly lanceolate, acute, the lower about 5 mm long. 

 My notes *ay that all parts of the lip are thin and veiny. The ovary is rather 

 densely pubescent with short brownish or tawny hairs. My camera drawing is 

 from Lindley's type. 



E. Elmeri Ames Orchidaceac 1 (1905) 93; 2 (1908) 190. 

 "Caules clongati, 2 dm longi. Folia coriacea, elliptico-oblonga, obtusa, 

 5-8 cm longa. Racemus nutans, rhachis puberulus. Sepala similra, 

 oblonga, obtusa, trinervia. Pctala oblonga, obtusa. Labellum ovato- 

 lanceolatum, sub-acutum s. obtusum, ad basim bicallosum. Flora glabn. 

 "Plants about 2 dm high ? Stems rather stout, leafy above, 5-7 mm 

 thick. Roots branching, villose-pubescent. Leaves about 7 m number, 

 approximate near the summit of the stem, coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, 

 obtuse, 5-8 cm long, up to 3 cm wide, many-nerved, shortly petiolate. 

 Racemes several, slender, flexuous, about 1 dm long, from the summit ot 

 the stems many-flowered. Rhachis sparsely pubescent. Floral bracts 

 conspicuous, oblong, sub-acute, about G mm long. Pedicels about 5 mm 

 long slender. Sepals similar, oblong, obtuse, 6 mm long, 3-nerved 

 Petals shorter than the sepals, oblong, obtuse. Lip 3-nerved, articulated 

 with the foot of the column by a short oblong claw, purplish, narrowly 

 ovate, subacute or obtuse, 3 mm long, 1.5 mm wide just above the claw, 

 With two short, keel-like intramarginal calli, one on each side near the 

 base of the expanded limb. Column 1.5 mm long, produced into a dis- 

 tinct foot. Pollinia 8. Flowers yellowish or whitish with a purple- 

 stained lip." Ames Orchidaceac 1 (1905) 93. 



Luzon Province of Bataan, Lamao River, Mount Mariveles, Whitford 161, 

 1111, May, 1904, March 3, 1905. Epiphyte, flowers yellow, common on ridges, 

 altitude 1,000-1,500 m. 



E. compacta Ames in Philip. Journ. Sd. 2 (1907) Bot. 329. 

 "Roots elongated, much branched. Pscudobulbs approximate, elong- 

 ated-pyriform, about 5 cm long, about 1 cm in diameter at base, bifoliate 

 Leaves rigid, coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 4.5-5.5 cm long 10-11 

 mm wide. Inflorescence about 3 cm long. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, 5 

 mm long, about 2 mm wide, acute, equaling or exceeding the pedicels of 

 the flowers Lateral sepals triangular-lanceolate, acute, 6 mm long, 3.5 

 mm wide at base. Upper sepal lanceolate, slightly broader than the 

 laterals Petals lanceolate, acute or subacute, about G mm long, 2 mm 

 wide, 3-nerved. Labellum ovate-lanceolate, subobtuse, cordate at base, 4 

 mm long, 1.75 mm wide near the base." 

 The very broad column is distinctive. 



