210 LKAV1TT. 



Province of Zamboanga, For. Bur. 5172 Hutchinson. February 20, 1906, epiphyte, 



near the sea coast, flowers yellowish-white. 



Var. latipetala var. nov. 



Petala illis speciei latiora, rtibro- vel purpureo-tineta. Lobi laterales 

 labelli lobo medio majores, rotundati, tnuieati. (Fig. 12.) 



LUZOH, Province of Rizal, Mountains hack of Boioboso, Bwr. 8oi, MOD Ramon, 

 flowering in orchid house at Manila, April 9, 1907. 



E. longilabris Lindley Bot. Reg. (1841) Misc. 38; (1842) /. 29, f. 3. 



"Eriae braclcsccntis facie Bed sepal is petalisque magis acuminatis, 

 labelli trilobi lamellis tribua ad apicem fere productis aequalibus latera- 

 libus abbreviatis lobo medio ovato acuminate 



"A native of Panay in the Philippines, whence it was sent to Messrs. 

 Loddiges by Mr. Cuming. It is very like Eria bractescens, but is a finer 

 species, and bears more flowers; and is distinguished at once by its lip, 

 which is not truncate, and lias three equal wavy ridges prolonged almost 

 as far as the tip of the middle lobe, which is long and acuminated."' 

 Lindley Bot, Keg. (1841), Misc. 38. 



In view of the variability of Eria bractescens it is doubtful whether E. long*' 

 labris can be considered to be more than a variety of the former species. 



E. Curranii sp. nov. 



Atlinis E. bracteseenti sed minor. Pseudobulbar cauliformis, eylindra- 

 ceus, G cm longus, in sicco 1 cm crassus. Folia 2, lanceolato-oblonga, 

 • obtusa, 10 cm longa, 2 cm lata. Inflorescentia foliis longior, plus minus 

 15 cm longa. Pedunculus brevis, gracilis. Raccmus laxiflorus, rhachide 

 sparse pubescente. Bractcae plus minus G mm longae, amplae. Pediccl- 

 lus cum ovario 1 cm longus, sparse pubescens, pergracilis. Mcntum 

 conspicuum, oblongum vol conicum, angulum acutum cum ovario for- 

 mans. Sepalum dorsale ovatum plus minus 5 mm longum, plus minus 

 2.5 mm latum. Sepala lateralia triangulari-falcata, acuta, plus minus 

 5 mm longa, 4 mm lata ad basim. Petala oblonga, acuta vel obtusa, 

 4-5 mm longa, 1.7 mm lata. Labellum unguiculatum (ungue curvato), 

 cuneato-obcordatum, lobo medio obcordato, 3 mm lato; lobi laterales 

 rotundati; totum labellum plus minus 6 mm longum, 4.5 mm ad apices 

 loborum lateralium, fere 4 mm latum, carinis duabus majusculis in disco, 

 media minore. Columna 2 mm alta, pes 4 mm longus. (Fig. 13.) 



Palawan, Eor. Bur. 390J t Curran, March, 1906. 



E. profusa Lindley Bot. Reg. (1842) Misc. 2. 



"Pseudobulbis ovalibus apice diphyllis, foliis oblongis striatis racemis 

 pubescentibus multifloris brevioribus, bracteis squamaeformibus pedicellis 

 brevioribus, sepal is tomentosis, petalis lineari-oblongis obtusis, labello 

 trilobo laciniis lateralibus erectis laevibus intermedia subrotunda rugosa 

 apice tuberculato solitario oblongo cristata." Lindley I. c. 



Lindley attributed this species at first to Ceylon. In Paxton's Magazine 12:40, 



