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however, the plant is said to be a "product of Manila." The type in Lindley's 

 herbarium consists of a bulb, three leaves, and two inflorescences, and is accom- 

 panied by Lindley's drawing of tbe lip and column. A note remarks that the 

 tubercle of the lip does not seem to be present in all cases. 1 lind no record 

 of this plant since the reference in Paxton's Magazine. 



Lrzox, Province of Rizal, Bur. >SW. ,1079 Ramos, flowering in orchid house, 

 .Manila, February, 1908, flowers pale, with markings of purple and yellow: without 

 locality, Lyon, flowers yellow, common at 300-000 m alt. Neuros, For. Bur. 

 11237 Everett, April, 1008. 



E. cylindrostachya Ames Orchidaceae 2 (1908) 190. 



"Pseudobirfbi 3-7 cm longi, OYoidei, di- vel. triphylli ad apicem. Folia 

 cum petiolis gracilibus sulcatis 20-36 cm longa, 1—2 cm lata, lineari- 

 lanceolata. Peduneulus cum rhachide 9-20 cm longus, aliquid crassus, 

 sparse pubescens, prope apicem pseudobulbi ortus. Bacemus spicatus, 

 cylindraceus, usque ad 17 cm longus. Bracteae ovatae vel ovato-lance- 

 olatae, pedicello ovarioque breviores. Ovarium tomentosum tomento rufo. 

 Sepala lateralia 7 mm longa, 5 mm lata, late ovata, acuta, pubescentia, 

 mentum obtusum formantia. Sepalum dorsale 6 mm longum, 3.5 mm 

 latum, elliptico-oblongum, obtusum. Petala 5-6 cm longa, supra medium 

 3 mm lata, obovata, cuneata. Ldbellum 5-7 mm longum, 3-lobatum 

 ultra medium, ungui 4.5 mm longo, cuneato-oblongo, bicalloso prope 

 basim; lobi latcralcs parvi, quadrati, obtusi, 1.5 mm longi a basi lobi 

 medii; lobus medius rotundus, 2 mm longus, 3 mm latus, ad basim 

 bituberculatus, ad apicem incrassatus et rugoso-nervius." 



Mindanao, District of Davao, Mount Apo, Copeland 142 'i, October 23, 1904, 

 epiphyte, flowers yellowish-white: Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. 

 Bur. JfG12 Mearns d Hutchinson, May, 190G. Luzon, Province of Bataan, Mount 

 Mariveles, Merrill {herb. Ames no. 8478). 



E. ventricosa sp. nov. 



Pseudobirfbi fere cylindracei, infra aliquanto incrassati, circiter 3 cm 

 longi, vaginis ovatis equitantibus ad 3 cm longis vestiti. Folia 2, lanceo- 

 lata, oblanceolata, vel elliptico-lanceolata, brevipetiolata, ad 14 cm longa, 

 circiter 1.5 cm lata. Inflorescentiae 1 vel 2, 5.5 cm longae, pubescentes; 

 peduneulus plus minus 2 cm longus, pergracilis, bracteis 2 vel 3 latis 

 amplectantibus instructus, sparse albido-pubescens. Flores circiter 12, 

 in axillis bractearum ovatarum, acutarum, cucullatarum, ciliato-margina- 

 tarum, ovario aequalium. PcdiccUus subnullus. Ovarium albido-pubes- 

 cens, circiter 3 mm longum. Mentum in sicco oblongum, circiter 4 mm 

 longum. Sepalum dorsale obovatum, cucullatum, extus sparse pubescens, 

 5 mm longum, 2.5-3 mm latum. Sepala lateralia extus pubescentia, 

 inflata, triangulari-oblonga, margine anteriore et nervis sigmoideis, 4 mm 

 longa, 6 mm lata. Petala obovata-oblonga, acuta vel obtusa, aliquid 

 falcata, plus minus 4 mm longa, 1.5-2 mm lata. Labellum 5 mm longum, 

 prope basim ventricosum (pars ventricosa 2 mm longa), limbo flabellato- 

 trilobo, 4 mm lato; lobi laterales erecti, triangulari-oblongi, ad apicem 



