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to which Blame's happy name of Dendrolirium may be applied. Some 

 terete-leaved plants can hardly indeed be said to form pseudobulbs ; but 

 their leaves fall eventually from the summit of very short stems altogether 

 analogous to pseudobulbs, although unlike in form. Two divisions are 

 affected by taking into account the form of the leaves." Lindley I. c. 



E. ornata Lindley Orcli. PI. (1830) 06; de Yriese 111. Orch. /. 13 ; Reiehh. f. 

 in Bonpl. 5 (1857) 54; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. 3:000; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 



(1885) 78. 149, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1880) 208; Ridley in Journ. Linn. 8oc. 

 Bot. 32 (1890) 302; Schleeliter in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. 43; .1. J. Smith Orch. 

 Java 380; Ames Orehidaceae 1 (1005) 04. 2 (1008) 105. 

 Dendrolirium ornatum Blume Bijdr. (1825) 345. 

 Eria armeniaca Lindley Bot. Keg. (1841) Misc. 38, and t. ' t 2. 



"Bulbis ovalibus compressiusculis sub-3 phyllis, foliis oblongo-laneeo- 

 latis rigidis nervosis, spica radical! vaginata sepalisque exterioribus fusco- 



tomentosis, bracteis coriaceis margine recurvis, label I o intus crispato- 

 cristato, limbi lobo medio acuminate (Bracteae ruhrae, dennim auran- 

 tiacae. Species pulcherrima.)." Blume /. c. 



Having seen E. armeniaca Lindl. at Kew and E. ornaia Lindl. at Leiden, that 

 is, Dendrolirium ornatum Bl.. the type, with both of which the Philippine material 

 has been compared, I agree with J. J. Smith in combining them under the older 

 name. If there is any difference between the Javan and the Philippine plants, 

 this difference is lost in the dried state, and is too small to be considered 

 specific. 



LUZON, Province of Rizal, Tanay, Merrill 2361, May 20. 1003: Province of Ben- 

 guet, Sablan, Elmer 6236, April 11, 1004: Province of Zambalcs, For. Bur. 7390 

 Curran, May 13. 1907. epiphytic, (lowers dull-purple. Nkuros. For. Bur. 11204 

 Everett, April, 1908. 



§ MYCARANTHES Reichb. f. in Bonplandia 5 ( 1857) o^\ Blume ex J. J. Smith 

 Orch. Java 391. 8 Eriura Lindley in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 3 (1859) o»; 

 Bentham /. 0. 18 (1881) 303; Bentham & Hook. f. Gen. PL 3: 510; Hooker f. Fl. 

 Brit, Ind. 5: 785; Pfitzer in Engl. & Prantl Nat. Pllanzenfam. 2": 175. Not 

 § Mycaranthes Lindley in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 3 (1859) 51, Hook. f. I. c, 

 Pfitzer I. c, not § Mycaranthus Blume ex Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 18 

 (1881) 303; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. 3: 510. 



Blume merely suggested the addition of his genus to Eria ( Mus. Bot. Lugd.- 

 Bat. 2: 182) ; but in the absence of definite decision his ".si lerior ridealur regctu- 

 tionis character" can hardly he regarded as effecting the union. On the other 

 hand Reichenbach uses the name definitely as a sectional designation and his 

 transference of all Blume's .1/ yea rant lies species severally, with proper credit, to 

 Eria under this section, is satisfactory reference to the origin and sufficient 

 indication of the limits of the section. Lindley mistook the original genus, and 

 applied the name to Erias of quite another kind, making a new section (§ Eriura) 

 for species properly belonging to Reichenbach's section Mycaranthes; in which 

 error he has been followed by several authors. The small group of species with 

 woolly flowers in secund spikes (Eria striata Lindl., etc.) characterized by Lindley 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 3: 51, and further denned by Hooker f. in Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. 5: 785, by both authors under the appellation § Mycaranthes, is therefore 

 without a name. I propose the designation § Secundae, nom. nor. 



The section Mycaranthes embraces thus far in the Philippines five species. 

 E. gigantea Ames is much like E. biden-s Ridley, E. iridifolia Hook. f.. and E. 

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