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§ CYLINDROLOBUS Blume Mut. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 2 (185t) 182; Lindley in 



Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 3 (1869) 58; Bentham 1. c. 18 (1881) W.i ; Bentham & 

 Hook. f. Gen. PI. 3:510: Pfitzer in Engl. & Prantl Nat, Pflanzenfam. 2 6 :175; J. .1. 

 Smith Orch. Java 389. 



"I. Subgen. Cylindrolobas. Labellum gynostemii pedi ima in cristulam 

 v. tuberculum protuberanti elastiee affixum, limbo subi'ornicato. Qynos- 

 trmium androclinio obtuse-biauriculato. Poliinia iuaequalia. — Eerbae 

 caulescentes, glabrae; caulibus in caudiee superficiali subl'ascieulatis, &im- 

 plicibus ; foliis sessilibus, disticbis, coriaceis: raeemis oppoedtifoliis latera- 

 libusve, solitariis, paueifloris ; capsulis elongatis, Biliquaefonnibua." 

 Blume, I. c. 



This section, first described as a genus, was by its author subsequently joined 

 to Eriu as a subgenus. Since by this categorical term Blume meant to designate 

 one of several coordinate divisions of the genus, and meant precisely what present 

 writers intend by the word section, the section Vylinilrolobits is properly ascribed 

 to Blume. neither the group of plants designated nor the relative categorical rank 

 of the name being thereby altered. This is a matter of interpretation rather 

 than of technicality. 



E. fastigatifolia Ames Orchidaceae 2 (1908) 191. 



"Habitu E. brachystaelieae Reichb. f. haud dissimilis. Gaulis ± 5 dm 

 longus, 0.5-1 cm crassus, foliosus. Folia acuta, acuminata, sublinearia 

 vel a bad lato, vaginantc, persistente, in sicco amplo ad apicem paulatim 

 fastigata, 10-15 cm longa, ad basim ± 6 mm lata. Antheinia oppositi- 

 folia cum pedunculo 2-3 cm longa, circa 10-flora. Braeteae inflorescen- 

 tiae oblongae, circa (i mm latac. Pedicellus 2 mm longUB, ovario brevior. 

 Sepala lateral "ui oblonga, subacuta vel obtusa. subfalcata, 5.5 turn Longa, 

 3 mm lata, 5-nervia. Sepalum dorsale simile, 5 mm longum, obtusum. 

 Petala lineari-spathulata, 4 mm longa, supra medium 1.25 mm lata. 

 Labellum 4.5-5 mm longum, bilobatum ad apicem, ad basim euneatum, 

 prope apicem nervis incrassatis." 



E. brachystachya Reichb. f. in Bonplandia 3 (1855) 22.S ; Ames Orchidaceae 

 2 (1908) 188. 



"Caale ac foliis prope Eriae paniculatae Lindl., spicis oppositifoliis 

 plurimis abbreviatis, bracteis lanceolatis acutis ovaria glabra aequantibus 

 superantibusve, labello cuneato, flabellato, antice trilobo, lobo medio semi- 

 ovato acutiusculo, lobis lateralibus obtusangulis, carimilis geminis curvato 

 divergentibus a basi in medium, carina per discum lobi medii tomentosi. — 

 Cavils adest spitbamaeus. Folia linearilanceolata acuminata, subcoriacea 

 apice inaequaliter bilobula, quatuor give quinque pollices longa, quatuor 

 lineae lata. Pedunculi semipollicares tenues, quadri-quinqueflori. Brae- 

 teae pergameneae. Flore* ill is Eriae profusae duplo majores, glabrae. 

 Mentum modicum obtusum. Sepala ovato lanceolata. Tepala duplo an- 

 gustiora. Labellum sepalis brevius. Gynostemiam brevissimum apice 

 antice trilobum. 2063 Cuming. Phil." Keichb. f., I. c. 



Camkuix. Babuyanes Islands, liur. Sri. .',1,i(i Fenix, July 16, 1907. epiphyte, 

 summit of the highest mountain. Mindanao. Li/on "//". December. 1907. 



