224 LEAVITT. 



E. halconensis Ames to Philip. Journ. Sei. 2 (1907) Bot, 330; Orchidaceae 3 



(1908) 85, t. :><>. 



"Plant comparatively alender, about 5 dm tall. Stems about 7 mm 

 in diameter near the haw, tapering gradually upwards. Leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, acute, pubescent, about 1 dm long, 7-11 mm wide. 

 Racemes leaf-opposed, shorter than the leaves, about 5 cm long, somewhai 



flexuose, densely covered with reddish yellow hairs. Bracts broadly ovate 

 or suborbicular, l-(i nun long, hairy, abruptly acuminate. Lateral sepals 

 triangular, externally hairy, subacute, H nun long, about I nun wide at 

 base. Upper sepal oblong, externally hairy. Petals linear. Bubspathu- 

 late, tapering to a subacute or subobtnse apex, 6 mm long, 1.5 mm wide. 

 Labellum 7 mm long, Linear-cuneate at the base, dilated above, then 

 constricted within 2 mm of the tip, 3-lobed; lateral lobes minute, obtuse, 

 formed by the constriction; middle lobe subquadrate, apiculate, 3-4 mm 

 wide; disc with a prominent mid-nerve. Mniium about 3 mm long." 

 Ames in Philip. Journ. Sci. Bot. I. c. 



Eria Ramosii Bp. nov, 



Planlu/a habitu E. microphyllae HI., dense hirsuta, pilis ftavisi Sym- 

 podium longe repens. Membra fhngera sympodii ad 5 cm alta. erects 

 ( ?). Caulis pergraeilis, in aicco circiter 0.7 mm in diametro, internodiis 

 ad 7 mm longis. Bases persistentes foliorum aliquid infundibuliformes 

 internodiis aequilongi, vel saepe longiores, in sicco 1-2 mm diametro; 

 laminar ellipticae, oblongae, vel late lanceolatae, acuminatae, circiter 8 

 mm longae, circiter 3 mm latae. Flos solitarius, prope apicem caulis 

 ortus, hirsutus. Sepaium dorsaie oblongum, acuminatum, plus minus 5 

 mm longum, plus minus 2 mm latum. Sepala lateralia triangula, acuta, 

 circiter 7 mm longa, ad basim circiter 6 nun lata. Petaia extus pilosa, 

 oblonga, acuminata, acuta, 4-5 mm longa, vix 2 mm lata. Labellum 

 integrum, ovatum, extus pilosum, (I mm longum, 3.5 mm latum, tergo 

 aliquid carinato, carina in apiculum produeta. Columna (sine opercu- 

 lo), circiter 2 mm alta, crassa, pilosa. Pollinia I. rotnndata, subaimulata 

 (Fig. 25.) 



Luzon, Province of Rizal. Bur. Sci. W6 Ramct, January. 1907. epiphyte, 

 flowers purplish. 



This is a curious little species on the borders of the section, named for the 

 assiduous collector, Maximo Ramos. 



The following species can not he legitimately assigned to an established section. 

 In habit it faintly suggests | .1/ i/cai-antl,™, but the flower is quite different from 

 that of this section. 



E. cymbiformis -I. .1. Smith Rec. Trav. Hot. \eerl. 1 (1904) 152; Ames in 

 Philip. Journ. Bci. 2 (1807) Bot 330. 



■■Psrudobu/bi breves, circ. 4foliati. Folia elongata, linearia, inaequal- 

 iter acuta, basi conduplicata, nervis 7 suhtus prominentibus, circ. 54 cm 

 longa, ?.?0 can lata; vaginae erectae, conduplicatae, equitantes. nitidae, 

 circ. 11 cm longae. Tnftorescentiae vaginas ad basim perforantes, folds 

 breviores, multillorae, paulum lanuginosa^, basi vaginis paucis. circ. 30 



