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Var. fusiform is Leavitt supra 204. 



Apical portions of the stem thickened through several internodes, 

 forming fusiform pseudobulbs 3^ cm long, clothed with imbricating 

 acuminate sheaths; racemes denser. 



Flowers white with pink center. 



Luzon. 



3. E. Hutch insoniana Ames in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 330; 

 supra 204. 



Very like the last. Inflorescence 

 few- flowered. Floral segments nar- 

 rower in proportion to their length. 

 Dorsal sepal 1 cm long, 2.5 mm 

 wide. Lateral sepals triangular fal- 

 cate, somewhat acuminate, acutish, 

 3.5 mm wide at the base, 8 mm 

 long. Petals lance-oblong, 8 mm 

 long, 2.5 mm wide. Lip in general 

 outline ovate, the base rounded and 

 somewhat dilated, the forward por- 

 tion oblong, obtuse, total length 5 

 mm, width 3 mm. (Fig 4.) 



Flowers white, purple at the base inside. 



Mindoro. Fig. i.—Erin Hutcltiiixoniana, from the type. 



4. E. philippinensis Ames Orchidaceae 1 (1905) 94; supra 204. 



Stem not bulbous, 5 mm in diameter when 

 dry. Members of the sympodium 12-15 cm 

 long, new growth arising 2-3 cm below the 

 extremity of the old. Leaves 9 cm long, 

 1.4 cm wide. Inflorescences 13 cm long. 

 Floral bracts lanceolate, 1—1.5 cm long. 

 Ovary reddish-tomentose, 1 cm long. Pe- 

 rianth l.lf. cm or more long. Sepals and 

 petals oblong, reddish when dry. Lip 

 broadly ovate, scarcely 5 mm long. Foot as 

 long as, or longer than, the column. 

 (Fig. 5.) 



Flowers white or pale-tinted, the lip red. 

 Luzon. 



Fig. 5, — Eria phdipptneiutl, from 

 the type. 



