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B. Bympodium noi long-creeping, Blender or somewhat stout, eylindric, leaf- 

 bearing stems relatively near together, new shoots arising near the hose* 

 of the old, and clothed lip elongated, tubular sheaths {sometimes evanescent i. 



:: I njloreseenees near the ■summit, opposite the lea res." 

 v I, en res up to .it) em lona. 



."). E. Woodiana Ames in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1897) Bot. 332; aupra 2(»r>. 



Sterna 25 cm tall, stout, clothed with long loose thin acuminate sheaths. 



Leaves ohlanceolate, acuminate, acute, .', cm wide, Inflorescences and 

 leaves ±5, the former up to L5 em long. Bracts narrow, acute. 5-S nun 

 long. Ovary very slender, 5-7 mm long. Dorsal sepal narrowly lan- 

 ceolate, 6.5 mm long. Laterals oblong-lanceolate, acute, <i mm long, 

 'i mm wide. Petals narrowly lanceolate. 5.5 mm long, 1.5 mm wide 

 Lip ±4 mm long, orbicular al base, contracted at about the middle, apical 

 half oblong, obi use. 



Flowers pale-yellow. 



Mindoro, 



ft Leaves up to l~> em long, lip S-lobed, flower* glabrous, 



ti. E. longicruris Leavill supra 20."). 



Stems ;5(l cm tall, 2-3 mm in diameter when dry, 

 clothed by ahout (> long thin sheaths below the leaves. 

 Leave* narrowly lanceolate, 15 cm long. 1.5 em wide. 

 Inflorescences i) cm long. Bracts lanceolate or 

 ligulate, mm long. Ovary very slender, IS mm 

 long. Perianth 13 mm long, the segments slender. 

 Lip 3-lobed, <» mm long, the basal part rotundate, 4 

 mm broad, with 4 elevated ridges, ike middle one 

 thick and canaliculate; lateral Lobes short, incurved, 

 obtuse. Column ',] mm. foot 2 mm long. (Pig. 6.) 



Flowers yellowish-white. 



Mindanao. 



Kiii. <i. — Erin lnni/in mix, 

 lip mid petal from type. 



fff Leaves up to u om long, lip entire, flowers glabrous, 

 7. E. graciliscapa Rolfe in Ames Orchidaceae 1 (1905) 93; supra 206. 



Stems clustered, slender, 21 cm tall, 2—3 mm in diameter when dry. 

 Sheaths evanescent. Leaves broadly lanceolate, acuminate from near the 

 middle, !> cm long, 2 cm wide. Inflorescences cm long, the racliis 

 very slender. Bracts narrow, 3 mm long. Ovary very slender. ■'> mm 

 long. Perianth 4 mm long. Lateral sepals nearly Ligulate, scarcely 1 



* This division may be found to break down when more specimens are studied. 

 It holds for those in band; but too much reliance should not be placed upon it. 



