232 



LEAVITT. 



Kl<;. 11- 



obtuse, 



to ol)ov 

 equal. 



long and 1 cm wide. Inflorescence mostly 1, up to "30 

 cm long, conspicuous for the oblong bracts (sometimes 

 broadened toward the apex), which are up to 8.6 



cm long and J^-S mm wide. Ovary and pedicel thin, 

 up to 2.5 cm long. Dorsal sepal 1 cm long. 'Lo nun 

 wide, lance-ligulate. Laterals strongly falcate, taper- 

 ing from the hast', or nearly oblong, about 1 cm long, 

 .'} mm wide. Petals nearly equal to sepals, lance- 

 ligulate, slightly falcate, obtuse, 2.5 mm wide. Lip 

 3-lobed, 9 mm long; (> mm wide, ovate to cuneate- 

 ohovate in general outline; carina 1 3, the middle ex- 

 tending into the middle lobe, the laterals ending helow 

 the sinuses, or extended to the middle lohe; papilla? 

 scattered and in lines on the middle lohe; lateral lobes 

 slightly incurved, ohlong or ovate; middle lohe much larger, oblong 

 ate, rounded or truncate at the extremity. Column and foot nearly 

 (Fig. 11.) 



Erin bmcttxcai 

 lip. 



Flowers creamy white. 

 Luzon. Mindanao, BasilaD. 



Var. latipetala Leavitt supra 210. 



u;. 12. — Erin braelfxccni', 

 var. latipetala, lip from 

 the type. 



The petals somewhat broader than in the species, 

 deeply stained with red or purple, visibly shorter 

 than the dorsal sepal: the lip approaching orbicular 

 in general outline, 8 mm long, 7 mm wide, shortly 

 clawed, the lateral lobes larger than the middle, 

 rounded, truncate, tinged with vm\. (Fig. 12.) 

 Pseudobulbs short and stout. 



Flowers white, the petals deeply stained with red or 

 purple. 

 Luzon. 



Mi. E. longilabris Lindlev Bot. Reg. ( 1S41 ) Misc. 38, and ( 1H44) I. 29, /. .1 ; 

 supra 1 10. 



With the appearance of E. bractescetu, hut with petals and sepals more 

 acuminate, and the mid-lobe of the lip longer, acuminate, the lateral 

 lamella 1 produced nearly to the apex. 



Pa nay. 



