THE GENUS EBIA IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 



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17. E. Curranii Leavitt supra 210. 



Pseudobulbs cylindraceous, 6 cm high. Leaves 2, lance-oblong, obtuse, 

 10 cm long, 2 cm broad. Inflorescence 15 cm long. Raceme loosely 

 flowered, the rhachis sparsely pubescent. Bracts broad, G 

 mm long. Ovary and -pedicel very slender, 1 cm long, 

 pubescent. Mentum conspicuous, conical or oblong, 

 making an acute angle with the ovary. Dorsal sepal 

 ovate, 5 mm long, 2.5 mm wide. Laterals triangular- 

 falcate, acute, 5 mm long, 4 mm wide at base. Petals 

 oblong, 5 mm long, 1.7 mm broad. Lip unguiculate, 

 the claw curved, cimeate-obcordate; mid-lobe obcordate, 

 3 niiu broad; lateral lobes rounded; entire lip 6 mm long, 

 nearly 4 mm broad; carina 1 on disc 3, the middle one 

 least. Column 2 mm high, foot 4 mm long. "(Fig. 13.) 



Palawan. 



Fiu. II.— Bria Our- 



rantf, lip from 



the type. 



IS. E. profusa Lindley Bot. Reg. (1842) Misc. 2; supra 210. 



Pseudobulbs clustered, spindle-ovate, up to 7 cm long and 3 cm in 

 diameter (dry), of a few internodes, imperfectly clothed with broad 

 papery or scarious sheaths, the uppermost 

 foliaceous. Leaves 4, oblong-lanceolate, 

 acutisb, up to 20 cm long. 3 cm wide. In- 

 florescences 2 or 3, erect, with soft downy 

 brown pubescence throughout, up to 30 cm 

 tall, exceeding the leaves, the rather stout 

 peduncle about two-fifths the length of the 

 whole, bearing a few small ovate bracts; 

 raceme not extremely dense, about 2.5 cm in 

 diameter. Ovary with pedicel 7 mm long. 

 Dorsal sepal 5 mm long, elliptic-oblong, ob- 

 tuse. 3 nun wide. Laterals unsymmetricallv 

 ovate, obtuse. 5 mm long, 5 mm broad along 

 the foot. Petals oblong, obtuse, 5 mm long, 

 not 2 mm wide. Lip in general outline cune- 

 ate-obovate, strongly three-lobed, 6 mm long, 4 mm wide across the lateral 

 lobes; lateral lobes erect, oblong, slightly curved; middle lobe recurved, 

 semiorbicular to reniform, with a large tubercle near the apex. (Fig. 14.) 



Flowers pale, with markings of yellow and purple. 



Luzon, Negros Oriental. 

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Fir:. 14. — Erin profusa. 



