240 



LEAVITT. 



to 3 mm lonsr. 



Fin. 21.— Eria gigantra, from the 

 type, drawing by Ames. 



Dorsal sepal oblong-ovate, acutish, 5 mm long. Laterals 

 triangular-ovate, 5 mm long, 3 mm wide at base, 

 4 mm broad, somewhat acuminate, the pubes- 

 cence much denser at the base, sparse toward 

 the thickened tip. Petals linear or sometimes 

 lanceolate, obtuse or acute, 4 mm long, 1 mm 

 iei</e. Lip broadly obovate in general outline; 

 the lateral lobes broadly rounded, somewhat 

 pointed, their inner margins nearly straight, 

 extending much more widely than the mid-lobe; 

 mid-lobe semicircular, erose-margined, thin and 

 soon shriveling; farinose call] at base (8) and 

 on the middle of the mid-lobe (2); a smooth, 

 pointed callus near each sinus. Lip 5 mm 

 long, about as broad. (Fig. 21.) 



Flowers yellowish-green, the sides of the oolumu 



and lip spotted with brown-purple. 

 Luzon, Mindanao. 



id foot tinged, the sepals 



§ CYLINDROLOBTJS Blume Mus. Bot Lugd.-Bat. 2 (1866) 182. 



Stem tall and relatively slender, the internodes 8-3 cm long, leafy 

 (and sheathed by leaf-bases) throughout most of its length : leaves slender, 

 glabrous; inflorescences from the sides of the stem, short, few-flowered 

 and glabrous throughout. 



32. E. fastigatifolia Ames Orchidaceae 2 (1008) 191; supra 221. 



Ste?ns up to 135 cm tall and 7 mm in diameter 

 when dry. Leaves gramineous, pointed, up to 25 cm 

 long, 0.8 cm wide. Inflorescences more or less than 

 U cm long, the peduncle about one-third of the whole. 

 Bracts lanceolate to ligulate, acuminate, acute, up to 



8 mm long. Flowers up to 9 or 10. Ovary and pedicel 



9 mm long. Mentum making an acute angle with 

 the ovary. Flower 8 mm in extent from end of 

 mentum to tip of dorsal sepal. Dorsal sepal elliptic- 

 oblong, 5 mm long, 3 mm wide. Laterals unsym- 

 metrically ovate-oblong, 5 mm long, 3 nun broad. 



»y^y Petals oblong-spathulate, 4 mm long, less than 2 mm 

 wide. Lip cuneate at the base, weakly S-lobed near 

 the middle; the lateral lobes triangular, pointed; the 

 fiddle lobe somewhat bilobulate, erose-margined; 



Fig. 22.— Erin fasti- several papilla in oblique lines below the middle. 



oWotia from the Col uiun exceeding the foot. (Fie 22) 



type, sifter Ames. ° \ »• ■"»•/ 



Flowers white and pink, petals and labellum with marginal pinkish streaks. 

 Luzon, Mindanao. 



