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33. E. brachystachya Reichb. f. Bonplandia 3 (1855) 223; supra 221. 

 Stem up to 60 cm high, 4 mm in diameter when dry, leafy through 



three-fifths or more of its extent. Leaves narrowly linear-lanceolate, 

 about 10 cm long, 0.8 cm wide, obtuse. Peduncle 1 cm or less long, 4- 

 or 5-bracteate, bracts linear, about 1 cm long. Flower solitary. Ovary 

 with pedicel 7 mm long. Mentnm making a right angle with ovary. 

 Perianth nearly 10 mm long. Dorsal sepal oblong, 4 mm wide, obtuse. 

 Laterals tri angular-falcate, 5 mm broad at base. Petals oblong-falcate, 

 obtuse, 9 mm long, 4 mm broad. Lip somewhat cuneate at base, strongly 

 3-lobed in front, the side lobes curved and exceeding the mid-lobe, tbe 

 latter rounded, broader than long; the disc and mid-lobe thickened and 

 papillose; entire lip 6 mm long and wide. Column and foot about equal. 



Flowers white, the middle of the lip yellow. 



Mindanao, Camiguin (Babuyanes). 



34. E. vulpina Reiehb. f. in Bonplandia 3 (1855) 222; supra 222. 



Stems up to 80 cm high, 0.6 cm in diameter when dry. Internodes 

 3-4 cm long. Leaves oblong to lanceolate, unsymmetrically acuminate, 

 up to 14 cm long and 2.8 cm wide. Inflorescence 10-20 cm long. Bracts 

 broadly cordate, 1.2 cm long, nearly as wide, 

 acuminate. 1-2 cm distant, Dorsal sepal 

 oblong, 13 mm long. Laterals triangular- 

 falcate, acute, 10 mm long, 8 mm wide along 

 the foot. Petals curved, oblong to spathu- 

 late, rounded at the tip, 7 mm long, 2 mm 

 or more wide, externally pubescent. Foot 

 7 mm long. Lip 9 mm long, unguiculate, 

 dilated into a somewhat quadrate blade 

 which is weakly 34obed. Mentum rounded, 

 strongly outstanding. (Pig. 23.) 



Flowers flesh-color. 



Luzon, Mindoro, Mindanao. 



35. E. fusca Blume Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 2 (1852) 183; supra 222. 



Stems up to 80 cm tall, 0.5 cm in diameter when dry, the internodes 

 2-3.5 cm long. Tomentum on leaf-bases dark, dense, fine, short and 

 somewhat appressed. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, acute, up to 10 cm 

 long, up to 1.8 cm wide, clothed when young with a short, dark-reddish 

 pubescence. Inflorescence 4 cm long, the ovate acuminate bracts 8 mm 

 long, 5 mm wide, 0.5 cm distant. Dorsal sepal oblong, 8 mm long, 3 

 mm wide. Laterals triangular-falcate, 7 mm long on the margin next to 

 the dorsal, 8 mm broad along the foot, acute, somewhat carinate. Petals 

 linear or spathulate, 7 mm long, less than 2 mm wide. Foot 6 mm long. 

 Mentum cylindraceous, curved and standing out. Lip 11 mm long, 7 

 mm broad across the terminal lobe, unguiculate, 3-lobed by a sharp 

 constriction 3.5 mm from the end, the middle lobe widest, broadly 

 flabellate or somewhat reniform, refuse; elevated lines of the disc 3. 



Negros : Java. 



Fig. 23.— Eria nilpina, lip. 



