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7 uiiii long, linear-cuneate al base, dilated above, constricted within 2 

 nun of the tip, 3-lobed; lateral lobes minute, obtuse: mid-lobe sub- 

 quadrate, apiculate, 4 mm wide; disc with a promineni mid-nerve. 



Mentuni about .'5 mm long. 

 Flowers pink-purple. 

 Mindoro. 



.{!>. E. Ramosii Leavitt supra 224. 



.1 dwarf creeping species, densely birsute with yellow hairs. 



New 



FlO. 25. — Eria Ramoni, from 

 the type. 



members of the sympodium arising 15 to 4 cm 

 from the bases of the old, the erect leafy por- 

 tions up to 4 em long. Stem when dry less 

 than 1 Dim in diameter; internodes 7 mm long. 

 Persistent bases of the leaves somewhat funnel- 

 form ; lamina elliptic, oblong, or broadly Lance- 

 olate, acuminate, 8 nun long, 3 mm wide. 

 Flower solitary, sessile near the end of the 

 stem. Dorsal sepal oblong, acuminate, 5 mm ^ ^\\W^- -^r^^^ 

 long, 'I mm wide. Laterals triangular, acute, ^Jg?**-- 3 



7 mm long, (> mm wide at base. Petals ex- 

 ternally pilose, oblong, acuminate, acute, 4—6 

 mm long, scarcely 2 mm wide. Lip entire, ovate, externally |>ilo>e. 

 carinate on the back and apiculate, <> mm long, 3.6 nun broad. Column 

 thick and pilose. Pollinia 1. (Fig. 85-) 



Flower purplish. 

 Luzon. 



4(1. E. cymbiformis •). .1. Smith Rec. Trav. Bot. Xeerl. 1 (1904) 152; supra 

 224. 



Stems up to 12 cm long, wholly concealed by the closely imbricated 

 bases of the crowded leaves. Leaves 10 or more, ensiform from o broad, 

 sheathing base, up to 70 em long 

 ami 2 cm wide. Inflorescence 25 cm 

 or more long, erect, with scattered 

 short white tomentum ; bracts nar- 

 row, 2 mm long; raceme cylindric, 

 2 cm in diameter. Ovary with 

 pedicel ."> mm long, pubescent. 

 Dorsal sepal obovate, 5 mm long, 3 

 mm broad, obtuse; laterals broadly 

 and unsymmetrically ovate, 5 mm 

 long, 7 mm broad, obtuse. Petals 

 rhombic-obovate, 4 mm long, .'5 nun 

 wide, obtuse. Lip saccafe. friincalr. 

 acute-angled on I lie sides in front. 

 (Fig. 26.) 



Flowers white. 



Luzon. Mindoro: Sumatra. 



Fro. 28.— Eria cymbiformit 



