NOTES ON PHILIPPINE ORCHIDS, II. 673 



In nil description of D. acuminatum in "Orchis," Dr. Kriinzlin gives the length 

 of the sepals and petals as 3 to 3.5 cm. In the plate which accompanies his 

 description the lateral sepals exceed 4.5 cm in length and in one Mower are 5 cm 

 long. Dr. Kriinzliu's plate on the other hand portrays D. Lyonii which produces 

 larger flowers than D. acuminatum. 



Nut withstanding Dr. Kriinzlin s remarks regarding the color of the flowers of 

 D. acuminatum and I). Lyonii no change is necessary in the descriptions pub- 

 lished in "Orchidaeeae." D. Lyonii bears purplish flowers according to Mr. Lyon's 

 notes and the type material. D. acuminatum has whitish or yellowish sepals and 

 petals and a deeper-colored labellum (brownish when dry). 



In Fedde's "Repertorium novarum Specierum regni vegetabilis," ' Dr. Kriinzlin 

 takes up the name Sarcopodium and refers to it in addition to a new species, 

 namely S. Stella silvae, Dendrobium acuminatum and D. Lyonii, This last he now 

 calls SaroopodiUm acuminatum var. Lyonii' Sarcopodium Stella silvae was col- 

 lected in Luzon by A. Loher and is described as a near affinity of Dendrobium 

 acuminatum. 



Dendrobium Sanderae Rolfe in Card. Chron. Ill 45 (1909) 374, fig. 163; 

 Orchid Review 17 (1909) 209, fig. 17. 



I refer to this species two specimens of Dendrobium from Luzon. My material 

 agrees with Mr. Rolfe's description and with the illustration which accompanies it. 

 No habitat is given for Dendrobium Sanderae either in the "Gardeners' Chronicle" 

 or in the "Orchid Review," so that we may presume that the place of origin of 

 the species is unknown to Mr. Rolfe or else a trade secret. Mr. Rolfe received 

 the type material from Messrs. Sander and Sons of St. Albans, England, who 

 probably introduced it from the East Indies, as it is nearly allied to Dendrobium 

 Dearci and D. parthenium. The petals of the Philippine material are white, 

 about 4 cm long, and nearly 3 cm wide, rounded at the tip and cuneate at the 

 base. The white sepals are much narrower than the petals and are acute. The 

 middle lobe of the labellum is obcordate or obovate with the margin dentate or 

 crenate. The lateral lobes are much smaller than the middle one and rounded. 

 The throat and lateral lobes are conspicuously striated with purple. In habit 

 D. Sanderae resembles D. Dcarei very closely. The flowers, however, are larger 

 than those of the older species. The striations on the labellum help to distinguish 

 the one from the other. D. Dcarei has a white and yellow labellum. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Bur. Sci. 3Jf07 Mearns, July, 1907: District of 

 Lepanto-Bontoc, Bur. Sci, 5614 Dean C. Worcester, July, 1908, "flowers white, 

 faint odor, throat and tube with purple lines inside:" northern Luzon, W. S. Lyon 

 11.',, on pine trees, altitude 1,000 to 1,200 m. 



ERIA Lindl. 



Eria philippinensis Ames Orchidaeeae 1 (1905) 94. 



To this species I refer, with some hesitation, specimens from Benguet which 

 Curran and Merritt collected in December, 1908. The flowers are much larger 

 than in the type, the labellum measures 9 mm in length. The color of the 

 flowers is a deep-wine-purple. Near the apex of the labellum there is a linear 

 thickening. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Lusod-Bayabas trail, For. Bur. 15117 Curran d 

 Merritt, December 16, 1908, altitude 1500 m, flowers deep-coral-red. 



2 7: 40. (April, 1909.) 



