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longus, glaber, eostatus, dentibus 3 ovatis mucronatis 2 mm. longis, Corolle 
tubus calyci zequilongus, lobo postico oblongo obtuso glabro angusto 2 em. longo 
1 cm. lato, ceteris minoribus 15 em. longis. Labelium ovatum, concavum, 
carnosum, pubescens, apice angustiore oblongo lineari truncato basi costis 2 
elevatis instrueto. Anthera oblonga, appendice oblongo longiore quam latiore 
pubescente. 
Geelvink Bay, 2200 ft., May 1873. A. B. Meyer no. 10 (in Herb. Kew.). 
This species is distinct in its short simple inflorescence with small spikes, large ligule, 
and ovate lip ending in a linear oblong limb with two raised lines in the concave portion. 
The lip is two-thirds of the length of the shorter corolla-lobes. 
ERIOLOPHA JULIFORMIS, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Caules graciles, 4 mm. crassi. Folia tenuiter coriacea, lanceolata, acuminata, sessilia, 
basi breviter angustata, 14 cm. longa, 3 em. lata, preeter basin coste et vaginas 
pubescentes glabra; ligula rotundata brevi retusa 2 mm. longa, vagina costata 
haud cancellata. Inflorescentia 11 cm. longa, spicis 3-4 cylindricis remotis, rhachi 
gracili angustata pubescente flexuosa. Lractee ad basin spicarum site lanceolate, 
acuminate, cuspidatz, papyracez, pubescentes, ima 4 cm. longa, 8 mm. lata, 
superiores minores. Bractew florales breves, ovate, imbricate, carinate, mucro- 
nulate, sericez, 4-5 mm. longs. Pedicelli sericei, apice longius ciliati. 
Ovarium obovoideum, sericeum, 4 mm. longum. Calyx brevis, tubulosus, 1 em. 
longus, minute pubescens, lobis lanceolatis acuminatis marginibus pubescentibus, 
dimidio tubi fere sequalibus. Corolla tubo calycem breviter superante, lobis 
oblongis obtusis glabris, postico cucullato, ceeteris apice planis 1 mm. longis 4 mm. 
latis. Labellum ovato-oblongum, obtusum, corolle fere wquilongum. Anthera 
linearis, loculis angustis, appendice oblongo obtuso apice retuso hirto, loculi 
dimidio fere zequali. Stylus crassiusculus, stigmate obconico, apice recurvo 
hirto. 
Camp VI a, and between Camps VII and VIII, 3100 ft. 
Readily distinguished by its slender rhachis with catkin-like spikes and small 
flowers. 
ERIOLOPHA FLAGELLARIS, Ridl, in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 3067 (1916). 
Caulis subgracilis, 4 mm. crassus. Folia ovata, lanceolata, euspidata, basi rotundata, 
coriacea, glabra, 18 em. longa, 6 cm. lata, ligula brevi rotundata integra, vagina 
costata haud cancellata. Inflorescentia rhachi elongata gracili 70 cm. longa angu. 
lata pubescente, internodiis 9 em. longis 14 mm. crassis, spicis pluribus cy lindricis 
10-11 em. longis 5 mm. crassis. Bractee basales anguste, lineares, acuminatre, 
papyracee, 11 cm. longe, 7 mm. late. Braclee florales ovate, imbricate, carinate, 
Ocarium obovatum. Calyx tubulosus, costatus, sericeus, 
1:5 em. longus, lobis lanceolatis acuminatis. Corolla tubo calyci vequilongo 
pubescente, lobis lanceolatis acuminatis, basi latioribus 1 em. longis. Labellum 
oblongum, obtusum, apice rotundatum, undulatum, 6 mm. a Anthera 
2¥2 
sericeæ, 5 mm. longer. 
