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cence erect, composed of from 3 to 5 spikes; spikes purplish 

 and covered with a fine whitish bloom; flowers yellowish, 

 also covered with a whitish bloom, inner organs white and 

 purple spotted. 



Eria lamellata sp. nov. 



Aff. E. giganteae, lamellis lateralibus permagnis, Caules 

 fohosi, elongati, vaUdi. Folia plus minus 26 cm. longa, circiter 

 2.8 cm. lata, ligulata, coriacea, anguste lanceolata, vel etiam 

 graminea, longe attenuata acutissima, vaginae complanatae. 

 Racemi 6, lanuginosi, circiter 3 dm. longi. Bracteae minutae, 

 retroflexae, lanceolatae, acutae, pedicellus cum ovario lanuginosus. 

 Sepala extus pubescentia, lateralia late ovata, asymmetrica, acuta, 

 4 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, dorsale cucuUatum, lanceolatum, 3.5 

 mm. longum. Petala oblonga, acuta, l-nervia, 3 mm. longa, 1 

 mm. lata. Labellum obovatum, trilobatum, 5 mm. longum, 

 4.5 mm. latum, vix unguiculatum ; lobi laterales 2 mm. longi, 

 oblongi-lanceolati, asymmetrici, subobtusi; lobus medius unguicu- 

 latus, subreniformis 2.5 mm. longus, 2.5 mm. latus, margine 

 crenulato. Calli 6 (-7), 3 ad basim labelli (quorum 2 laterales 

 minuti) unum permagnum, complanatum, prope sinum utrinque, 

 1 in lobo medio copiose farinosum (1 rarissime ad basim unguis 

 lobi terminalis.) Columna minuta. 



Eria lamellata, which is near E. gigantea Ames, is readily dis- 

 tinguished by the large lamella-like caUi which arise near the sinus 

 of each lateral lobe and extend their free tips to one-half the length 

 of the lateral lobes. On the middle lobe there is one large wart- 

 like tubercle which is copiously covered with a farinose substance. 

 In one flower at the base of the claw of the middle lobe an addi- 

 tional tubercle was detected. This additional tubercle, however, 

 was not noted in three other flowers which were specially examined 

 in search of its occurrence. At the base of the lip the middle 

 one of the three tubercles there situated is elongated and twice 

 as long as its neighbors. Eria lamellata belongs to the interest- 

 ing group of species which Leavitt in his paper entitled "The 

 Genus Eria in the Philippine Islands" i Philip. Journ. Sci. (Bot.) 

 IV) included in § Mycaranthes, and which Kraenzlin in his 

 monograph of the genus Eria assigned to § Eriurae. 



