1578 Leaflets of Philippine Botany [Vol. V, Art. 77 



Island of Sibuyan: Province of Capiz, Magallanes (Mt. Giting- 

 giting), April, 1910, A. D. E. Elmer, 12271. 



Small tufts on the upper side of an inclined moss covered 

 tree trunk extending across or over the Patoo river at 750 feet 

 altitude, 20 feet from the edge of the water. Rhizome rigid, 

 tough, short, freely rebranched; stems ascending, ensiform, 

 flexible, pale green; leaves ascending or horizontal, flat or only 

 shallowly folded on the upper side toward the base; spikes two, 

 ascending, the terete rachis and reflexed bracts pale green; 

 flowers divaricate, lateral wings of the lip spotted with purple, 

 otherwise pale or melleus yellow. 



Eria palawanense sp. nov. 



Caules abbreviati, bracteis chartaceis absconditi,monophylli, 

 cylindracei, 21 6 cm. alti, circiter 5 mm. in crassitudine. Folia 

 linearia, glabra, circiter 3 dm. longa, 7 — S mm. lata, ad apicem 

 inaequaliter bilobata, acuminata, acuta, pedunculo multo longiora. 

 Pedunculus lateralis, erectus, sparsim pubescens, pauci-vaginatus, 

 circiter 8 cm. longus, pauciflorus. Pedicelli graciles, cum ovario 

 7.5 mm. longl, pubescentes. Bracteae inflorescentiae pedicello 

 breviores, lanceolatae, 2.5 mm. longae, ciliolatae. Flores albidi. 

 Sepala lateralia circiter 5 mm. longa, ovata, asymmetrica, mentum 

 3 mm. longum, obtusum formintia. Sepalum dorsale oblongi- 

 ellipticum, obtusum, fere 5 mm. longum, 3 mm. latum. Petala 

 oblongl-lanceolata, fere 6 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, 5-nervia, obtusa. 

 Labellum ovatum, obtusum, concavum, cymbiform3, ad basim 

 saccatum, 5 mm. longam circiter 3.5 mm. latum, lamDllis 2 intra- 

 marginalibus. Columna petalo brevior. 



The labellum of E. palawanense is generally ovate in outline. 

 At the base it forms, with the foot of the column, a distinct cup 

 or sac. From the base to about the middle, one on each side, 

 two falcate lamollae extend, gradually dilated toward the truncate 

 tip and arc fastened to the disc of the lip near thoir inner margin. 

 The point of attachment seems to be indicated by longitudinal 

 nerves. Unfortunately the material at hand is not supplied with 

 very good flowers. 



Island of Palawan: Province of Palawan, Puerto Princesa 

 (Mt. Pulgar), May, 1911, A. D. E. Elmer, 13239. 



At 4000 feet up the mountain, in dense mossy woods. 



