ORCHIDACEAE 
ish, tinged with lavender-purple. The carinae of the labellum ex- 
tend onto the middle lobe, the lateral ones terminating in mi- 
nute rounded wart-like protuberances. Toward the base and mid- 
dle of the labellum the lateral carinae are much higher than 
elsewhere. The middle carina is represented by a thickening of 
the mid-nerve until it reaches the mid-lobe on which it termi- 
nates in an erect plate nearly 4 mm. high. In this respect the 
general appearance of the middle carina recalls D. conanthum. 
(PLATE 101.) 
CatamianEs Istanps, Busuanga, #. H. Taylor, October 1918. Type 
from a plant cultivated at Manila. (The flowers last about two months.) 
Dendrobium (§ Rhopalanthe) polytrichum Ames in Phil. 
Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) 328; Orchidaceae 2 (1908) 183. 
The use of the stems of this species in decorative workin weav- 
ing recalls the similar use of Dendrobium utile J. J. Sm. in the 
Moluccas where the stems enter into the fabrication of small 
articles such as cigar pouches. 
Luzon, Minporo. 
ERIA Lindi. 
Eria mindanaensis Ames in Elmer’s Leaflets of Phil. Bot. 5 
(1912) 1577. 
The original specimens of this species were secured by A. D. 
K. Elmer on Mount Giting-giting on the island of Sibuyan. 
Why the specific name mindanaensis was given to it I am un- 
able to explain. The only material I have seen, aside from speci- 
mens recently received from Panay, is that which constitutes 
the type in my herbarium. I have not received any specimens 
from Mindanao that are referable to the Sibuyan plants. In June 
1919 A. Martelino and G. Edajio collected on Mount Salibong- 
bong, Capiz Province, Panay, and among other orchids they se- 
