ERIA HALCONENSIS 



Eria (§Trichotosia) halconensis Ames in Philipp. Journ. Set. 

 {Bot.) 2: 330 (1907). 



''Plant comparatively slender, about 5 dm. tall. Ste??is about 

 7 mm. in diameter near the base, tapering gradually upwards. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, acute, pubescent, about 

 1 dm. long, 7-11 mm. wide. Racemes leaf-opposed, shorter than 

 the leaves, about 5 cm. long, somewhat flexuose, densely cov- 

 ered with reddish yellow hairs. Bracts broadly ovate or sub- 

 orbicular, 4-6 mm. long, hairy, abruptly acuminate. Lateral 

 sepals triangular, externally hairy, subacute, 7 mm. long, about 

 4 mm. wide at base. Upper sepal oblong, externally hairy. Petals 

 linear, subspathulate, tapering to a subacute or subobtuse apex, 

 6 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide. Lahellum 7 mm. long, linear- cuneate 

 at the base, dilated above, then constricted within 2 mm. of the 

 tip, 3-lobed; lateral lobes minute, obtuse, formed by the con- 

 striction ; middle lobe subquadrate, apiculate, 3-4 mm. wide ; disc 

 with a prominent mid-nerve. Mentuvi about 3 mm. long," — 

 Ames, loc. cit. 



Philippine Islands: Epiphyte, flowers pink-purple, on exposed ridge at 

 4500 ft. alt. on Mt. Halcon, Mindoro, November 14, 1906, E. D. Merrill 

 (no. 5742). — Terrestrial, flowers pink-purple, odorless, on banks in mossy 

 forest at 6000 ft. alt. on Mt. Halcon, Mindoro, November 15, 1906, E. D. 

 Meri'ill (no. 5510) type. 



In addition to the type, which was collected on November 15, 

 Merrill discovered a series of specimens which exhibit slight 

 differences from E^ia halconensis. This series was referred to 

 E. halconensis in my paper on Merrill's Mt. Halcon orchids,* 

 although the original description was drawn entirely from the 

 type. The plants of the series in question are smaller through- 



* Philippine Journal of Science (Bot.) 2: 330 (1907). 



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