ORCHIDACE.E 



generic difference between Eria and Dendrobium. E. aporoides 

 has four pollen masses cohering in pairs and is a true Dendro- 

 bium. Schlechter's E. decipiens from Celebes is a near ally of 

 Z). Brongniartii, differing from it in having a smooth labellum. 

 Luzon, Leyte, Mindanao, Basilan. 



12. Dendrobium Bullenianum Reichb. f. in Bot. Zeit. 20 : 214. 

 D. erythroxanthum Reichb.f. in Gard. Chron. (1874) 2 :162.This 

 may include D. topaziacum Ames. It has larger flowers. 



13. Dendrobium bursigerumZ///^/. inJourn. Linn. Soc. 3 : 17. 

 This is hardly distinct from D. secundum Lindl. 



14. Dendrobium cabadbarense sp. nov. Aff. D. hymenantho 

 Reichb. f. Pseudobulbi conferti, flavidi, 1.5-3.5 cm. longi, quad- 

 rangulari. Caulis infra pseudobulbos gracilis, internodia 2 vel 3 

 basilaria subteretia, caules cum pseudobulbis usquead 7 cm. longi. 

 Folia duo ad apicem pseudobulbi, coriacea, oblongi-elliptica, 

 usque ad 2.8 cm. longa, 7 mm. lata, obtusa. Flores terminales, 

 longi-pedicellati, vix 1 cm. longi, in sicco flavidi. Pedicellus cum 

 ovariocirciterl3 mm.longus, pergracilis. Sepala lateralia, oblique 

 triangularia, acuta, mentum valde obtusum fere 7 mm. longum 

 formantia, cum mento 9 mm. longa. Sepalum dorsale lanceola- 

 tum, 4 mm. longum, 1.75 mm. latum subacutum. Petala quam 

 sepalum dorsale multo angustiora, oblonga, subacuta, 4 mm. 

 longa. Labellum simplex, oblongum, ad apicem leviter retusam 

 et denticulatum vel crenulatum,8 mm. longum, 3.5 mm. latum, in 

 disco prope apicem labelli irregulariter cristatum. Gynostemium 

 brevissimum. 



This species differs from Dendrobium hyvienanthum Reichb. f. 

 in its smaller flowers and more slender habit. 



Mindanao, Province of Agusan, Cabadbaran, C. M. Weber 19% (Hb. 

 Ames 12651), August 8, 1911. Epiphyte on trees in swamp. 



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