ORCHIDACE.E 



per totam longitudinem foliati, usque ad 6 mm. in diametro. Folia 

 anguste lanceolata, saepe lineari-lanceolata, 5-10.5 cm. longa, 11- 

 22 mm. lata, coriacea, rigida, acuta, subtus pilosa, ante maturi- 

 tatem utrinque pilosa, pilis runs vel brunneis. Foliorum vaginas 

 1.5-4 cm. longae, cylindraceae,internodiis sequilongse,hirsutae, pilis 

 rufis vel brunneis, ad summum caulem dense hirsutae pilis runs. 

 Pili arteadpressi, vel oblique ascendentes. Racemi foliis breviores, 

 circiter 4 cm. longi, dense pilosi, subfractiflexi. Flores ± 6. Brac- 

 teae late ovataa, acutas, coriaceas, concaviusculae, pedicellis longi- 

 ores, circiter 6 mm. longae, 4.5 mm. lata?, hirsutae. Sepala lateralia 

 oblique triangulari-lanceolata, acuta, ad apicem carinata vel in- 

 crassata, extus sparse pilosa, cum mento usque ad 13 mm. longa. 

 Mentum obtusum 4 mm. longum. Sepalum dorsale oblongi-lan- 

 ceolatum, concaviusculum, extus sparse pilosum, 6 mm. longum. 

 Petala lineari-oblonga, obtusa, trinervia, membranacea, 7 mm. 

 longa, 1.5 mm. lata. Labellum trilobatum, unguiculatum, totum 

 labellum 8-10 mm. longum, e basi oblongo-cuneatum; lobi lat- 

 erales parvi, rotundati, quam lobus medius multo minores ; lobus 

 medius latior quam longior, obreniformis, ± 5 mm. latus, ±2.5 

 mm. longus, profunderetusus. Discus manifeste bicarinatus, pu- 

 bescens, carina? ad basim obsoletae pertinent ad mediam partem 

 disci. Labellum ambitu supra unguem panduriforme. Gynoste- 

 mium cum pede circiter 1 cm. longum. 



This species is closely related to Eria leytensis Ames and E. 

 fusca Bl. From the former it is in part distinguished by its less 

 strict habit and by the deeply retuse, reniform middle lobe of the 

 labellum. E. leytensis, in dried specimens, is less pubescent and 

 on the under side of the mature leaves appears to be smoother 

 than E. lagunensis. E. fusca is in part characterized by having a 

 tricarinate labellum. In several flowers examined the petals were 



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