ORCHIDACE.E 



56. Eria vulpina Reichb.f. in Bonpl. 3 : 222. 



Luzon, Mindanao, Leyte, Basilan, Mindoro, Sibuyan. 



57. Eria WhMoxdn Leavitt in Phil. Journ. Sci. 4:215. Kranzlin 

 in his monograph referred this species to E. ceridastachya Reichb. 

 f.,but in view of Leavitt's careful studies of the group to which E. 

 Whitfordii belongs, I am inclined to uphold his species. As Leavitt 

 stated in his paper in the Philippine Journal of Science, the spe- 

 cies of this group differ from one another in characters which are 

 difficult to describe, but which are noticeable at once when the 

 species are compared side by side. Leavitt based his conclusion on 

 a thorough study of specimens in European herbaria and on a 

 Seeman specimen in the Gray Herbarium which had been iden- 

 tified by Reichenbach f. Cf. Leavitt's paper, "The Genus Eria 

 in the Philippine Islands," in Phil. Journ. Sci. 4 : 213-215. 



Mindoeo, Luzon, Negros, Leyte. 



58. Eria Woodiana Ames in Phil. Journ. Sci. 2 :332. 

 Luzon, Mindoro. 



59. Eria zamboangensis sp. nov. AfF. E. palawanensis sed in 

 habitu major. Tota planta cum pedunculo circiter 3.5 dm. alta. 

 Caulis vaginis foliaceis obtectus. Folia 2-3, oblonga, 3 dm. longa, 

 usque ad 2.7 cm. lata, rigida, coriacea, utrinque fastigata, ad 

 apicem acuta. Vaginae imbricatae. Pedunculus ±1.5 dm. longus, 

 bracteis paucis adpressis. Inflorescentia? vaginas ad basim per- 

 forates, foliis breviores, multiflora?, lanuginosa?. Bractese inflo- 

 rescentiee, squamiformes, minutae, in sicco scariosae, 1 mm. longee. 

 Racemus usque ad 1 dm. longus, sublaxiflorus. Pedicellus cum 

 capsula 1.5 cm. longus. Sepala lateralia ad pedem gynostemii de- 

 currentia, mentum magnum, obtusum, 3 mm. longum forman- 

 tia, late oblique ovato-triangularia, obtusa, circiter 5 mm. longa, 

 4.5 mm. lata, extus disperse pilosa. Sepalum dorsale valde con- 



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