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examined, and the species seems to belong to that section of 

 Dendrobium which flowers after the fall of the leaves. 



" Pendulous from hardwood trees," Mt. Santo Tomas, Prov. 

 Benguet, Luzon, May, 1904, A. D. E. Elmer (no. 6272). 



ERIA, Lindl. 



E. (§ Hymeneria) Elmeri, sp. nov. Caules elongati, 2 dm. 

 longa. Foha coriacea, elliptico-oblonga, obtusa, 5-8 cm. longa. 

 Racemus nutans, rhachis puberulus. Sepala simiUa, oblonga, ob- 

 tusa, trinervia. Petala oblonga, obtusa. Labellum ovato-lanceola- 

 tum, sub-acutum s. obtusum, ad basim bicallosum. Flores glabri. 



Plants about 2 dm. high ? Stems rather stout, leafy above, 5-7 

 mm. thick. Roots branching, villose-pubescent. Leaves about 7 

 in number, approximate near the summit of the stem, coriaceous, 

 elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 5-8 cm. long, up to 3 cm. wide, many- 

 nerved, shortly petiolate. Racemes several, slender, flexuous, 

 about 1 dm. long, from the summit of the stems, many-flowered. 

 Rhachis sparsely pubescent. Floral bracts conspicuous, oblong, 

 sub-acute, about 6 mm. long. Pedicels about 5 mm. long, slender. 

 Sepals similar, oblong, obtuse, 6 mm. long, 3-nerved. Petals 

 shorter than the sepals, oblong, obtuse. Lip 3-nerved, articulated 

 with the foot of the column by a short oblong claw, purplish, 

 narrowly ovate, sub-acute or obtuse, 3 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide 

 just above the claw, with two short, keel-like, intramarginal calli, 

 one on each side near the base of the expanded limb. Column 

 1.5 mm. long, produced into a distinct foot. PolHnia 8. Flowers 

 yellowish or whitish with a purple-stained lip. 



Baguio, Prov. Benguet, Luzon, March 21, 1904, A. D. E. 

 Elmer (no. 6014). 



E. (§ Hymeneria) graciliscapa, Rolfe, sp. nov. " Pseudobulbs 

 terete, slender, 5-6 inches long. Leaves 3 or 4, terminal, lanceo- 

 late-oblong, subcoriaceous, 2|-3| inches long, 6-8 lines broad. 

 Scapes axillary near the summit of the stems, slender, arcuate. 



