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many-flowered, 2|-3 inches long. Bracts oblong-lanceolate, acute 

 or acuminate, 1-li lin. long. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 2| lin. long. Petals lanceolate-linear, acuminate, If lin. long. 

 Lip entire, ovate-lanceolate, acute, strongly 3-nerved, 1 lin. long. 

 Column rather stout, about f Hn. long. Mentum very short. — 

 On Mt. Mariveles, Lamao River, in the Province of Bataan, Whit- 

 ford, n. 307. AUied to the Malayan JEJ. teniciflora, Ridl. (Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. XXXII. p. 291), but the pseudobulbs and scapes 

 longer and much more slender, and the flowers with much nar- 

 rower segments." — R. A. RoHe in MS. 



E. ornata, Lindl., Orch. PL 66 (1830). — DendroUrium ornor 

 turn, Blume, Bijdr. 345 (1825): "bulbis ovalibus compressiuscu- 

 lis sub-3 phyllis, fohis oblongo-lanceolatis rigidis nervosis, spica 

 radicali vaginata sepalisque exterioribus fusco-tomentosis, bracteis 

 coriaceis margine recurvis, labello intus crispato-cristato, limbi lobo 

 medio acuminato. (Bractese rubrse, demum aurantiacse. Species 

 pulcherrima.)" Hue : -E'. armeniaca, Lindl., in Bot. Reg. 1841, 

 Misc. 38, t. 42 : " pseudobulbis ovalibus compressis triphyllis, 

 foliis oblongo-lanceolatis coriaceis Isevibus, racemo tomentoso 

 radicali basi vaginato stricto foliis sequaH v. longiore, foliis scapi 

 bracteisque lanceolatis acuminatis subcoriaceis (armeniacis), labelli 

 lobis laterahbus dentiformibus intermedio rhombeo crispo ; lamel- 

 lis 3 rectis baud crispatis lateralibus abbreviatis divergentibus inter- 

 media versus apicem labelli producta." 



Tanay, Prov. Rizal, Luzon, May 20, 1903, U. D. Merrill (no. 

 2361). 



E. (§ Hymeneria) philippinensis, sp. nov. Rhizoma repens. 

 Pseudobulbi remoti, f oHati. Folia lineari-oblonga s. Hneari-lanceo- 

 lata, acuta, 12 cm. longa, approximata. Racemus nutans. Rha- 

 chis puberulus. Sepala lateralia oblonga, acuta. Sepalum dorsale 

 oblongum. Petala oblonga sub-acuta. Labellum integer, ovatum, 

 obtusum, ecallosum. Ovarium tomentosum. Flores glabri. 



Rhizome woody, stout, creeping, bracteate. Bracts tubular, 



