ORCHIDACEJS 95 



loosely imbricating, obtuse. Leaves about five, linear-oblong or 

 linear-lanceolate, acute, about 12 cm. long, 11 mm. wide, approxi- 

 mate upon remote, declined, pseudobulbous, contracted, thickened 

 stems ; each pseudobulbous stem subtended by a leaf. Racemes 

 several from the summit of the short stems, about 1 dm. long, 

 loosely many-flowered, tomentose. Bracts longer than the tomen- 

 tose pedicels, smooth. Flowers exceeding 1 cm. in length, smooth. 

 Lateral sepals oblong, acute, about 1.5 cm. long, 4 mm. wide. 

 Upper sepal narrower than the laterals, about 1.5 cm. long. 

 Petals oblong, sub-acute, 1.4 mm. long, 4 mm. wide. Lip entire, 

 ovate, obtuse, ecallose, 7 mm. long. Column 2.5 mm. high. Ovary 

 tomentose hairy. — Allied to JS'. j^olystachia, Rich., from which 

 species it differs in habit, in the larger size of the flowers, and in 

 the absence of calH on the lip. 



Mt. Santo Tomas, Prov. Benguet, Luzon, March 2, 1904, A. 

 D. E. Elmer (no. 5803). 



E. polyura, Lindl., in Bot. Reg. 1841, Misc. 55 : " caule elongato 

 folioso, foliis lanceolatis acutis patentibus striatis, spicis oppositi- 

 foliis multifloris nutantibus foliis sequalibus v. brevioribus, brac- 

 teis ovario dupl5 brevioribus adpressis, sepalis petalisque ovatis 

 acutis erectis Isevibus, labello cordato ovato acuto basi bicarinato." 

 The species is figured in Bot. Reg. 28 : t. 32 (1842). 



Stems, elongated, ligneous, branched, slender below, thickened 

 above, bracteate. Bracts about 1 cm. long, tubular, dilated, acute. 

 Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acute, 6-12 cm. long, 2-3 cm. wide, 

 approximate at the summit of each growth, coriaceous, nervose. 

 Peduncle short. Racemes nodding, slender, about 14 cm. long. 

 Floral bracts about 3 mm. long, exceeding the pedicels. Flowers 

 about 5 mm. long. Lateral sepals triangular-lanceolate. Upper 

 sepal ovate-lanceolate, petals similar. Labellum cordate-ovate, 

 obtuse or acute, with a purple tubercle on the disc near the base, 

 bicarinate. Column arcuate. Perianth pale pink (?). Lip deep 

 crimson-magenta . 



Mt. Mariveles, Prov. Bataan, Luzon, January 1, 1904, E. D. 

 Merrill (no. 3733). 



