ORCHIDACEM 193 



sheath from which the inflorescence arises, and in the apical lobe 

 of the lip, which Hooker shows entire. 



Type in hb. Ames (no. 9478) from Mt. Mariveles, Prov. Bataan, 

 Luzon (specimen sent alive), 1905, E. D. Merrill. — Mt. Mari- 

 veles, Prov. Bataan, Luzon, 1904, D. LeRoy Topping (no. 472). 

 — Camp Keithley, Lake Lanao, Mindanao, May, 1906, Mary 

 Strong Clemens. 



E. (§ Hymeneria) G-RACILISCAPA Rolfe ex Ames Orchi- 

 dace,e fasc. 1, 93 (1905). 



Lateral sepals 5 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 3-nerved. Petals similar to the sepals, 3-nerved. Labellum lanceo- 

 late, 3-nerved, the lateral nerves carinate from about the middle 

 of the disc to the base. 



Mt. Mariveles, Prov. Bataan, Luzon, 1904, D. LeRoy Topping 

 (no. 474). — Flowers white, very fragrant, May 25, 1904, Thomas 

 E. Borden (no. 795). 



Endemic. 



E. (§Convolutse) JAVANICA (Sw.) Blume Rumphia 2: 23 

 (1836). — Dendrobium javanicum Swartz Act. Holm. 1800, 247. 

 — Dendrolirium rugosumBlume Bijdr. 345 (July, 1825). — Er'ia 

 stellata Lindley Bot. Reg. t. 904 (August, 1825) and Orch. PI. 

 67 ; Paxton's Mag. Bot. 2 : 137 (1836) and 4 : 234 (1838) ; Hooker 

 Bot. Mag. t. 3605; Josst Beschr. u. Cult. Orch. 94; Reichb. f. 

 Bonpl. 5: 54 (1857); Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 : 661; Reichb. f. in 

 Walp. Ann. 6: 269; Hemsley Gard. Chron. n. s.18: 500 (1882); 

 Naves Nov. App. 236 ; Ridley Tr. Linn. Soc. ser. 2 (Bot.) 3 : 366 

 (1893);RidleyJourn.Linn.Soc.31:285(1896)and32: 304(1896); 

 Kranzlin in Schumann & Lauterbach Fl. deut. Schutzg. Siidsee 

 248. — Octomeria stellata Sprengel Syst. Veg. 4: Cur. Post. 310 

 (1827). — O. vaginata Breda in Kuhl & van Hasselt Orch. t. 5 

 (1827). — ^. rugosa Lindley Orch. PL 66 (1830); Josst Beschr. 

 u. Cult. Orch. 94; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. 3: 661; Gard. Chron. 



