198 ORCKIBACEM 



mm. long. Petals similar to the sepals but narrower. Labellum 

 4 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, 3-nerved. 



My specimen agrees with the type in Lindley's herbarium at 

 Kew, collected in the Philippines by Cuming. 



Epiphyte, Mt. Santo Tomas, Prov. Benguet, northern Luzon, 

 October 28, 1904, R. S. Williams (no. 1951). 



Endemic. 



E. (§ Trichotosia) VULPINA Reichb. f. Bonpl. 3 : 222 (1855) ; 

 Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 : 660 ; Reichb. f . in Walp. Ann. 6 : 273 ; 

 Lindley Bot. Reg. 1845, t. 2 in part ; Naves Nov. App. 236; Vidal 

 Phan. Cum. Phil. 149 and Rev. PI. Vase. Fil. 268 ; Ames Philipp. 

 Journ. Sci. (Bot.) 2: 332 (1907). — Pinalia vulpina Kuntze Rev. 

 Gen. PI. pt. 2, 679 (1891). 



" Aff. E. vestitce Lindl., labelli ungue lineari lamina longiori, 

 lamina obtuse quadrata basi utrinque unidentata, tuberculo in 

 basi ante unguem. Caulis calamum anatinum crassus. Vaginaz 

 uti folia. Bractece, pedimcidus, ovarium, sepala rufo pilosa. 

 Folium oblongum acutatum nervosum quinque pollices longum, 

 duos latum. Pedunculus ultra bipollicaris. Bractem oblongae 

 acutiusculae (cymbiflores ?), ovariis tertia breviores. Sepala in sac- 

 cum obtusum elongata. Tepala lineari falcata. Labelli unguis 

 supra apicem pedis gynostemii brevissimi adnatus. 2071. Cum- 

 ing. Phil." — Reichb. f., Bonpl. I. c. 



Stems ± 8 dm. high, tomentose, about 9 mm. thick. Leaves 

 distichous, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 10-14 cm. long, ± 2 cm. wide, 

 tomentose on the under surface, sericeous above. Peduncles 

 slender, rufous pilose. Bracts densely rufous pilose, 12 mm. long, 

 about 11 mm. wide, broadly ovate-acuminate. Lateral sepals 

 triangular-acute, 1 cm. long. Upper sepal oblong-obtuse, 1 cm. 

 long. All the sepals pilose. Petals 7 mm. long, 2.9 mm. wide, 

 oblong, rounded at the tip, pubescent. Labellum 9 mm. long, 

 clawed, dilated into a somewhat quadrate, tuberculate blade. 



