OKCHIDACEJi: 



basim, breviter unguiculatum,circuitu ovato-lanceolatum, obtu- 



sum, valde carnosum, extus pubescens. Columna 4 mm. longa, 



pubescens, in pedem 4 mm. longum producta. 



This is a very remarkable species which differs conspicuously 



from its Philippine allies in the short stems with from two to 



four leaves near the summit, in the manner of species of section 



Hymeneria, in the stout rhizomes which at the base of young 



shoots are covered by closely appressed tubular bracts with a 



dense reddish tomentum, and in the fleshy petals, thickened at 



the tip, which are densely pubescent on both sides. 



Philippines, Mindanao, Bukidnon Subprovince,Tangculan and vicinity, 

 M. Ramos Sf G. Edano Bur. Sci. 3912^^ July 2, 1920. On tree in mossy 

 forest. Flowers yellow and coffee color. 5500 feet altitude. 



Eria (§ Hymeneria) msLCera. Ames sp. nov. Herba epiph5rtica. 

 Rhizoma repens. Radices fibratae, ramosae, pubescentes. Caules 

 aggregati, graciles, plus minusve 2 dm. longi, in sicco plus mi- 

 nus ve 2.5 mm. in crassitudine, pauciarticulati ut videtur, vaginis 

 tubulatis vestiti, plerumque trifoliati. Folia plus minusve 12 

 cm. longa, usque ad 1 cm. lata, lineari-oblonga, in sicco charta- 

 cea, utrinque attenuata, acuta, oblique erecta. Racemi subapi- 

 cales, laxiflori, floribus 8 mm. inter se distantibus, cum pedun- 

 culo usque ad 5 cm. longi, plus minusve quadriflori, glabri. Brac- 

 teae inflorescentiae usque ad 5 mm. longae, in sicco chartaceae, 

 ovatae, acutae, margine erosae. Pedicellus cum ovario 6-13 mm. 

 longus, gracilis, glaber. Sepala lateralia plus minusve 11 mm. 

 longa, usque ad 2.5 mm. lata trans basim, triangulari-oblonga, 

 usque ad apicem attenuata, acuta, mentum obtusum 2 mm. 

 longum formantia. Sepalum dorsale simile, plus minusve 1 cm. 

 longum, 3 mm. latum. Petala 9 mm. longa, 2-2.75 mm. lata, 

 ligulata, acuta, trinervia, apice incrassata. Labellum 4 mm. 

 longum, 3 mm. latum infra medium, 2 mm. latum trans lobum 



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