ORCHIDACE^ 



medium, circuitu ovatum, vix unguiculatum, obtusum, triloba- 

 tum ; lobi laterales e medio labelli orientes, minuti, obtusi ; lobus 

 medius ellipticus, 2 mm. longus, margine ciliolata, per medium 

 disci carina carnosa usque ad basim lobi medii extendit, utrinque 

 prope marginem labelli carinis duabus prostratis. Columna 2 mm. 

 longa in pedem 1 mm. longum producta. Pollinia octo. 



The elongated stems with as many as six tubular sheaths 

 which loosely invest them at the period of anthesis; the slender 

 peduncles and few-flowered loose racemes which arise from 

 among the sheaths just below the obliquely erect, oblong-linear 

 leaves, give to this species a very distinct aspect among its near- 

 est allies in the Philippines. From Eria retrqfleoca Lindl. it differs 

 in the few-flowered racemes, three-lobed lip with distinct carinae 

 and in the linear-oblong leaves. 



Philippines, Mindanao, Bukidnon Subprovince, Mount Lipa, M. Ramos 

 4* G. Edaiio Bur. Sci. 38612, July 12, 1920. On trees on mossy forest slope. 

 Flowers yellowish white. 6400 feet altitude. 



Eria (§ Hymeneria) microchila ^7nes sp. nov. Planta ha- 

 bitu E. philippinensis. Caules ramosi, vagi, oblique ascendentes, 

 cataphyllis laxe imbricantibus, obtusis, in sicco fulvis tecti. 

 Caules foligeri usque ad 1.5 dm. longi, super vix 1 cm. in cras- 

 situdine, rugosi, infra medium attenuati, plus minusve 5 mm. 

 crassi. Vaginae caulis in sicco inflatae, plus minusve 2 cm. 

 longae, in sicco chartaceae, prope basim caulis imbricatae, apice 

 foliatae. Folia plus minusve 1.5 dm. longa, 10-18 mm. lata, utrin- 

 que attenuata, acutissima, in sicco chartacea, oblique erecta, 

 quinque ad septem. Racemi nonnulli ex axillis superioribus, 

 plus minusve 1.5 dm. longi, pubescentes, tomento brunneo ves- 

 titi. Bracteae racemi reflexae, plus minusve 6 mm. longae, lanceo- 

 latae, acutae, glabrae. Pedicellus cum ovario arcuatus, usque ad 

 9 mm. longus, dense pubescens, tomento brunneo tectus. Flores 



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