ORCHIDACE^ 



tiae flores subtendentes, squamiformes, late ovatae, cucullatae, 

 1 mm. longae. Pedicellus cum ovario 3.5 mm. longus ad basim 

 menti ; mentum 2 mm. longum. Flores extus dense flavido- 

 pubescentes. Sepala lateralia vix 3 mm. longa, 4 mm. in diame- 

 tro maximOjfalcata, subacuta. Sepalum dorsale 3.5 mm. longum, 

 valde concavum vel cochleatum, ovato-oblongum, trinervium. 

 Petala ligulata, curvata, 3 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata, obtusa, tri- 

 nervia. Labellum simplex, 4 mm. longum, 2 mm. latum, all- 

 quid incrassatum, oblongo-ovatum, acutum, margine crenulata, 

 tri- vel quinquenervium, eeallosum, vix unguiculatum. Columna 

 in pedem crassum producta. 



Smaller in all floral parts than E. Wliitfordii Leavitt to which 

 it is closely allied. In dried specimens the flowers appear to have 

 been yellowish with purplish petals. In herbarium specimens 

 easily separated from its near allies by the yellowish rather than 

 rusty pubescence of the peduncle and flowers. From E. Mearnsii 

 Leavitt clearly distinguished by the proportions of the labellum. 



Philippines, Mindanao, Bukidnon Subprovince, Mount Candoon, M. 

 Ramos 4* G. Edailo Bur. Sci. 38939, June 27, 1920. On tree in forest. 

 5000 feet altitude. 



Eria (§Hymeneria) vagans Ames sp. nov. Planta habitu 

 E. philippinensis Ames. Caules ramosi, vagi, lignosi, plerumque 

 abbreviati, demissi ut videtur, caulibus foligeris plus minusve 

 4 cm. inter se, usque ad 1 dm. longis, cataphyllis laxe tectis. 

 Folia plerumque anguste lanceolata, approximata, plus minusve 

 7 cm. longa, usque ad 14 mm. lata, utrinque attenuata, subcori- 

 acea, apice inaequaliter bilobata. Racemi ex axillis superioribus, 

 foliis longiores, plus minusve 8 cm. longi, laxiflori, rachide pu- 

 bescent!, pilis rufis. Bracteae inflorescentiae plus minusve 4 mm. 

 longae, ovato-ellipticae, acutae, subglabrae vel sparsim pubes- 

 centes, trinerviae. Pedicellus cum ovario 6-9 mm. longus, leviter 



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