ORCHIDACE^ 



arcuatus, tomento denso rufo. Flores 10 mm. longi, prope basim 

 sepalorum pubescentes, plus minusve 8 mm. inter se distantes. 

 Sepala lateralia usque ad 10 mm. longa, mentum 3 mm. Ion- 

 gum formantia, triangularia, subacuta. Sepalum dorsale 7 mm. 

 longum, 3 mm. latum, ligulatum, ad basim vix attenuatum, ob- 

 tusum. Petala 9 mm. longa, vix 3 mm. lata, anguste lanceolata, 

 obtusa, trinervia, in sicco pellucida. Sepala petalaque mem- 

 branacea. Labellum 5 mm. longum, trans basim plus minusve 

 4 mm. latum, late ovatum, obtusum, margine irregulariter den- 

 ticulata, utrinque supra basim callo carinato ornatum; unguis 

 perbrevis. Columna circa 3 mm. longa in pedem 3 mm. longum 

 producta. Anthera transverse elliptica. 



Eria vagans belongs to the same category with E. philippi- 

 nensis Ames and E. dagamensis Ames, but differs from them in 

 its smaller flowers and much shorter racemes. In general aspect 

 it is a more compact species than either E. philippinensis or 

 E. dagamensis, the flowering stems being much shorter than in 

 E. dagamensis to which it is most closely allied. 



From the specimens examined E. vagans is of decidedly 



straggling habit, the flowering stems arising as shortened growths 



from an elongated, primary, leafless stem. 



Philippines, Luzon, Bontoc Subprovince, Bauco, Vanoverhergh 3896, 

 January 12, 1914. Epiphyte on trees. Plants dm. high, 1700 meters alti- 

 tude; Vanoverhergh 2223, January 1913. Here the following specimens 

 should be referred, Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio, Elmer 8801, 

 March 1907. 



H ABENAKI A JFilld. 



Habenaria hicornis Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1835) 309. 



Originally described from Cuban material. This species has 

 not been reported from Central America heretofore. 



Panama, Canal Zone, Las Sabanas, H.Pittier ^7P^, September 10, 1914. 



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