ORCHIDACE^ 



In habit suggestive of C. ramosa Ames & Rolfe, but distinct 



in having elongated semiterete leaves. 



Benguet Subprovince, Mount Data, M. Ramos 4* G. Edano 76, Septem- 

 ber 22, 1921. Epiphyte in mossy forest. Flowers white. 7630 feet altitude. 



ERIA Lindi: 



Eria carnicolor Ames sp. nov. Rhizoma elongatum, ad nodos 



radicans, in sicco4.5 mm. in crassitudine, vaginis abbreviatis, inter 



se distantibus tectum. Caules pseudobulbosi, plerumque abbre- 



viati, 4-6 cm. longi, ad extremum rhizomatis rarius 1 dm. longi, 



in sicco plus minusve 7 mm. in crassitudine, oblique erecti, prope 



apicem plerumque trifoliati. Folia usque ad 1 dm. longa, 2-3.5 



cm. lata, parenchymate opaco, anguste elliptica, apice rotundata, 



obtusa, breviter petiolata, conferta, 2.5 mm. inter se distantia, 



patentia, subtus nervis plus minusve decem eminentibus. Petio- 



lus 2-3 mm. longus, caulem amplectens. Racemi plus minusve 1 



dm. longi, nutantes, ex axillis superioribus orientes, satis graciles, 



flexuosi. Rachis rubido-pubescens. Bracteae inflorescentiae 6 mm. 



longae, 3 mm. latae, lanceolatae, acutae, patentes vel deflexae, 



glabrae. Pedicellus cum ovario usque ad 9 mm. longus, dense 



rubido-pubescens, plerumque curvatus. Flores illis E. philippi- 



nensis aequimagni, plus minusve 7 mm. inter se distantes. Sepala 



lateralia circa 1 cm. longa, usque ad 5 mm. lata, mentum 3.5 mm. 



longum formantia, triangularia, sensim acuminata, subacuta, in 



sicco roseo-tincta, pellucida, extus praecipue prope basim pubes- 



centia. Sepalum dorsale vix 1 cm. longum, 3.5 mm. latum, lan- 



ceolatum, obtusum, extus sparsim pubescens. Petala 8.5 mm. 



longa, prope medium 3 mm. lata, lanceolata, subacuta. Labellum 



cum ungue 7 mm. longum, vix 4 mm. latum, simplex, oblongum, 



apice rotundatum, basi cordatum, ecallosum, in sicco aureo-ro- 



seum, carnosum, pellucidum; unguis brevis, vix .5 mm. longus, 



usque ad 1 mm. latus, trinervius. Columna cum pede semicircu- 



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