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formis, retusus, 8 mm latus, margins crenulato. In disco utrin- 
que callus carinatus circiter 2 mm longus. Mentum 5 mm 
longum. 
Leyte, Dagami, C. A. Wenzel 17, December 2, 1912, 60 m altitude. 
“Flowers white, orange-yellow, and pink.” 
Eria leytensis is closely allied to E. odorifera Leavitt and E. bina- 
bayensis Ames. From the former it differs widely in the foliage and in 
having two carinate calli on the disc of the labellum. From the latter 
it differs chiefly in the foliage and is more rigid and compact. In the 
details of the flower it closely resembles E. binabayensis, both species 
having bicarinate labella. In the specimens examined only five pairs of 
leaves are present, the lower pairs having fallen away. That part of 
the plant which is still leafy rarely exceeds 1.5 dm in length, consequently 
a very characteidstic aspect is presented. 
3. ERIA WENZELII sp. nov. 
Herba epithytica, 40 cm alta, foliosa. Caulis simplex, interno- 
diis ±2.5 cm longis. Folia prope summun caudem conferta. 
Foliorum vaginae cylindraceae, laxae, supra paulo dilatatae, 
intemodiis aequilongae, glabrae: laminae crassae, ±8 mm lon- 
gae, in sicco 1.2 mm latae, valde coriaceae, rigidae, semi-teretes, 
sulcatae, valde acutae, ascendentes. Inflorescentiae oppositifo- 
liae circiter 2 cm longae, pedunculo breve, uniflorae. Bracteae 
4 vel 5, conspicuae, lineari-lanceolatae, acutae, glabrae, usque 
ad 12 mm longae, circiter 2.5 mm latae, erectae vel dependentes. 
Flos albidus circiter 11 mm longus, conspicuus, prope summum 
caulem ortus; pedicellus glabrus cum ovario 1 cm longus. Sep- 
ala lateralia 10-11 mm longa, lanceolata, subfalcata, acuta, men- 
tum brevem formantia. Sepalum dorsale oblongum, obtusum vel 
subacutum, circiter 11 mm longum, usque ad 4.5 mm latum. 
Petala ovato-lanceolata, obtusa, membranacea, inaequaliter cre- 
nulata, 11 mm longa, circiter 5 mm lata. Labellum, basi bre- 
viter unguiculato, 3-lobatum, 7-8 mm longum, suborbiculare, 7 
mm latum. Lobi laterales valde obtusi, incurvi vel subfalcati, 
2 mm longi, 2.5 mm lati. Lobus medius incrassatus, subquad- 
ratus, valde obtusus, margine subcrispato, calli vel carinae 3, 
in disco carina valde incrassata, elevata; prope sinus loborum, 
calli duo, complanati, obtusi, subdentiformes, prope basim la- 
belli tuberculum. Gynostemium crassum in pedem 3 mm lon- 
gum productum. Mentum 4 mm longum. 
Leyte, Dagami, C. A. Wenzel 19, December 10, 1912, 60 m above sea level. 
Eria Wenzelii in general aspect resembles E. fastigatifolia. In the 
characters of the inflorescence it is nearer Eria bracteolata (Kranzl.) 
(Trichotosia bracteolata Kranzl. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 44 Beibl. 101: 25), 
from which it differs in the structure of the labellum. 
