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LEAVITT. 
Province of Zamboanga, For. Bur. 5112 Hutchinson. February 20, 1906, epiphyte, 
near the sea coast, flowers yellowish-white, 
Var. latipetala var. nov. 
Petala illis speeiei latiora, rubro- vel purpureo-tincta. Lobi Morales 
labelli lobo medio majores, rotundati, truncati. (Fig. 12.) 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Mountains back of Bosoboso, Bur. Sci. 3000 Ramos, 
flowering in orchid house at Manila, April 9, 1907. 
E. longilabris Lindley Bot. Peg. (1841) Misc. 38; (1842) t. 29, f. 3. 
“Eriae bractescentis facie sed sepalis petalisque magis acuminatis, 
labelli trilobi lamellis tribus ad apicem fere productis aequalibus latera- 
libus abbreviatis lobo medio ovato acuminato. 
“A native of Panay in the Philippines, whence it was sent to Messrs, 
Loddiges by Mr. Cuming. It is very like Eria bractescens, but is a finer 
species, and bears more flowers; and is distinguished at once by its lip, 
which is not truncate, and has three equal wavy ridges prolonged almost 
as far as the tip of the middle lobe, which is long and acuminated.” 
Lindley Bot, Peg. (1841), Misc. 38. 
In view of the variability of Eria bractescens it is doubtful whether E. longi- 
labris can be considered to be more than a variety of the former species. 
E. Curran ii sp. nov. 
Affinis E. bractesccnti sed minor. Pseudobulbus cauliformis, cylindra- 
ceus, 6 cm longus, in sicco 1 cm crassus. Folia 2, lanceolato-oblonga, 
obtusa, 10 cm longa, 2 cm lata. Inflorescentia foliis longior, plus minus 
15 cm longa. Pedunculus brevis, gracilis. Racemus laxiflorus, rhachide 
sparse pubescente. Bracieae plus minus 6 mm longae, amplae. Pedicel- 
lus cum ovario 1 cm longus, sparse pubescens, pergracilis. Mentum 
conspicuum, oblongum vel conicum, angulum acutum cum ovario for- 
mans. Sepalum dorsale ova turn plus minus 5 mm longum, plus minus 
2.5 mm latum. Sepala later alia triangulari-falcata, acuta, plus minus 
5 mm longa, 4 mm lata ad basim. Petala oblonga, acuta vel obtusa, 
4-5 mm longa, 1.7 mm lata. Labellum unguiculatiun (ungue curvato), 
cuneato-obcordatum, lobo medio obcordato, 3 mm lato; lobi laterales 
rotundati; toturfi labellum plus minus 6 mm longum, 4.5 mm ad apices 
loborum lateralium, fere 4 mm latum, car inis duabus majusculis in disco, 
media minore. Columna 2 mm alta, pes 4 mm longus. (Fig. 13.) 
Palawan, For. Bur. 3904 Curran, March, 1906. 
E. profusa Lindley Bot. Reg. (1842) Misc. 2. 
“ P seudobulbis ovalibus apice diphyllis, foliis oblongis striatis racemis 
pubescentibus multifloris brevioribus, bracteis squamaeformibus pedicellis 
brevioribus, sepalis tomentosis, petalis lineari-oblongis obtusis, labello 
trilobo laciniis lateralibus erectis laevibus intermedia subrotunda rugosa 
apice tuberculato solitario oblongo cristata.” Lindley l. c. 
Lindley attributed this species at first to Ceylon. In Paxton’s Magazine 12:46, 
