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however, the plant is said to be a “product of Manila.” The type in Lindley’s 
herbarium consists of a bulb, three leaves, and two inflorescences, and is accom- 
panied by Lindffiy’s drawing of the lip and column. A note remarks that the 
tubercle of the lip does not seem to be present in all cases. I find no record 
of this plant since the reference in Paxton’s Magazine. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bur. Sci. 3079 Ramos, flowering in orchid house, 
Manila, February, 1908, flowers pale, with markings of purple and yellow: without 
locality, Lyon, flowers yellow, common at 300-600 m alt. Negros, For. Bur. 
11237 Everett, April, 1908. 
E. cyl indrostachya Ames Orchidaeeae 2 (1908) 190. 
“Pseudobulbi 3-7 cm longi, ovoidei, di- vel triphylli ad apicem. Folia 
cum petiolis gracilibus sulcatis 20-36 cm longa, 1-2 cm lata, lineari- 
lanceolata. Pedunculus cum rhachide 9-20 cm longus, aliquid crassus, 
sparse pubescens, prope apicem pseudobulbi ortus. Bacemus spicatus, 
cylindraceus, usque ad 17 cm longus. Bracteae ovatae vel ovato-lance- 
olatae, pedicello ovarioque breviores. Ovarium tomentosum tomento rufo. 
Sepala lateralia 7 mm longa, 5 mm lata, late ovata, acuta, pubescentia, 
mentum obtusum formantia. Sepalum dorsals 6 mm longum, 3.5 mm 
latum, elliptico-oblongum, obtusum. Petala 5-6 cm longa, supra medium 
3 mm lata, obovata, cuneata. Labellum 5-7 mm longum, 3-lobatum 
ultra medium, ungui 4.5 mm longo, cuneato-oblongo, bicalloso prope 
basim; lobi laterales parvi, quadrati, obtusi, 1.5 mm longi a basi lobi 
medii; lobus medius rotundus, 2 mm longus, 3 mm latus, ad basim 
bituberculatus, ad apicem incrassatus et rugoso-nervius.” 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Mount Apo, Copeland 11/21/, October 23, 1904, 
epiphyte, flowers yellowish-white: Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. 
Bur. 1/612 Mearns & Hutchinson, May, 1906. Luzon, Province of Bataan, Mount 
Mariveles, Merrill [herb. Ames no. 81/78). 
E. ventricosa sp. nov. 
Pseudobulbi fere cylindracei, infra aliquanto incrassati, circiter 3 cm 
longi, vaginis ovatis equitantibus ad 3 cm longis vestiti. Folia 2, lanceo- 
lata, oblanceolata, vel elliptico-lanceolata, brevipetiolata, ad 14 cm longa, 
circiter 1.5 cm lata. Inflorescentiae 1 vel 2, 5.5 cm longae, pubescentes; 
pedunculus plus minus 2 cm longus, pergracilis, bracteis 2 vel 3 latis 
amplectantibus instructus, sparse albido-pubescens. Flores circiter 12, 
in axillis bractearum ovatarum, acutarum, cucullatarum, eiliato-margina- 
tarum, ovario aequalium. Pedicellus subnullus. Ovarium albido-pubes- 
cens, circiter 3 mm longum. Mentum in sicco oblongum, circiter 4 mm 
longum. Sepalum dorsale obovatum, cucullatum, extus sparse pubescens, 
5 mm longum, 2.5-3 mm latum. Sepala lateralia extus pubescentia, 
inflata, triangulari-oblonga, margine anteriore et nervis sigmoideis, 4 mm 
longa, 6 mm lata. Petala obovata-oblonga, acuta vel obtusa, aliquid 
falcata, plus minus 4 mm longa, 1.5-2 mm lata, Labellum 5 mm longum, 
prope basim ventricosum (pars ventricosa 2 mm longa), limbo flabellato- 
trilobo, 4 mm lato; lobi laterales erecti, triangulari-oblongi, ad apicem 
