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rotundati; lob as medius reflexus, late triangulari-semiovatus. Pes col- 
umnar eirciter 4 mm longus, rectus, ferme linearis, . apice dilatato cum 
labello ubi conjugit. Columna vix 2 mm alta. (Fig- 16.) 
Type specimen collected by T. E. Borden, For. Bur. 798, May, 1904, Lamao 
River, Province of Bataan, Luzon, part in Manila, part in herb. Ames, flowers 
very delicate, cream-white; same locality, Whitford 338, 1334, May, 1904, May, 
1905. flowers white, leaves 26 cm long. Mindoro, Mount Iialcon (living plant, 
flowered at North Easton, herb. Ames 10608). 
Two or three other collections show deviations from the above-described con- 
dition. While there is not an absolute separation of characters, of such a nature 
as to allow of speeilic distinction, a varietal difference should be pointed out. 
Var. benguetensis var. nov. 
Flores majores, bracteis longioribus, petalis angustioribus. 
Luzon, District of Lepanto, Bagnen, Merrill 4849 (type), November 4, 1905, 
terrestrial in mossy forest, flowers white : Province of Benguet, Suyoc to Pauai, 
Merrill 4853, November 7, 1905, epiphytic in mossy forest, flowers white, altitude 
1,950 m; Mount Tonglon, For. Bur. 4986 Curran. August 8, 1906, flowers white. 
Mr. W. S. Lyon, a horticulturist in Manila, has recently brought to light a 
new species in this section, for whom the following is named : 
E. Lyonii sp. nov. 
Rhizoma in sicco 5 mm crassum. Pseudobulbi 2-5 cm distantes, plus 
minus 2.5 cm longi, plus minus 1.5 cm in diametro in sicco, ovoidei. 
Folia 2, lanceolata vel oblanceolata, acuminata, ad 24 cm longa, 2.5 cm 
lata. Inf 'ore scent ia erecta, ex axilla folii prope apicem pseudobulbi orta, 
omnino plus quam 10 cm longa; pedunculus pubescens, aliquid crassus; 
rhachis angulatus. Flores (probabi liter ±15) baud conferti, mediocres, 
extus pubescentes, sessiles, habete flavidi, limitibus rubidis, labello albo, 
basi pure flava. Ovarium plus minus 5 mm longum, breviter tomentosum, 
pilis rufescentibus. Sepalum dorsale lanceolato-ligulatum, ac-utum, 1 cm 
longum, 3.5 mm latum. Sepal a lateralia triangulari-falcata, acuta, 1 cm 
longa, ad basim 5 mm lata, mentum conicum fere 3 mm longum aliquanto 
acutum formantia. Petala lanceolato-ovata, acuta, ± 1 cm longa, plus 
minus 4 mm lata, aliquid falcata. Labellum ovatum, trilobatum, ± 8 
mm longum, plus minus 4 mm latum ; lobi laterales ad medium labelli, 
rotundati ; lobus medius obovato-oblongus, acutus, plus minus 4 mm 
longus; in disco linea tria elevata, ad basim lobi medii extendentia, duo 
lateralia furcata. Columna crassa, plus minus 2 mm alta. Pes columnar 
latus excavatus. (Fig. 17.) 
“Probably terrestrial, odor faint cinnamon, flowers dull-yellow clearly lined 
with red, lip white, unmarked, with yellow base, sea level. Province of Tarlac, 
Luzon, September, 1907,” Lyon. 
E. rugosa Lindley Orch. PI. (1830) 66; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 3:661; Gard. 
Chron. N. S. 18 (1882) 500; J. -J. Smith Orcli. Java 378, Orch. Amboin. 73; 
Ames Orchidaceae 2 (1908) 193, sub E. javanica. 
Dendrolirium rugosum Bl. Bijdr. (July, 1825) 345. 
Eria stellata Lindley Bot. Reg. (August, 1825) t. 904, and Orch. PI. 67; 
Paxton’s Mag. Bot. 2 (1836) 137, 4 (1838) 234; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3605; 
