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browner pubescence on the inflorescence, shorter ovary and pedicel, shorter men- 
tion and narrower angle between men turn and ovary, more fleshy consistence of 
the flower, heavier veining of the perianth (the veins especially deeply stained 
in the lateral sepals), somewhat wider petals, and larger lip. Dried, the interior 
of the sepals and petals appears very dark. 
A third specimen from Mount Mariveles (Lamao River, March, 1905, For. 
Bur. 2752 Borden) perhaps belongs to the above species, though the peduncle 
is very slender, the consistence of the floral parts is much less firm than in 
typical E. TVhitfordii, the petals are shorter, the lip much smaller and propor- 
tionally broader distally, tapering toward the base, and the column smaller and 
straighter with the foot. The floral parts are described by the collector as 
yellow with purple center. It remains to be seen whether this is a distinct 
species, or whether all the specimens cited (with I V hit ford 330, from the same 
region, the flowers too old for determination, but the lip apparently acuminate) 
belong to a single fluctuating species. 
In Mindanao, Major E. A. Mearns and Mr. W. I. Hutchinson collected seven 
specimens of an Eria belonging to this section, which I have no hesitation in 
describing as a new species. 
E. Mearnsii sp. nov. 
Herba epipliytica, habitu E. Aeridostachyae, seel in membris omnibus 
minor. Psmdobulbi usque acl 7 cm longi, vaginis strictis vestiti, infra 
comparate parvis, supra usque ad 8 cm longis; pseudobulbus cum bracteis 
in sicco plus minus 2 cm latus. Folia 2, oblanceolata, 18-25 cm longa, 
2. 5-3. 5 cm lata. Inflorescentiae 2, usque ad 21 cm longae, pedunculus 
ad 13 cm longus. Pedunculus, rhachis, ct flores dense pubescentes, pilis 
perbrevibus, fulvis vel brunneo-fulvis. Racemus dense multiflorus, 1.6 
cm in diametro, in anthesi recurvatus. Flores reclinati. Pedicellus 
ovariumq'ue graciles, 4-5 mm longi. Mentum angulum acutum cum 
ovario formans, aliquid serotiforme, 3 mm longum. Sepalum dorsale 
cucullatum ovatum, obtusum, 3-nervium, 3.7 mm longum, 2 mm latum. 
Sepala lateralia ut in specie praecedente, sed minoria, 10 mm in diametro 
maximo. Petala valde curvata, ad basim aliquid latiora (et colorata?), 
3-nervia, 3 mm longa, prope basim circiter 1.6 mm lata, 4.5 mm longa. 
Labellum 3-lobatum, cuneato-obovatum, vel obovatum, 4.5 mm longum, 
circiter 3 mm latum, basi excavata; l obi laterales baud conspicui, denti- 
formes, obtusi ; lobus medius magnus, late ovatus sive semiorbicularis, 
margine crispato, apice acuto. Pes columnae sigmoideus, apud columnam 
latissimus, ad apicem fastigatus, antice sulcatus, 3 mm longus. Golumrm 
cum ovario continua (i. e. erecta), parva et humilis, vix 1 mm alta. 
Mindanao, Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. Bur. J/729 (type), 
t/6'04 Mearns d Hutchinson , May 26, 1906, altitude 1.700 m, flowers reddish. 
§ DENDROLIRIUM Lindley in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 3 (1859) 48; Bentham 
1. c. 18 (1881) 30.3; Bentham & Hook. f. Gen. PI. 3:510; Hooker f. FI. Brit. Ind. 
5:786; Pfitzer in Engl. & Prantl. Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2' : : 176; J. .J. Smith Orch. 
Java 380. 
“If we collect into one group all the large-flowered woolly species with 
pseudobulbs only, an assemblage will be formed both natural and obvious, 
