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§ CYLINDROLOBUS Blume Mus-. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 2 (1856) 182; Lindley in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 3 (1859) 58; Bentham l. c. 18 (1881) 303; Bentham & 
Hook. f. Gen. PI. 3:510; Pfitzer in Engl. & Prantl Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2 5 :175; J. J. 
Smith Orch. Java 389. 
“I. Subgen. Cylindrolobus. Labellum gynostemii pecli ima in cristulam 
v. tuberculum protuberanti elastice affixum, limbo subfornicato. Gynos- 
temium androclinio obtuse-biaurieulato. Pollinia inaequalia. — Ilcrbae 
caulescentes, glabrae; cavdibus in caudice superficiali subfasciculatis, sim- 
plicibus; foliis sessilibus, distichis, coriaceis; racemis oppositifoliis latera- 
libusve, solitariis, paucifloris; capsulis elongatis, siliquaeformibus.” 
Blume, l. c. 
This section, first described as a genus, was by its author subsequently joined 
to Eria as a subgenus. Since by this categorical term Blume meant to designate 
one of several coordinate divisions of the genus, and meant precisely what present 
writers intend by the word section, the section Cylinclrolobus is properly ascribed 
to Blume, neither the group of plants designated nor the relative categorical rank 
of the name being thereby altered. This is a matter of interpretation rather 
than of technicality. 
E. fastigatifolia Ames Orcliidaceae 2 (1908) 191. 
“Habitu E. brachystacheae Beichb. f. hand dissimilis. Caulis ± 5 dm 
longus, 0.5-1 cm crassus, foliosus. Folia acuta, acuminata, sublinearia 
vel a basi lato, vaginante, persistente, in sicco ample* ad apicem paulatim 
fastigata, 10-15 cm longa, ad basim ± 6 mm lata. Anthemia opposite 
folia cum pedunculo 2-3 cm longa, circa 10-flora. Bracteae inflorescen- 
tiae oblongae, circa 6 mm latae. Pedicellus 2 mm longus, ovario brevior. 
Sepala lateralia oblonga, subacuta vel obtusa, subfalcata, 5.5 mm longa, 
3 mm lata, 5-nervia. Sepalum dorsals simile, 5 mm longum, obtusum. 
Petala linear i-spathulata, 4 mm longa, supra medium 1.25 mm lata. 
Labellum 4.5-5 mm longum, bilobatum ad apicem, ad basim euneatum, 
prope apicem nervis incrassatis.” 
E. brachystachya Beichb. f. in Bonplandia 3 (1855) 223; Ames Orcliidaceae 
2 (1908) 188. 
“Cauls ac foliis prope Eriae paniculatae Lindl., spicis oppositifoliis 
plurimis abbreviatis, bracteis lanceolatis acutis ovaria glabra aequantibus 
superantibusve, labello cuneato, flabellato, antice trilobo, lobo medio semi- 
ovato acutiusculo, lobis lateralibus obtusangulis, carinulis geminis curvato 
divergentibus a basi in medium, carina per discum lobi medii tomentosi. — 
Caulis adest spithamaeus. Folia linearilanceolata acuminata, subcoriacea 
apice inaequaliter bilobula, quatuor sive quinque pollices longa, quatuor 
lineae lata. Pedunculi semipollicares tenues, quadri-quinqueflori. Brac- 
teae pergameneae. Flores illis Eriae profusae duplo majores, glabrae. 
Mentum modicum obtusum. Sepala ovato lanceolata. Tepala duplo an- 
gustiora. Labellum sepalis brevius. Gynostemium brevissimum apice 
antice trilobum. 2063 Cuming. Phil.” Beichb. f., 1. c. 
Camiguin, Babuyanes Islands, Bur. Sci. J/136 Fenix, July 16, 1907, epiphyte, 
summit of the highest mountain. Mindanao, Lyon “H”. December, 1907. 
