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B. Sympodium not long-creeping, slender or somewhat stout, cylindric, leaf- 
bearing stems relatively near together, new shoots arising near the bases 
of the old, and clothed by elongated, tubular sheaths (sometimes evanescent) . 
* Inflorescences near the summit, opposite the leaves .* 
t Leaves up to 30 cm long. 
5. E. Woodiana Ames in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1897) Bot. 332; supra 205. 
Stems 25 cm tall, stout, clothed with long loose thin acuminate sheaths. 
Leaves oblanceolate, acuminate, acute, 4 cm wide. Inflorescences and 
leaves ±5, the former up to 15 cm long. Bracts narrow, acute, 5-8 mm 
long. Ovary very slender, 5-7 mm long. Dorsal sepal narrowly lan- 
ceolate, 6.5 mm long. Laterals oblong-lanceolate, acute, 6 mm long, 
2 mm wide. Petals narrowly lanceolate, 5.5 mm long, 1.5 mm wide. 
Lip ±4 itim long , orbicular at base, contracted at about the middle, apical 
half oblong, obtuse. 
Flowers pale-yellow. 
Mindoro. 
tf Leaves up to 15 cm long, lip 3-lobed, flowers glabrous. 
6. E. lonaicruris Leavitt supra 205. 
Stems 30 cm tall, 2-3 mm in diameter when dry, 
clothed by about 6 long thin sheaths below the leaves. 
Lcowes narrowly lanceolate, 15 cm long, 1.5 cm wide. 
Inflorescences 9 cm long. Bracts lanceolate or 
ligulate, 6 mm long. Ovary very slender, 15 mm 
long. Perianth 13 mm long, the segments slender. 
Lip 3-lobed, 6 mm long, the basal part rotundate, 4 
mm broad, with 3 elevated ridges, the middle one 
thick and canaliculate ; lateral lobes short, incurved, 
obtuse. Column 3 mm, foot 2 mm long. (Pig. 6.) 
Flowers yellowish-white. 
Mindanao. 
Fig. 6 . — Eria longicruris, 
lip and petal from type. 
. ftt Leaves up to 9 cm long, lip entire, flowers glabrous. 
7. E. graciliscapa Rolfe in Ames Orcliidaceae 1 (1905) 93; supra 205. 
Stems clustered, slender, 21 cm tall, 2-3 mm in diameter when dry. 
Sheaths evanescent. Leaves broadly lanceolate, acuminate from near the 
middle, 9 cm long, 2 cm wide. Inflorescences 9 cm long, the rachis 
very slender. Bracts narrow, 3 mm long. Ovary very slender, 5 mm 
long. Perianth 4 mm long. Lateral sepals nearly ligulate, scarcely 1 
* This division may be found to break down when more specimens are studied. 
It holds for those in hand ; but too much reliance should not be placed upon it. 
