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LEAVITT. 
10. E. Merrittii Ames in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 331; supra 207. 
Stems 13 cm tall. Leaves about 4, close to the summit, lanceolate , 
strongly tapering, up to 14 cm long, 1.5 cm wide. Lateral sepals ligulate, 
acute, 7 mm long, 1.5 mm wide. Upper sepal similar. Petals lanceolate, 
acuminate, 6.5 mm long, 1.5 mm wide near the middle. Lip lanceolate, 
dilated and broadest at one-third the length from the base, acuminate, 
acute, nearly 4 mm long, 1.3 mm wide. Column and foot about equal. 
Flowers white. 
Mindoro. 
11. E. ovata Lindley Bot. Reg'. (1844) sub t. 29; supra 207. 
Leaves oblong to slightly 
lanceolate, obtuse, 9 cm 
long, 2 cm wide. Inflores- 
cences 14 cm long. Floral 
bracts broadly lanceolate, 
the lower about 5 mm 
long. Ovary and pedicel 
1 cm long, ovary rather 
densely tomentose, tomen- 
tum brownish or tawny. 
Perianth-segments ovate. 
Sepals 1 cm long, 4-4.5 
mm wide. Petals equal to 
sepals. Lip ovate, 6 mm 
long, 3.5 mm wide. (Fig. 
Fig. 8 . — Eria ovata, from the type. 
8 .) 
12. E. Elmeri Ames Orcliidaceae 1 (1905) 93; supra 208. 
Stems 18 cm tall, rather stout, the sheaths evanescent. Leaves very 
near the summit, elliptic or oblong, up to 8 cm long and 3 cm wide. 
Inflorescences several, 10 cm 
long. Bracts oblong, acute 6 
mm long. Ovary and pedicel 
5 mm long, slender. Dorsal 
sepal oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 
6 mm long. Laterals oblong, 
slightly falcate. Petals shorter, 
oblong-lanceolate, obtuse. IAp 
narrowly ovate, 3 mm long, 1.5 
mm wide with two calli. Col- 
umn and foot about equal, the 
former enlarged above. Flow- 
ers often larger than as stated 
above. (Fig. 9.) 
Flowers yellowish or white with 
Fig. 9. — Eria Elmeri, from the type. a purple-stained lip. 
Luzon. 
