THE GENUS ERIA IN TPIE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 
17. E. Curranii Leavitt supra 210. 
Pseudobulbs cylindraeeous, 6 cm high. Leaves 2, lance-oblong, obtuse, 
10 cm long, 2 cm broad. Inflorescence 15 cm long. Raceme loosely 
flowered, the rhachis sparsely pubescent. Bracts broad, 6 
mm long. Ovary and pedicel very slender, 1 cm long, 
pubescent. Mentum conspicuous, conical or oblong, 
making an acute angle with the ovary. Dorsal sepal 
ovate, 5 mm long, 2.5 mm wide. Laterals triangular- 
falcate, acute, 5 mm long, 4 mm wide at base. Petals 
oblong, 5 mm long, 1.7 mm broad. Lip unguiculate, 
the claw curved, cuneate-ob cor date; mid-lobe obcordate, 
3 mm broad ; lateral lobes rounded ; entire lip 6 mm long, 
nearly 4 mm broad; carinse on disc 3, the middle one 
least. Column 2 mm high, foot 4 mm long. (Pig. 13.) 
Palawan. 
Fig. 13. — Eria Cur- 
ranii, lip from 
the type. 
18. E. profusa Lindley Bot. Reg. (1842) Misc. 2; supra 210. 
Pseudobulbs clustered, spindle-ovate, up to 7 cm long and 3 cm in 
diameter (dry), of a few internodes, imperfectly clothed with broad 
papery or scarious sheaths, the uppermost 
foliaceous. Leaves 4, oblong-lanceolate, 
acutish, up to 20 cm long, 3 cm wide. In- 
florescences 2 or 3, erect, with soft downy 
brown pubescence throughout, up to 30 cm 
tall, exceeding the leaves, the rather stout 
peduncle about two-fifths the length of the 
whole, bearing a few small ovate bracts ; 
raceme not extremely dense, about 2.5 cm in 
diameter. Ovary with pedicel 7 mm long. 
Dorsal sepal 5 mm long, elliptic-oblong, ob- 
tuse, 3 mm wide. Laterals unsymmetrically 
ovate, obtuse, 5 mm long, 5 mm broad along 
the foot. Petals oblong, obtuse, 5 mm long, 
not 2 mm wide. Lip in general outline cune- 
ate-obovate, strongly three-lobed, 6 mm long, 4 mm wide across the lateral 
lobes; lateral lobes erect, oblong, slightly curved; middle lobe recurved, 
semiorbicular to reniform, with a large tubercle near the apex. ( Fig. 14. ) 
Flowers pale, with markings of yellow and purple. 
Luzon, Negros Oriental. 
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Fig. 14. — Eria profusa. 
