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LEAVITT. 
from the base. Leaves 2 or 3, up to 64 cm long and 7 cm wide. In- 
florescence 36 cm long. Ovary tomentose , strongly winged and hoisted. 
Lip strongly 3-lobed, the laterals obtuse and somewhat incurved, the 
middle lobe somewhat expanded, acute; carinae prominent, 5. 
Flowers nearly white, purple-tinged. 
Mindoro. 
§ AeRIDOSTACHYA Hooker f. FI. Brit. Ind. 5 (1890) 786. 
Pseudobulb cylindric to conical, covered by several large coarse im- 
bricating sheaths; leaves few, at the summit; inflorescences 1 or 2, from 
near the summit of the pseudobulb, stout-peduncled, the raceme cylindric, 
recurved, with extremely numerous dense rusty flowers ; dorsal sepal 
and column very short; the foot prolonged, the mentum therefore very 
conspicuous, cylindric or inflated at apex. (Fig. 1.) 
24. E. Whitfordii Leavitt supra 215. 
Very similar to E. Aeridostachya. Plant robust. Pseudobulbs up to 
10 cm long, the coarse sheaths large, ovate below, the upper up to 12 
cm long; when dry and pressed the bulbs with sheaths 7 cm wide. 
Leaves 2 or 3, up to 37 cm long and 5 cm broad. Peduncle up to 17 
cm long, 2 mm in diameter (dry). Kaehis 14 cm long, densely sliort- 
brown-tomentose, appearing pulverulent. Eac-eme scarcely 2 cm in 
diameter. Bracts broadly ovate, cueullate, 1 mm long. Flowers ex- 
ternally densely short-tomentose or pulverulent, tomentum ferrugineous. 
Ovary with pedicel 6 mm long. Mentum 3 mm long, making an acute 
angle with the ovary. Dorsal sepal ovate-oblong, cueullate, 4.5 mm 
long, 2.6 mm wide. Laterals broad, obtuse, falcate, produced along the 
foot, 12 mm in greatest extent. Petals ligulate, curved, apices rounded, 
3.8 mm long, 1.6 mm broad. Lip thickish, entire, when spread out 
oblong-ovate, the margin crisped, 6 mm long and 4 mm broad, with a 
minute cusp at the apex. Foot of column curved. 
Flowers, yellow. 
Luzon, Negros Occidental. . 
25. E. Mearnsii Leavitt supra 216. 
Much like the preceding, but not so robust. Sheaths closer, the 
whole when dry about 2 cm in diameter. Leaves 2, up to 25 cm long 
and 3.5 cm broad. Inflorescences 2, up to 21 cm long, the raceme 1.6 
cm in diameter. Ovary with pedicel 4-5 mm long. Mentum forming 
an acute angle with ovary, 3 mm long. Dorsal sepal 3.7 mm long, 
2 mm broad. Laterals 10 mm in greatest extent. Petals considerably 
curved, at base broader. Lip 3-lobed, cuneate-obovate or obovate, 4.5 
mm long, 3 mm broad, concave at base ; lateral lobes small and tooth-like, 
obtuse; mid-lobe large, broadly ovate or semiorbicular, acute, the margin 
