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type. 
at base. Petals oblong, obovate, or spathu- 
late, 4 mm long, 1.8 mm wide. Lip very 
broadly obovate, 3-lobed, 4 mm long, 5 mm 
board; lateral lobes oblong, the apices round- 
ed ; middle lobe subquadrate or reniform, the 
margin crenulate; tubercles or calli 7, 3 at 
the base, 1 linear near the end of each sinus, 
2 on the mid-lobe, the largest subulate or 
clavate, copiously farinose, almost 2 mm high 
from the middle of the lobe. Foot of the 
column 3 mm long, making an oblique angle 
with the ovary. Column almost none. (Fig. 
18.) 
Flowers yellow. 
Palawan, ? Negros. 
28. E. long ibracteata Leavitt supra 219. 
Stem up to 45 cm tall, internodes 4 cm long. Leaves narrowly 
lanceolate or gramineous, long attenuate, very acute, lamina up to 21 
cm long and 1 cm wide. Bacemes 2-4, pedunculate, the whole up to 
23 cm long. Bracts conspicuous, the lower 
sometimes foliaceous, lance-linear, up to 6 
cm long and 4 mm wide; floral bracts 
narrow and very acute, up to 20 cm long. 
Ovary and pedicel 5 mm long and over, the 
ovary rapidly growing, soon after anthesis 
attaining a length of 28 mm. Sepals 3.6 
mm long, the dorsal cymbiform-ovate, the 
laterals triangular, somewhat falcate, acute, 
3 mm wide at base. Petals almost elliptic, 
fig. 19.— Eria longibracteata, from somewhat asymmetrical, obtuse, 3.5 mm 
the type. long, 1.9 mm broad. Lip 3-lobecl, obovate, 
short-clawed, and somewhat c-uneate, 4 mm long, 3.5 mm broad. Lateral 
lobes almost semiovate; mid-lobe bilobulate, 0.8 mm long, 2 mm broad; 
at base of lip 1 erect bifurcate, farinose callus, and 2 small ones; on 
either side of the disc, remote from the sinus, a carinate dentiform callus; 
and from the center of the mid-lobe a very large erect conical farinose 
callus. Foot making a right angle with the ovary, 2 mm long. Column 
very short. (Fig. 19.) 
Flowers purplish. 
Mindanao. 
29. E. Clemensiae Leavitt supra 220. 
Stems up to 45 cm tall, the internodes 5 cm long. Sheaths of the 
leaves cylindraceous, 5 cm long, 8 mm in diameter when dry; lamina 
