240 
LEAVITT. 
to 3 mm long. 
Fig. 21 . — Eria gigantea, from the 
type, drawing by Ames. 
Dorsal sepal oblong-ovate, acutish, 5 mm long. Laterals 
triangular-ovate, 5 mm long, 3 mm wide at base, 
4 mm broad, somewhat acuminate, the pubes- 
cence much denser at the base, sparse toward 
the thickened tip. Petals linear or sometimes 
lanceolate, obtuse or acute, 4 mm long, 1 mm 
wide. Lip broadly obovate in general outline; 
the lateral lobes broadly rounded, somewhat 
pointed, their inner margins nearly straight, 
extending much more widely than the mid-lobe j 
mid-lobe semicircular, erose-margined, thin and 
soon shriveling; farinose calli at base (3) and 
on the middle of the mid-lobe (2) ; a smooth, 
pointed callus near each sinus. Lip 5 mm 
long, about as broad. (Fig. 21.) 
Flowers yellowish-green, the sides of the column and foot tinged, the sepals 
and lip spotted with brown-purple. 
Luzon, Mindanao. 
§ CYLINDROLOBUS Blume Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 2 (1856) 182. 
Stem tall and relatively slender, the internodes 2-3 cm long, leafy 
(and sheathed by leaf -bases) throughout most of its length; leaves slender, 
glabrous; inflorescences from the sides of the stem, short, few-flowered 
and glabrous throughout. 
32. E. fastigatifolia Ames Orchidaceae 2 (1908) 191; supra 221. 
Stems up to 135 cm tall and 7 mm in diameter 
when dry. Leaves gramineous, pointed, up to 25 cm 
long, 0.8 cm wide. Inflorescences more or less than 
4 cm long , the peduncle about one-third of the whole. 
Bracts lanceolate to ligulate, acuminate, acute, up to 
8 mm long. Flowers up to 9 or '10. Ovary and pedicel 
9 mm long. Mentum making an acute angle with 
the ovary. Flower 8 mm in. extent from end of 
mentum to tip of dorsal sepal. Dorsal sepal elliptic- 
oblong, 5 mm long, 3 mm wide. Laterals unsym- 
metrically ovate-oblong, 5 mm long, 3 mm broad. 
Petals oblong-spathulate, 4 mm long, less than 2 mm 
wide. Lip cuneate at the base, weakly 3-lobed near 
the middle; the lateral lobes triangular, pointed; the 
middle lobe somewhat bilobulate, erose-margined ; 
several papillae in oblique lines below the middle. 
Column exceeding the foot. (Fig. 22.) 
Flowers white and pink, petals and labellum with marginal pinkish streaks. 
Luzon, Mindanao. 
Fig. 22 . — Eria fasti- 
gatifolia , from the 
type, after Ames. 
