386 A. Co@nIauX: 
4. Racemi folio breviores; sepala ®/, mm. longa, 3-nervia, nervis 
brevibus, liberis, distantibus. . . 108. $. pygmaea Cogn. 
B. Sepala oblonga; labellum apice retusum, antice trilobulatum. 
109. S. Toepfferiana Rehb.f. 
102. Stelis perpusilliflora Cogn. {n. sp.) dense caespitosa; cauli- 
bus erectis, infra medium uniarticulatis, robustiusculis, elongatis, vix 
compressis; folio coriaceo, oblongo-ligulato, apice obtuso vel subrotun- 
dato vix emarginato, basi late cuneato et in petiolum robustiusculum 
longe angustato; racemis 1—4, fere usque ad basin dense multifloris, 
basi spatha satis parya inelusis, folio multo brevioribus; bracteis 
ochreatis, acutis, ovario paulo longioribus; alabastris obscure hexa- 
gonis; sepalis satis concavis, aequilongis, basi breviter connatis, ovatis, 
acutis, dorso leviter carinatis, trinervulosis, nervulis lateralibus liberis; 
petalis late obtuseque quadrangularibus, apice truncatis non incrassatis; 
labello carnoso, petalis aequilongo, ambitu late ovato, distincte trilo- 
bato, lobis lateralibus subrotundatis, lobo terminali anguste triangulari, 
obtusiusculo. 
Radices numerosissimae, dense fasciculatae. Caules leviter arcuati 
vel paulo flexuosi, 6—11 cm. longi, 1Y/, mm. crassi; vaginae arcte adpressae, 
scariosae, dorso acute subcarinatae, apice oblique truncatae et acutae, 3—5 cm. 
longae. Folium erectum, planum, intense.viride, cum petiolo 11/,—2 em. 
longo 6—11 cm. longum, 12-—-23 mm. latum, nervo mediano supra tenuiter 
canalieulato, subtus valde prominente. Racemi erecti, strieti vel paulo 
flexuosi, 2—4 cm. longi; spatha coriacea, adpressa, acuminata, 4— 6 mm. 
longa. Pedicelli filiformes, 1 mm. longi. Bracteae scariosae, pallidae, 
11, —2 mm. longae. Sepala membranacea, erecta vel erecto-patula, 
tenuiter marginata, 1!/, mm. longa, 1 mm. lata. Petala erecta, tenuiter 
membranacea, obscure trinervulosa, 2), mm. longa, superne 3, mm. lata. 
Labellum erectum, leviter concavum, longitudinaliter canaliculatum, ?/; mm. 
longum, !/, mm. latum. Columna lata, ?/; mm. longa. Capsula erecto- 
patula, obovoideo-ublonga, crassiuscule 6-costata, 5—6 mm. longa, 3 mm. 
crassa. 
Hab. in Guadeloupe supra arbores in sylvis ad Matouba: 
Duchassaing, Duss n.3756; Dominica prope Laudat: Eggers; ? Por- 
torico in sylvis supra arbores in Sierra de Luquillo, alt. 650 m.: 
Eggers (sine flor. in herb. Haun.). 
103. Stelis mierantha Sw. dense caespitosa; caulibus erectis, 
l-articulatis, angulato-sulcatis, 8—13 em. longis, 1!/,—3 mm. erassis; 
folio coriaceo, oblongo-ligulato, apice subrotundato vel abrupte acuto 
et minute 2—3-dentato, basi in petiolum robustum longiusculum 
angustato, 6—15 cm. longo, 11/,— 21/, em. lato; racemis solitariis vel. 
rarıus geminatis, fere usque ad basin densiuscule multifloris, basi 
spatha 1—1'/, cm. longa inclusis, 15—22 em. longis; bracteis ochreatis, 
acuminatis vel longiuscule apiculatis, ovario paulo longioribus; ala- 
