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longae, 1/2-2/3 mm. latae; partitio intermeclia subrecta, 

 patenti-reflexa, subtiliter trinervulosa, 5 1/2 mm. longa, 

 1 1/4 mm. lata; calcar satis arcuatum, 13-14 mm. lon- 

 giim, inferne 1/2 mm. superne 3/4 mm, crassum. — 

 Al'linis //. retiisae Barb. Rodr. 



*Paraguaij : Fliiilani in paludosis intci* Ccn*o Lambai'c et Pacumbu 

 (Halaiisa ii' 124:} ; in paludosis ad San-Joaquin prope Caaguazù 

 ([lasslci* n. 9681). — Floret Dcccmbvi. 



19^^^ Ilabenaria subliliforuiis Gogn. spec. IIOV. (Sect. 

 Nudae) : caule subfiliformi, breviusculo, paucifoliato; 

 foliis brevibus, liaeari-subiilatis, acutissimis, basi longe 

 vaginantibiis; racemo breviusculo, laxiusculo, pkirilloro ; 

 bracteis ovato-lanceolatis, brev iter vel longiusciile subu- 

 lato-acuininatis, basi breviter vaginantibus, ovario satis 

 brevioribus; sepalis aequilongis, dorsali cucuUato, late 

 obovato, apice rotundato et breviter apiculato, latera- 

 libus ovato-lanceolatis, breviter acuminatis, satis obliquis, 

 patenti-rellexis ; petalis bipartitis, partitione postica tri- 

 angulari-lanceolata, acuta, paulo obliqua, sepalo dorsali 

 satisbreviore, antica aequilonga, capillari, erecto-patula; 

 labello basi breviter integro deinde tripartito, partitioni- 

 bus aequilongis, lateralibus divaricatis fîliformibus, inter- 

 media llneari, obtusiuscula, convexa ; calcari pendulo, 

 lineari-clavato, acutiusculo, ovario satis breviore; prc- 

 cessubus stigniaticis breviusculis, linearibus, porrectis. 



Gaulis erectus, paulo flexuosus, teretiusculus, 25- 

 35 cm. longus, circiter l mm. crassus. Folia 1-2, erecta, 

 limbo 2-3 1/2 cm. longo, vagina arcte adpressa, 1-2 cm. 

 longa. Racemus erectus, 1/2-1 dm. longus. Bracteae 

 arcte adpressae, virides, 6-12 mm. longae. Flores flavo- 

 virescentes. Sepala tenuiter trinervulosa, 3 mm. longa, 

 d">rsale 2 2 1/4 mm. latum, lateralia 1 1/'2 mm. lata. Petala 



