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Flowers numerous, densely crowded. Pedicel together with the ovary 

 2 mm. long. Lateral sepals 2 mm. long, about 1 mm. wide, oblong-ellipti- 

 cal, rounded and obtuse at the thickened apex, three-nerved, strongly 

 convex. Upper sepal similar, 2.5 mm. long. Petals 2 mm. long, linear or 

 linear-spathulate, obtuse, middle nerve conspicuous. Labellum 2 mm. 

 long, nearly 3 mm. wide below the middle, cordate-triangular in outline, 

 trulliform, four-nerved, without auricles, basal angles broadly triangular, 

 acute, bluntly pointed at the apex, ecallose. Column .75 mm. long. 

 Ovary smooth. 



Allied to Malaxis crispata (Lindl.) Ames, but monophyllous, and without 

 crisped ridges on the ovary. 



MEXICC^, Sierra Madre, Territorio de Tepic. Between Santa Ger- 

 trudis and Santa Teresa. J. N. Rose 2007. August S, 1897. (Type in 

 United States National Herbarium 300997.) Rose 2034, from the same 

 region, collected August 7, 1897, between Dolores and Santa Gertrudis is 

 apparently the same as M. lepicann. (U. S. Nat. Herb. 300931.) 



The following changes are necessitated in atu'ordance with the rules 

 governing nomenclature. 



Malaxis acianthoides (ScliUr.) comb. nov. Mierostt/lis arianOioides 

 Schltr. in P>ddo Repert. 15 (1918) 200. 



Malaxis blephariglottis (Schltr.) comb. nov. Microstj/lis hlepfiariglodis 

 Schltr. in Fedde Repert. 12 (1913) 202. 



Malaxis brachyrrhyncha (Reichb.f.) comb. nov. Microstylis brachyrrhyncha 

 Reichb. f. in Flora 71 (1888) 152. 



Malaxis Javesiae {Reichb. f.) comb. nov. Microstylis Jnvesiae Reichb. f. in 

 Flora 71 (1888) 152. 



Malaxis lepanthiflora (Schltr.) comb. nov. Microstylis lepanthiflora 

 Schltr. in Fedde Repert. 15 (1918) 200. 



Malaxis lepidota (Finet) comb. nov. Microstylis lepidota Finet in Bull. 

 Soc. Bot. Fr. 54 (1907) 531. 



Malaxis linguella {Reichb. f.) comb. nov. Microstylis lingnella Reichb. f. in 

 Flora 71 (1888) 153. 



Malaxis minutiflora {Schltr.) comb. nov. Microstylis minutiflor a Schltr. in 

 Bull. Herb. Boiss. 7 (1899) 540. 



Malaxis monticola {Schltr.) comb. nov. Microstylis monticola Schltr. in 

 Fedde Repert. 3 (1906) 17. 



Malaxis ocreata {S. Wats.) comb. nov. Microstylis ocreata S. Wats, in 

 Proc. Am. Acad. 22 (1887) 453. 



Malaxis pandurata {Schltr.) comb. nov. Microstyhs pandurata Schltr. in 

 Fedde Repert. 3 (1906) 77. 



Malaxis Pittieri {Schltr.) comb. nov. Microstylis Pittieri Schltr. in Fedde 

 Repert. 12 (1913) 203. 



Malaxis platyglossa (Robins. & Greenm.) comb. nov. Microstylis platy- 

 glnssa Robins, ik Greenm. in Proc. Am. Acad. 32 (1896) 35. 



Malaxis Pringlei (*S'. Wats.) comb. nov. Microstylis Pringlei S. Wats, in 

 Proc. Am. Acad. 23 (1888) 282. 



Malaxis streptopetala {Robins. & Greenm.) comb. nov. Microstylis 

 streptopetala Robins. & Greenm. in Proc. Am. Acad. 32 (1896) 36. 



