point out a character which has not hitherto been de- 
scribed or figured: the lip is inverted and uppermost. 
Trinipap: Botanic Gardens, 1894, Hart s.n. (Herb. Trin. 5591); 
Heights of Aripo, January 10-26, 1922, Broadway s.n. (Herb. Trin. 
9898): El Tucuche, alt. about 2000 feet, March 20, 1955 [flowered 
May 19, 1955], Downs & Aitken 388 (Herb. Ames 77844, 67863); Brad- 
Jord s.n. (cited by Cogniaux). 
TrieHora Nuttall 
Triphora surinamensis (Lind/.) Britton in Britton 
& Wilson Sci. Surv. Porto-Rico and Virgin Islands 5 
(1924) 184. 
Pogonia surinamensis Lindley in Hooker London 
Journ. Bot. 2 (1848) 674. 
This species was reported from Trinidad as Pogonia 
surinamensis. 'The several recently-made collections in- 
dicate that this rather widely distributed species is not 
uncommon in ‘Trinidad. 
Trintpap: Maraval, July 4, 1847, Crueger s.n. (Herb. Trin. 414); 
O’Meara Savannah, July 7, 1848, Purdie (?) s.n. (Herb. Trin. 1625); 
Mora Forest, June 26, 1925, Broadway s.n. (Herb. Ames $0415); 
Bamboo Plantation, St. Joseph, October 1949, Baker s.n. (Herb. 
Trin. 14437; Herb. Ames 67927). 
VANILLA Swartz 
Vanilla Hartii Rolfe in Kew Bull. 1899 (1899) 133. 
Cogniaux listed Vanilla Hartu, citing the type (Hart 
6355), but indicating that he had not seen it. The nu- 
merous collections made since 1898 show that Vanilla 
Harti is a very distinct species. It is endemic to Trini- 
dad and Tobago. 
Tosaco: Widow Woods, March 6, 1911, Broadway s.n. (Herb. Gray 
1419. 
Trintpap: Cabasterre, Arima, April 1898, Hart 6355 (Herb. Trin. 
s.n.; Herb. Ames 67784); Agua Santa, Arima, May 4, 1915, Broad- 
way s.n. (Herb. Trin. 8762); Mora Forest, east of Sangre Grande, 
April 10, 1921, Britton 2841 (Herb. Gray 1420); Cunupia, Hart s.n. 
(Herb. Trin. 6356; Herb. Trin. s.n.). 
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