Reichenbachanthus emarginatus Garay nom. 
nov. 
Basionym: Heaisea reflera Reichb.f. in Linnaea 41: 
131, 1877, not Reichenbachanthus reflexus 
(Lindl.) Brade. 
Synonym: Fractiunguis refleva Schltr. in An. Mem. 
Inst. Butan. 1, pt. 4: 56, 1922. 
A eritical examination of the type of Heaisea reflexa 
Rchb.f. has shown it to be quite dissimilar in its floral 
morphology to Scaphyglottis refleva Lindl. These two 
species have been confused with one another, due to the 
apparent similarity in their vegetative structures and size 
of the lowers. ‘hey were treated by me as one in Vene- 
suelan Orchids under the name of Reichenbachanthus re- 
Alexus (Lindl.) Brade. 
Scaphyglottis bicornis (Lindl.) Garay comb. nov. 
Basionym: Hewadesmia bicornis Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 380: 
Mise. p. 41, 1841. 
Synonym: Scaphyglottis ruberrima var. aurea Rehb.f. 
in Linnaea 22: 856, 1849. 
Tetragamestus aureus Rehb.f. in Bonpl. 2: 
22, 1854. 
Scaphyglottis genychila Schltr. in Fedde Rep. 
Beih. 7: 122, 1920. 
Scaphyglottis aurea Foldats in Acta Biol. 
Venez. 2: 381, 1959. 
Heaisea aurea Dressler in Taxon 18: 246, 
1964. 
An examination of the type of Hexadesmia bicornis in 
the Lindley Herbarium confirms Reichenbach’s conten- 
tion that his 7'etragamestus aureus may be conspecific 
with it. I have examined a series of specimens from 
Venezuela and Colombia, and in each instance I found 
only four pollinia in the anthers. The lip is somewhat 
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