men collected by Pavon. The label attached to the speci- 
men in Pavén’s handwriting reads: ‘‘Orchis ramosa, Fl. 
P. & C. no. 16, Chicoplaya, 97°°. A second label at- 
tached to this specimen shows in Reichenbach’s hand 
writing ‘‘Ornithidium ramosum Rchb.’’. Fragments of 
this collection are in the Reichenbach herbarium, and 
upon these fragments Scaphyglottis Tafallae Rehb.f. 
was established in 1849. 
A comparison of these materials with the rather scanty 
original description of Mawillaria ramosa indicates that 
the material in the Delessert Herbarium represents 
most probably the actual holotype. This assumption is 
strengthened by the coincidence of the specific name 
‘*ramosa’’ as well as ‘‘Fl. P. & C. no. 16”’ on the label 
with the actual data published in ‘‘ Flora of Peru& Chile’ 
where Mawillaria ramosa is no. 16 in the enumeration 
of species. 
Moreover, my study of the type of Scaphyglottis pen- 
dula confirms Reichenbach’s observation (cf. Bonpl. 2: 
18, 1854) that this species is inseparable from Scaphy- 
glottis Tafallae Rehb.f. 
Maxillaria ruberrima (Lind/.) Garay comb. nov. 
Basionym: Scaphyglottis ruberrima Lind]. Orch. Linden. 
22, 1846. 
Synonym: Ornithidium ruberrimum Rehb.f. in Walp. 
Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 489, 1863. 
This apparently rare species from the Venezuelan 
Andes has not hitherto been transferred to the genus 
Mawzillaria. The genus Mawillaria, as understood today, 
includes the genera Ornithidium and Camaridium. 
Maxillaria speciosa Rchi.f. in Gard. Chron. n.s. 
6: 196, 1876. 
Mawillaria seurrilis Hort. ex Rolfe in Orch. Rev. 8: 
234, 1900. 
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