to exist; Rodrigues’s original drawing in the Li- 
brary of the Orchid Herbarium of Oakes Ames Is 
selected here for holotype! (AMES) 
Elleanthus Killipii Garay, sp. nov. 
Plantae elatae, usque ad 80 cm. altae; radicibus fasciculatis, 
flexuosis, carnosis; caulibus erectis, primum vaginatis deinde 
multifoliatis; foliis lanceolatis, acuminatis, base cuneatis, sub- 
tus 5-7 nerviis, usque ad 23 cm. longis, 4.cm. latis; inflorescen- 
tia terminali, capitata, dense pluriflora, ca. 2.5 cm. diametienti; 
bracteis ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, usque ad 2 cm. longis; 
floribus pallide purpureis; sepalo postico oblongo-ligulato, 
acuto, basin extus sparse furfuraceo, usque ad 11.5 mm. longo, 
3 mm. lato; sepalis lateralibus oblique oblongo-ligulatis, acutis 
vel subacuminatis, basi excavatis, extus sparse furfuraceis, 
usque ad 13 mm. longis, 3 mm. latis; petalis lineari-filiformibus, 
acuminatis, uninerviis, usque ad I1 mm. longis, | mm. latis; 
labello concavo, basi saccato, intus callis vel corpusculis 2, 
Ovoideis, antice evanescentibus ornato, deinde in laminam 
Ovatam, antice tridenticulatam expanso, margine minutissime 
erosulo, toto labello usque ad 12 mm. longo, 10 mm. lato; 
columna suberecta, tabula infrastigmatica 3-lobo intermedio 
pubescenti, recurva, usque ad 7 mm. longa; ovario cylindrico, 
pubescenti, usque ad 9 mm. longo. 
Colombia: Dept. El] Valle, Buenaventura, coastal thickets, 
10 m. alt., KILLIp 11760! type! (AMES), KiLLip 5215! (AMES, 
US). 
Elleanthus Killipii is readily distinguishable from the other 
species in the Section Cephalelyna by the shape of the ovate lip 
and the linear-filiform, l1-nerved petals. 
Elleanthus Sodiroi Schltr. in Fedde, Rep. 14: 387, 1916. 
Type: Ecuador; Pichincha near Quito, SopiRO 38! (BR). 
So far this species is known only from Ecuador. An outstand- 
ing field character is the entire margin to the obovate-flabellate 
lip. 
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