clavata, alata, juxta rostellum auriculata, usque ad 5 mm. 
longa; ovario cylindrico, furfuraceo. 
Venezuela: Epo. ARAGUA; Rancho Grande, DUNSTER- 
VILLE 533! — Ebo. BOLIVAR; Cerro Venamo, STEYERMARK & 
DUNSTERVILLE 92507! Type! (AMES); Chimanta Massif, 
STEYERMARK 75735! (AMES, F, NY). 
This new species was illustrated in Venezuelan Orchids 2: 
100, 1961 as E. virgatus (Rchb.f.) C. Schweinf., and in Lasser, 
Flora de Venezuela 15(1): 226, 1970 as E. kermesinus (Lindl.) 
Rchb.f. It differs from the former in the coriaceous bracts and 
the differently proportioned lip; from the latter in dissimilar 
floral segments and the shape of the column. 
Elleanthus Sect. Elleanthus 
Lectotype: Elleanthus lancifolius Presl 
Syn.: Elleanthus Sect. Virgatae Garay in Orquideologia 4: 
15, 1969. 
Type: Sertifera virgata Rchb.f. 
Inflorescence terminal, spicate; flowers distichous; column 
angulate; base of lip conical, subcalcarate-saccate, not didym- 
ous, Calli inserted on sides of cavity. 
Elleanthus formosus Garay, sp. nov. 
Plantae, erectae, verosimiliter ramosae, partes quae adsunt 
usque ad 15 cm. longae; caulibus erectis, infra vagiiatis, supra 
2- 4-foliatis; foliis satis coriaceis, plicatis, auguste lanceolato- 
ellipticis, subacuminatis, basin cuneatis, usque ad 10 cm. lon- 
gis, 1.5 cm. latis; inflorescentia terminali, sessili, usque ad 7 
cm. longa; rhachide filiformi, valde fractiflexa, laxe 4-, 6-flora; 
bracteis cymbiformibus, scariosis, usque ad 2 cm. longis, sur- 
sum decrescentibus; floribus illis E. virgatis semillimis sed 
multo majoribus; sepalo postico elliptico, apice rotundato, in 
medio breviter mucronato, usque ad 11 mm. longo, 4mm. lato; 
sepalis lateralibus oblique ovatis, rotundatis, breviter mucro- 
natis, usque ad 12 mm. longis, 5 mm. latis; petalis e cuneata 
basi obovatis apice, rotundatis, usque ad 11 mm. longis, 4mm. 
latis; labello saccato, intus callis vel corpusculis lateraliter 
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