Pelexia Hameri Garay, sp. nov. 
Terrestris, gracilis, usque ad 30cm. alta; radicibus fascicula- 
tis, tuberosis, villosis; foliis basilaribus, ut videtur 2, sub 
anthesin jam emarcidis, ovatis, obtusis vel subacutis, distincte 
breviter petiolatis, petiolis inclusis usque ad 5 cm. longis, 1.8 
cm. latis; scapo gracili, plurivaginato, puberulo, supra laxe 
multifloro, spicato; bracteis ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, 
usque ad 9 mm. longis; floribus viridi-albidis, extus sparse 
pubescentibus; sepalo postico anguste ovato-lanceolato vel 
ovato-elliptico, obtuso, usque ad 3.8 mm. longo, | mm. lato; 
sepalis lateralibus oblongo-ligulatis, obtusis, usque ad 4 mm. 
longis, 1.2 mm. latis, basin oblique saccatis, sacco 2 mm. 
longo; petalis sepalo postico conniventibus, e cuneata basi 
oblique lineari-dolabri formibus, obtusis, usque ad 4 mm. lon- 
gis, | mm. latis, labello unguiculato, basi lineari-falcato sagit- 
tato, lamina conduplicata, lineari-oblonga, apice abrupte in 
lobum reniformem expansa, margine repanda; disco basin lobi 
terminali papilloso-incrassato; toto labello 5.5 mm. longo, 3 
mm. lato; columna infundibuliformi, 2 mm. longa, basi in 
pedem decurrentem, 2 mm. longam producta; ovario arcuato- 
fusiformi, puberulo, sessili, usque ad 6 mm. longo. 
EI Salvador: in the gardens of Dona Hertha Freund in San 
Benito, San Salvador, HAMER 613! type! (AMES). 
The plants are reminiscent of weak specimens of P. 
Schaffneri (Rchb.f.) Schltr., but the flowers are very different. 
This smallest-flowered Pelexia is dedicated to Mr. Fritz 
Hamer. whose lavishly illustrated, two-volume work on the 
Orchids of El Salvador is one of the most outstanding contribu- 
tions to our knowledge of the orchids of Central America. 
Sarcoglottis Lehmannii Garay, sp. nov. 
Terrestris, elata, usque ad 30cm. alta; radicibus fasciculatis, 
crassis, villosis; foliis rosulatis, petiolatis; petiolis ca- 
naliculatis, usque ad 6 cm. longis, laminis late ellipticis, utrin- 
que obtusis vel subacutis, usque ad 16 cm. longis, 6 cm. latis; 
scapo erecto, vaginis acuminatissimis, imbricatibusque ob- 
tecto, supra laxe racemoso, paucifloro; bracteis ovato-lanceo- 
latis, acuminatissimis, usque ad 2.5 cm. longis; floribus, parvu- 
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