urceolatis; sepalo postico elliptico, obtuso, 4 + 2 mm. longo, 2.5 
mm. lato; sepalis lateralibus oblique ovato-triangularibus, obtu- 
sis, usque ad 4 + 2 mm. longis, 2.5 mm. latis; petalis subquad- 
rato-obovatis, apice valde retusis, satis concavis, extus sub apice 
tumidis, uninerviis, usque ad 1.2 mm. longis, 0.8 mm. latis; 
labello carnoso, obovato-cymbiformi, basi subgloboso, antice 
acuto; disco basin callo bipartito, transverso donato; toto 
labello usque ad 1.2 mm. longo, 0.8 mm. lato; columna humili, 
cylindrica, | mm. alta; ovario pedicellato 2 mm longo. 
Ecuador: Bolivar, Hacienda Talahua. Penland & Summers 612! 
(AMES) Type! 
Stelis Schlechterana Garay, nom. noy. 1V-c-] 
Basionym: Stelis mirabilis Schltr. in Fedde, Rep. Beih. 27: 32, 
1924. 
Stelis hirsuta Garay, sp. nov. IV-r-3 
Basionym: Stelis Jamesonii var. parviflora Garay in Can. 
Journ.Bot. 34: 352, 1956. 
Stelis antennata Garay, sp. nov. V-r-6 
Epiphytica, rhizomatosa, usque ad 13 cm. alta; rhizomate gra- 
cili, ascendenti; radicibus filiformibus, flexuosia, glabris; cauli- 
bus secundariis primum ascendentibus, deinde suberectis, satis 
gracilibus, vaginis costatis, imbricantibus omnino obtectis, 
usque ad 7 cm. longis; folio obovato-elliptico, obtuso, basi in 
petiolum, usque ad 13 mm. longum abrupte contracto, petiolo 
incluso usque ad 5 cm. longo, 1.2 cm. lato; inflorescentia sin- 
gula, arcuata, laxe pluriflora, usque ad 10 cm. longa; pedunculo 
gracili, usque ad 5 cm. longo; floribus purpureis, ut videtur 
secundis, glabris; sepalo postico ovato-triangulari, acuto vel 
subacuminato, 3-nervio, usque ad 4 mm. longo, 2 mm. lato; 
sepalis lateralibus patentibus, oblique ovatis, acutis vel subacu- 
minatis, 3 -nerviis, usque ad 4 mm. longis, 1.8 mm. latis; petalis 
carnosis, rhombeis, apice longe aristatis, 3-nerviis, usque ad 3 
mm. longis, 2 mm. latis; labello cuneato-subquadrato, cochlear, 
antice subtruncato, obtuso; disco usque ad medium incrassato- 
papilloso; toto labello 2 mm. longo, 1.5 mm. lato; columna 
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