aequilongam producta; ovario hirsuto, clavato, usque ad 8 mm. 
longo. 
Venezuela: Edo. Zulia, in forests of Rio Lora. Coll. Pittier 
10985! Type! (AMES). 
Mesadenella peruviana Garay, sp. nov. 
Plantae terrestres, usque ad 35 cm. altae; radicibus carnosis, 
elongatis, pubescentibus; foliis basilaribus, plurimis, e cuneata 
basi obovato-oblanceolatis, acutis, usque ad 24 cm. longis, 5 cm. 
latis; scapo erecto, plurivaginato, supra laxe plurifloro; bracteis 
lanceolatis, acuminatis, usque ad 15 mm. longis; floribus 
parvulis, flavidobrunneis, extus pubescentibus; sepalo postico 
lanceolato-oblongo, acuto, usque ad 6 mm. longo, |.8 mm. lato; 
sepalis lateralibus obliquis, arcuatim lineari-oblongis, obtusis, 
usque ad 8 mm. longis, 2 mm. latis; petalis obscure lineari- 
oblanceolatis, acutis, usque ad 5 mm. longis, | mm. latis; labello 
panduriformi, utrinque parte ovato-ellipticis, antice rotundatis, 
basin bicornutis, usque ad 7 mm. longis, 2 mm. latis; columna 
cylindrica, paululo arcuata, 2.5 mm. longa; ovario cylindrico, 
haud torto, dense piloso, usque ad 8 mm. longo. 
Peru: Depto. Huanuco, Quebrada Las Pavas, 5 km. s. of 
Tingo Maria on road to Las Palmas, 720 m. above sea level. 
Coll. Plowman & Kennedy 5713! Type! (AMES). 
Odontorhynchus alticola Garay, sp. nov. 
Plantae terrestres, sub anthesin aphyllae, usque ad 30 cm. 
altae; radicibus fasciculatis, carnosis, pubescentibus; scapo 
erecto, pubescenti, dimidio inferior vaginis bracteiformibus, 
acuminatis obtecti, dimidio superiori laxe spicato, multifloro; 
bracteis ovato-lanceolatis, longe acuminatis, Ovarils superanti- 
bus, usque ad 15 mm. longis, sursum decrescentibus; floribus 
virescentibus, extus pubescentibus; sepalo postico ovato, con- 
cavo, obtuso, usque ad 8 mm. longo, 3.5 mm. lato; sepalis 
lateralibus obliquis, lineari-oblongis, obtusis, usque ad 9 mm. 
longis, 2 mm. latis; petalis lineari-subfalcatis, obtusis, usque ad 8 
mm. longis, 1.2 mm. latis; labello sessili, basi cochleato, intus 
bicornuto, deinde in ambitu obovato, valde concavo, carnosulo, 
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