or yellowish green with the lateral lobes of the labellum 
whitish. Sepals about 2.5 em. long, scarcely 2 mm. wide, 
directed obliquely forward, linear-triangular, acute. Pet- 
als similar, about 1.5 cm. long, 3-nerved. Labellum up 
to 13.5 mm. long, conspicuously three lobed, adnate to 
the lower half of the column; mid-lobe up to 9 mm. long, 
about 1 mm. wide, linear, tapering gradually toward the 
acute tip; lateral lobes about 8 mm. long and 2.5 mm. 
wide, rotundate-dolabriform, erect, appressed to the apex 
of the column; disc conspicuously bicallose, the calli pa- 
piliform. Column stout, about 5 mm. long, adnate for 
about one half its length tothe labellum, with a conspicu- 
ous terminal rostriform appendage which is dorsal, por- 
rect and blunt. 
Mexico, Vera Cruz, on the parasitical Andromeda at 
4,000 feet, Galeotti 5077. (Tver in Herb. Mus. d’ Hist. 
Nat. Par.). 
ReEPuBLic OF Honpuras, Department of Comayagua, 
Las Jaguas in the vicinity of Minas de Oro. Epiphyte in 
open mountain forest, at 4,200 feet altitude. Flowers yel- 
low and brown. May 8, 1982. J. B. Hdwards 143. 
EXPLANATION OF ILLUSTRATION 
Plant drawn natural size from Honduran specimens ( Edwards 143). 
1, front view of column showing the rostriform dorsal appendage ex- 
ceeding the anther. 2, side view of labellum in natural position. 
3, side view of labellum and column with the labellum depressed to 
show point of attachment. 4, labellum with the lateral lobes spread 
out. 5, the flower drawn to show the relative proportions of the sepals, 
petals and labellum. 
