BOTANICAL MUSEUM LEAFLETS 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY 
Campriper, Massacuuserts, Frpruary 7, 1933 No. 
A NEW OCTOMERIA FROM 
SPANISH HONDURAS 
BY 
OAKES AMES 
AMONG ORCHIDS recently collected in Honduras by 
Mr. J. B. Edwards a new species of Octomeria has been 
recognized. There are no close allies of this species among 
the Octomerias recorded as natives of Central America. 
It isin habit similar to the Brazilian O. brevifolia Cogn. 
from which it differs in the size and form of the labellum. 
From dried specimens it appears to belong to the section 
of the genus characterized by semiterete leaves. 
Octomeria hondurensis Ames, sp. nov. Herba 
epiphytica, parva. caespitosa, caulibus gracilibus tereti- 
usculis. Folium subeylindraceum, leviter arcuatum, valde 
carnosum. Flores satis numerosi, densiusculi, fasciculati. 
Sepala oblongo-lanceolata, subacuta, trinervia. Petala 
similia. Labellum distincte trilobatum; lobis lateralibus 
erectis; lobo medio oblongo, apice tridentato ; disco prope 
basim bicarinato. Columna generis. 
I.piphytic herb about 10cm. high. Stems caespitose, 
terete, 8-9 cm. long,several-jointed, with fibrous remains 
of sheaths adhering near the base, monophyllous, about 
1 mm. in diameter when dried. Leaf about 2.5 cm. long, 
about 1 mm. in diameter. semiterete, acute, lightly sul- 
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