BOTANICAL MUSEUM LEAFLETS 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY 
CamsBripGe, Massacuuserrs, Ocroper 24, 1933 No. 
A NEW SOBRALIA 
FROM THE REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS 
BY 
OAKES AMES 
AmonG the described species of Sobralia,S. /’dwardsiu 
is most closely allied to 8. crocea Reichb.f., a native of 
Peru, differing from it in the color of the flowers and in 
the structure of the labellum. After pollination the ovary 
elongates excessively, bearing at its summit the swollen 
column and the withered vestiges of the tenuous peri- 
anth. This peculiarity, shared with S. crocea, gives the 
plant a remarkable and characteristic aspect. As the sec- 
ond flower expands, the capsule underneath the first flow- 
er, if pollination has been effected, may exceed 6 cm. in 
length. This condition is represented in the accompany- 
ing plate. 
Sobralia Edwardsii Ames, sp. nov. Herba epip- 
hytica, trifoliata, foliis elliptico-lanceolatis, tridentatis. 
Flores duo, succedanei. Sepala oblongo-lanceolata, valde 
apiculata, similia. Petala plus minusve membranacea, 
oblonga, subacuta, apiculata. Labellum elliptico-oblong- 
um, margine inaequaliter plicatum et undulatum, basi 
breviter bicallosum. Discus conspicue carinatus, carinis 
septem valde sinuatis ornatus. Columna gracilis, leviter 
alata, apice lobis falcatis ornata. 
Plant 26-31 em. tall, slender, trifoliate about 2 dm. 
above the base, with a conduplicate finely asperate sheath 
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