Stelis rubens S¢ci/tr. var. oxypetala (Sci/tr.) 
Ames, var. nov. 
Stelis owypetala Schlechter in Fedde Repert. 15 
(Oct. 1918) 203; in Beihefte Bot. Centralbl. 86, 
Abt. 2 (Nov. 1918) 446. 
Guatemata, Department of Petén. In silva primaevae prope 
Faclus. September 1877. Bernoulli & Cario 624 (Type of Stelis oxypetala 
Schltr. ) 
Repusiic or Honpuras, Department of Cortes, Santa Cruz de 
Yojoa. Epiphyte in open mountain forest at 2,000 feet altitude. Sepals 
light green with lavender shading. Petals and lip white. September 
11,1933. J.B. Edwards 545; From the same locality. Sepals and petals 
greenish white or white, lip and column white. September 8 and 11, 
1933. J.B. Edwards 543. 
2. Stelis Tonduziana Schlechter in Beihefte Bot. 
Centralbl. 86, Abt. 2 (1918) 893; in Fedde Repert. 
Beihefte 19 (1928) 20. 
Stelis mrabilis Schlechter in Fedde Repert. Beihette 
19 (1928) 96. 
Costa Rica, La Palma. At 2,500 meters altitude. May 1912. 
O. Jimenez s.n. (Type of Stelis Tonduziana Schltr.) ; Brade 1203 (Type 
of Stelis mirabilis Schltr.); At 1,180 meters altitude. November 18, 
1922, A.M. Brenes 468: Cedral, Candelaria Sur. Flowers green and 
purple. At 1,300 meters altitude. November 27, 1925. d.Alfaro 7: La 
Palma de San José. Flowers obliquely secund, vinous purple. May 15, 
1925. C,H. Lankester 977 : Estrella de Cartago. Flowers maroon, Janu- 
ary 1923. C.H. Lankester 397; Flowers maroon-purple. At 6,500 feet 
altitude. July 1925. C.H. Lankester 1035; At about 1,600 meters alti- 
tude. March 17, 1924. Paul C. Standley 38074: Province of San José, 
La Hondura. At 1,300-1,700 meters altitude. March 2-4, 1924. 
Paul C, Standley 36414. 
3. Stelis Standleyi 4 mes in Sched. Orch. 9 (1925) 21. 
Costa Rica, Province of Cartago, La Estrella. On tree, flowers 
dark purple. March 26-27, 1924. Paul C. Standley 39483, 39386, and 
39419: Province of San José, La Palma, On mossy tree trunk, flowers 
dark wine red, At about 1,600 meters altitude. February 3, 1924. 
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