BOTANICAL MUSEUM LEAFLETS 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY 
Campripak, Massacuuserrs, JUNE 30, 1934 Vou. 2, No. 
A NEW LIPARIS FROM GUATEMALA 
BY 
OakkES AMES AND CHARLES SCHWEINFURTH 
Liparis fantastica Ames & Schweinfurth, sp. nov. 
Herba terrestris, humilis. Caulis supra medium unifoli- 
atus. Folium suborbiculari-cordatum, acutum. Inflo- 
rescentia brevis, crassa, grandiflora. Perianthii partes late 
patentes. Sepala lateralia lanceolata, acuminata, obliqua, 
reflexa. Sepalum dorsale persimile. Petala valde reflexa, 
filiformia. Labellum singulare, in circuitu lanceolatum, 
valde acuminatum, basi utrinque breviter lobatum,deinde 
sagittato-cornutum, prope medium dilatatum lateribus 
laciniatis involutis. Columna generis. 
Plant terrestrial, up to 18.3 em. tall. Roots fibrous, 
lanuginose. Stem decumbent at the slightly swollen base, 
provided near the base with two loose membranaceous 
sheaths of which the upper is elongate, bearing near its 
apex a single leaf, striate-angulate in the dried specimen. 
Leaf suborbicular-cordate, 4-6.5 cm. long to the sharp 
sinus, 4.2—6.4em. wide, abruptly acute, membranaceous, 
widely spreading, the mid-nerve carinate beneath. Pe- 
duncle below the inflorescence up to 8.8 em. long. Ra- 
ceme sublax, about 21-flowered or less, 2-3.9 em. across 
in the dried specimen; rachis 1.4-8.8 em. long; floral 
bracts minute, triangular, acuminate, concave, spreading. 
Pedicellate ovary slender, up to 11 mm. long. Flowers 
large for the plant, deep maroon. Lateral sepals reflexed 
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