and without caudicle.’’ April[?] 1896. E.F. im Thurn 154 (Tver in 
Herb. Kew.) ; im Thurn 154 bis; “‘white’’. im Thurn s.n. (AIL in 
Herb. Kew.) 
Pleurothallis breviscapa C. Schweinfurth sp. nov. 
Herba parva, caespitosa. Radices fibrosae, crassae. 
Caules perbreves, unifoliati. Folium anguste ellipticum 
vel obovato-oblongum, valde coriaceum. Scapi tenues, 
quam folium multo breviores, uni- vel biflori. Sepala later- 
alia libera, anguste lanceolata, falcata. Sepalum dorsale 
lanceolato-oblongum vel elliptico-lanceolatum. Petala 
multo breviora, minute ciliolata. Labellum oblanceola- 
tum, acutum, prope basim lobulis dentiformibus prae- 
ditum. 
Plant small, caespitose, epiphytic, about 8-4 cm. 
high. Roots fibrous, glabrous, numerous. Stems very 
short, monophyllous, about 4.5-9 mm. long, concealed 
by two tubular imbricating evanescent sheaths, more or 
less decumbent at base, erect or spreading. Leaf narrowly 
obovate-oblong or narrowly elliptic, acute or subacute, 
gradually narrowed to ascarcely petioled base, about 2. 5— 
3.8 cm. long, 6-7 mm. wide, very coriaceous, erect, the 
mid-nerve sulcate above and prominent beneath. Inflo- 
rescences one to four, about half as long as the leaf, 1- or 
2-flowered. Peduncle up to the lowest flower filiform, 
about 2 em. long, apparently finely pubescent. Flowers 
large for the plant. Lateral sepals free, narrowly lanceo- 
late, faleate, about 6.2 mm. long and 1.2 mm. wide, acute 
or acuminate, 8-nerved. Dorsal sepal narrowly lanceo- 
late-oblong to elliptic-lanceolate, about 6.3 mm. long and 
1 mm. wide, acute, 8-nerved. Petals half as long as the 
sepals, oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, 
about 8.1 mm. long and 1 mm. wide, I-nerved, finely 
cellular-ciliate except near the base. Lip oblanceolate, 
acute, about 5mm. long including the small linear claw, 
1.2 mm. wide. with two oblong auricles at base parallel 
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