Octomeria integrilabia is remarkable in having a 
simple lip. 
British Guiana, [Composite sheet]—Arakaka. January 1896. 
E.F. im Thurn 115 ??2: Hoodsline[?]. White-flowered. February 1896. 
im Thurn 115A: im Thurn 167 (Tyee in Herb. Kew.) : [Another 
sheet ]—Arakaka. Febauary 1896. im Thurn s.n. (Herb. Kew.) 
Octomeria minor C.Schweimnfurth sp. nov. 
Herba parvula, epiphytica, caespitosa. Radices fibro- 
sae, longae, numerosae. Caules perbreves, uniarticulati, 
vaginis tubularibus omnino obtecti. Folium singulum, 
erectum, lineari- vel elliptico-lanceolatum, carnosum ut 
videtur. Inflorescentiae axillares, multiflorae. Sepala ob- 
longo-lanceolata, acuminata, trinervia. Petala lanceolata, 
paulo minora. Labellum infra medium trilobatum; lobi 
laterales parvi, rotundato-auriculiformes, patentes; lobus 
medius multo major, ovatus, margine minute erosus. 
Columna gracilis. 
Plant small and very short for the genus, caespitose, 
up to 3.8 em. high, rather stout. Roots fibrous, long, 
glabrous, numerous. Stems short, 1-jointed, up to about 
1.4 em. high, entirely concealed by two close tubular 
imbricating evanescent sheaths. Leaf solitary, erect, lin- 
ear-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, sessile, up to 2.4 em. 
long and 4.5 mm. wide, acute, marginate, apparently 
fleshy in the fresh condition. Inflorescence axillary, 
many-flowered. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, shortly acu- 
minate, 3-nerved. Lateral sepals free, about 6.5 mm. long 
and 1.9 mm. wide. Dorsal sepal very similar, concave. 
Petals lanceolate, 5.3 mm. long, 1.4-1.5 mm. wide, acu- 
minate, l-nerved throughout or 8-nerved to about the 
middle, somewhat asymmetric. Lip oblong-obovate in 
outline, about 8.1-3.5 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, 8-lobed 
below the middle; lateral lobes small, round-auriculi- 
form, spreading; middle lobe ovate or broadly ovate, 
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