400-600 meters altitude. February 16, 17, 1935. A.A.Hunter & P.H. 
Allen 561 (Tyre in Herb. Ames No. 42016) . 
Scaphyglottis Wercklei Sch/tr. var. major C. 
Schweinfurth var. nov. 
A specie caulibus longioribus et foliis maxima pro 
parte multo majoribus et labello paulo latiori differt. 
Stems narrowly cylindrical, much branched, up to 
17.1 cm. long. Leaves linear-lanceolate, rigidly spread- 
ing, up to 8.5 em. long and 8.5 mm. wide, narrowed to 
an abruptly obtuse tip which is minutely bilobed and a- 
piculate. Flowers white. Dorsal sepal oblong-elliptic, 
about 5.1 mm. long and 2 mm. wide, acute, 3-nerved. 
Lateral sepals broadly oblong, very asymmetric, about 
5mm. long and 2 mm. wide, forming a distinct mentum, 
acute, 8- to 4-nerved. Petals linear, more or less nar- 
rowed toward the base, 4.6-5 mm. long, up to 1.1 mm. 
wide, obtuse, 1- or 2-nerved, or 3-nerved above the mid- 
dle. Lip subparallel to the column and recurved in nat- 
ural position, cuneate-flabellate in outline, gradually 
dilated from an unguiculate thickened base, very ob- 
scurely trilobulate at the broad apex with the broad mid- 
lobe very shallowly retuse, about 4 mm. wide near the 
apex. Column without angulate wings, about 4 mm. long. 
The variety major differs from typical Scaphyglottis 
Wercklei in being a stouter plant with the lower stem- 
members much longer, with often much larger leaves and 
with a broader lip. Vegetatively it has an aspect quite dif- 
ferent from that of S. Wercklei, but the flowers show its 
alliance to that species. 
British Honpuras, Belize District, Gracie Rock, Sibun River. 
Epiphyte in secondary forest. January 30, 1936, Percy H. Gentle 1781 
(Tyee in Herb. Univ. Michigan. Dupticare rype in Herb. Ames No. 
43848). 
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