Chloraea densipapillosa appears to lack any close allies. 
It differs from C. robusta Rolfe in having broader leaves, 
and in having ovate-lanceolate unthickened sepals. This 
is the third species of its genus to be recorded from Peru. 
Apurtmac: Prov. Abancay, “‘laderas cerca de Tsancapata’’, at 
2700 meters altitude, January 1938, C. Vargas 754. (Tyrer in Gray 
Herb. No. 7442; fragment of type in Herb. Ames No. 55411). Prov. 
Abancay, upper Marino Valley, at 3000 meters altitude, gravelly soil 
in open shrubland, H. FE. Stork, O.B. Horton & C. Vargas 10636,— 
Cuzco: Prov. Urubamba, environs of Urubamba, at 2880 meters 
altitude, on rocky slopes, Vargas 11086. 
Chloraea multilineolata C. Schweinfurth sp. nov. 
Herba terrestris. Caulis robustus, leviter flexuosus, 
foliosus. Folia ovata, patentia, in vaginas supra decres- 
centia. Racemus laxe pluriflorus. Flores magni, mem- 
branacei. Sepalum dorsale late lanceolatum, acutum. 
Sepala lateralia anguste oblongo-lanceolata, acuta. Petala 
oblongo-ovalia, apice rotundato minute retusa. Labellum 
in circuitu late ovatum, trilobatum; lobi laterales semi- 
obcordati; lobus medius suborbiculari-ovatus, apice 
rotundatus; lamina lineis verrucosis pluribus ornata. 
Columna gracilis. 
Plant terrestrial, stout, lightly flexuous, leafy, exceed- 
ing 3 dm. in height (lowermost portion lacking and upper 
part of raceme broken and imperfect). Leaves ovate with 
sheathing bases, gradually diminishing into sheaths a- 
bove; lamina membranaceous, up to about 6.5 cm. long 
and 4cm. wide, subacute to short-acuminate, spreading. 
Raceme about 11-flowered, loose. Floral bracts lanceo- 
late, acuminate, membranaceous with prominent veins, 
up to 3.7 cm. long. Flowers large with spreading mem- 
branaceous segments which are lightly net-veined, pale 
yellow. Dorsal sepal broadly lanceolate, about 2.8 cm. 
long and 1.25 em. wide, acute with three longitudinal 
nerves. Lateral sepals narrowly oblong-lanceolate, asym- 
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