gum, basi lineis subparallelis pereursum. ... ’’ It would 
seem from this description that the lip is comparable to 
that of P. striata. Williams (in Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harvard 
Univ. 7 (1989) 184), who has seen the type specimen of 
Sobralia polyphylla,says that it is unquestionably Ponera 
striata. 
This species is widespread and rather common in Mex- 
ico, Guatemala, British Honduras, Honduras, Salvador, 
Costa Rica, Venezuela and Brazil. [t has been found from 
790 to 1300 meters altitude. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: 
Mexico: Vallée de Cordova, January 10, 1866, M. Bourgeau 1766 
(in part) (Herb. Ames); Yucatan, Tuxpefia, Campeche, December 
20, 1931, C.L. Lundell 1102 (Herb. Ames, Gray Herb., Herb. N.Y. 
Bot. Gard., U.S. Nat. Herb.). | 
GuaTeMALA: Amatitlan, February 11, 1905, W.A. Kellerman 4556 
(U.S. Nat. Herb.); Guatemala, near Guatemala City, purchased from 
an Indian, flowers small, greenish yellow with red nerves, February 
12, 1933, Margaret W. Lewis 71 (Herb. Ames); Guatemala, Laguna 
del Naranjo, February 1923, 1490 m. alt., G. Salas 201 (U.S. Nat. 
Herb.); Petén, epiphyte, Vaxactun, March 22, 1931, H. H. Bartlett 
12277 (Herb. Ames); San Marcos, pendent epiphyte, stems obliquely 
descending or pendent, leaves firmly chartaceous, shining and grass- 
ereen above, pale green beneath, Finca El Porvenir, along Rio Cabus 
above Potrero Matasan, Volein Tajumulco, 1000-1300 meters alt., 
March 2, 1940, J.A.Steyermark 37607 (Herb. Field Museum); San 
Martin-Jilotepeque, greenish flowers, two lateral petals with purple 
stripes, January 29, 1989, J. R. Johnston 1416 (Herb. Ames); Zacapa, 
epiphyte on tree, rich forested slopes in deep ravine along Rio Lima, 
Sierra de las Minas, between Rio Hondo and summit of mountain at 
Finea Alejandria, 1500-1700 meters alt., October 11, 1989, J. A. 
Steyermark 29609 (Herb. Field Museum). 
Brirish Honpuras: El Cayo District, bank of Belize River, epi- 
phyte, February 13, 1988, P. H. Gentle 2233 (Herb. Ames); Maskall 
Pine Ridge, January 1934, P. H. Gentle 1097 (Herb. Ames, Gray 
Herb., N.Y. Bot. Gard.); Stann Creek Valley, Mountain Cow Ridge, 
in high ridge on hill top, on tree, March 2, 1940, P. H. Gentle 3243 
(Herb. Ames). 
Satvapor: Dept. de La Libertad, on tree trunk, vicinity of Santa 
Tecla, 790-950 meters alt., April 10, 1922, P.C. Standley 23007 (Herb. 
Ames, Herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard., U.S. Nat. Herb.): Dept. de La 
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