BOTANICAL MUSEUM LEAFLETS 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY 
CaMBRIDGE, Massacuusetts, JuNE 4, 1941 Voi. 9, No. 
ORCHIDACEAE PERUVIANAE II 
BY 
CHARLES SCHWEINFURTH 
‘THIS ARTICLE is the second in the series devoted to the 
novelties in the orchid flora of Peru. It includes eleven 
species and one variety that hitherto apparently have not 
been described. 
Stenoptera ciliaris C. Schweinfurth sp. nov. 
Herba terrestris, elata. Radices fasciculatae, tuberosae. 
Caulis supra tomentosulus. Folia infra fasciculata et im- 
bricantia, supra sparsa, elliptico-oblonga vel oblongo- 
lanceolata, acuta vel breviter acuminata, basim versus 
sensim angustata. Spica elongato-cylindrica, subdense 
multiflora. Florum bracteae ovato-lanceolatae, dense cil- 
latae. Flores parvi, extus tomentosi. Sepalum dorsale 
columnae adnatum, elliptico-oblongum vel oblongo-lan- 
ceolatum. Sepala lateralia oblique elliptica vel elliptico- 
lanceolata, in tubulum brevem cum labello connata. 
Petala oblique linearia vel lineari-oblanceolata, margine 
superiore minute ciliolata. Labellum superum, tubulari- 
concavum, expansum late ovatum, truncato-obtusum. 
Columna generis. 
Plant terrestrial, tall, up to about 7.4 dm. high. Roots 
fasciculate, stout, tuberous, lanuginose. Stem stout, gla- 
brous or nearly so below, densely tomentulose above, with 
a cluster of about four crowded leaves near the base of 
the plant and scattering blades and tubular sheaths above. 
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