part oblong-elliptic, lightly concave, abruptly subacute, 
gradually narrowed below, little shorter than the lateral 
sepals. Column slender, gradually dilated above, shortly 
adnate to the sepaline tube by the dorsal surface, densely 
short-pubescent on the lower half in front. 
Hvanuco: Llata, at about 2150 meters altitude, on steep canyon 
slope in loose rocky soil, August 21, 1922, Macbride & Featherstone 2301 
(Tyrer in Herb. Field Mus. No. 518784; Dupticare type in Herb. 
Ames No. 58324). 
Altensteinia longispicata C. Schweinfurth sp. nov. 
Herba robusta, elata. Caulis glaber, foliis ligulatis 
scariosis sparse ornatus. Spica longe cylindracea, densis- 
sime multiflora. Flores parvuli. Sepala similia, elliptico- 
lanceolata, dorso pubescentia, lateralia basi obliqua. 
Petala lineari-oblanceolata, apice truncato marginibus 
irregularibus. Labellum superum, valde semiellipsoideo- 
cucullatum, crassius, marginibus fimbrillatis. Columna 
clavata, apice retusa. 
Plant robust, up to 7.7 dm. tall including the in- 
florescence (the base of the plant not present), glabrous, 
adorned with several leaves. Leaves ligulate, acuminate, 
scarious, with clasping sheathing bases which are tubular- 
cylindric and imbricating near the base, up to 15 cm. long 
and 2 cm. wide, (the only complete leaf present is about 
15 cm. long including the sheathing base and 1.6 cm. 
wide). Spike elongate, cylindric, very densely many- 
flowered, up to 19.6 em. long and 2 em. in diameter; 
rachis finely tomentose. Floral bracts lanceolate-ovate, 
acute or acuminate, concave, scarious, pubescent on the 
outer surface, about equaling the flowers. Ovary densely 
pubescent. Flowers small. Sepals and petals membrana- 
ceous. Dorsal sepal elliptic-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 
shortly adnate to the column below, obtuse at the cucul- 
late apex, about 7 mm. long and 3.8 mm. wide, 8-nerved, 
; 228°) 
