DepartTMENT UNKNOWN: C, Vargas 1819,.—Cuzco: Prov. Quispican- 
chi, Marcapata Valley, at 1700-1800 meters altitude, ‘‘evergreen 
hard-leafed bushwood consisting of trees and shrubs in the shadow’’, 
February 20, 1929, 4. Weberbauer 7842 (Type in Herb. Field Mus. 
No. 605259; Durticare type in Herb. Ames No, 58711). 
Ponthieva similis C. Schweinfurth sp. nov. 
Herba terrestris, mediocris. Radices fasciculatae, lan- 
uginosae. Folia maxima pro parte basalia, elliptica, acu- 
minata, longe petiolata, omnino dense villosa. Scapus 
omnino villosus, bracteis vel vaginis remotis ornatus. 
Racemus laxe pauci-vel multiflorus. Sepalum dorsale 
elliptico-lanceolatum, acuminatum. Sepala lateralia in 
laminam suborbicularem, profunde concavam, breviter bi- 
dentatam connata. Petalalonge unguiculata, obliquissime 
semiovata, obtusa. Labellum perparvum, sessile, colum- 
nae medio adnatum, concavo-conduplicatum; lamina vi 
expansa subquadrato-obovata, basi cucullato-callosa. Co- 
lumna supra dilatata. 
Plant terrestrial, up to about 4.5 dm. tall. Roots fasci- 
culate, fibrous, lanuginose. Leaves chiefly basal, rosulate, 
up to nine, long-petioled; lamina elliptic, up to about 
9.5 cm. long and 3.1 cm. wide, sharply acuminate, grad- 
ually narrowed below, membranaceous, densely pilose 
on both surfaces; petioles channelled, up to 6 em. long, 
densely pilose, gradually dilated toward the imbricating 
base. Scape densely pilose throughout, provided below 
with one small leaf and above with two or three remote 
sheaths. Raceme short, up to about 8.2 cm. long, laxly 
several- to many-flowered. Floral bracts lanceolate, acu- 
minate, concave, pilose, much shorter than the pedicellate 
ovary. Flowers inverted with lateral sepals and lip upper- 
most, membranaceous. Sepals very sparsely long-pilose 
without. Dorsal sepal narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, grad- 
ually narrowed to an acute apex, about 12 mm. long and 
3.2 mm. wide, 8- to 5-nerved. Lateral sepals connate 
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