spreading, apparently reddish brown. Sepals linear-ellip- 
tic to linear-oblanceolate, obtuse to subacuminate, 1.5—-1.8 
cm. long, 8.8-4.5 mm. wide at the widest point; dorsal 
sepal canaliculate; lateral sepals more or less  faleate. 
Petals oblanceolate to linear-spatulate, obtuse to sub- 
acute, falcate, 1.6—-2 em. long, 2.8-3.8 mm. wide above 
the middle. Lip suborbicular to broadly cuneate-obovate 
in outline, prominently or shallowly 8-lobed above the 
middle, rounded to broadly cuneate at the base, 1.5-1.8 
cm. long, 1.5-1.6 em. wide across the lateral lobes when 
spread out; lateral lobes obtuse to broadly rounded, up- 
curved in natural position, with the free part up to 4.5 
mm. long; mid-lobe very variable, broadly obcordate to 
subquadrate, somewhat emarginate, with the margins 
crenulate-dentate, 4-6 mm. long, 6-11 mm. wide: lamina 
prominently nervose, adorned with five parallel lamellae ; 
the three central lamellae prominent, irregularly scal- 
loped and broken on the mid-lobe, extending from below 
the middle of the lip nearly to the apex of the mid-lobe, 
and on each side of these a shorter lamella which termi- 
nates near the base of the mid-lobe. Column somewhat 
clavate, arcuate, compressed, about 1 em. long. 
This species is distinguished by its narrow sepals and 
petals, the distinctive shape of the lip, and the peculiar 
scalloped and undulated lamellae which adorn the dise 
of the lip. The lip is very much like that of some species 
of Bletia. 
This species is named in honor of Barton H. Warnock, 
who for many years has been a diligent collector of bo- 
tanical specimens in the Glass and Chisos Mountains of 
Texas. 
Texas: Brewster Co., rare in upper Blue Creek Canyon, Chisos 
Mts., June 25, 1937, B. H. Warnock (Tyrer in Herb. Univ. of Texas); 
Brewster Co., Chisos Mts., July 25, 1982, C. H. Mueller S957 (Herb. 
Univ. of Texas); Brewster Co., rare, Upper Juniper Spring and Blue 
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