and the column-wings. An examination of Lindley’s 
illustration of O.tenwe shows the short-branched inflores- 
cence waich is characteristic of this variety. 
Varievy fenue is rare in Mexico and Guatemala where 
it is epiphytic on trees in humid forests up to about 1000 
meters eltitude. 
Leochilus Johnstonii mes & Correll sp. nov. 
Herba parva, glabra, saepissime caespitosa. Pseudo- 
bulbi inconspicui, suborbiculares, apice unifoliati, basi 
vaginis distichis foliiferis celantibus ornati. Folia lineari- 
ligulata, obtusa, articulata, coriacea; vaginae valde con- 
duplicatae, crassae, marginibus hyalinis. [nflorescentia 
in pseucobulbi basi axillaris, quam folia multo brevior, 
erecto-adscendens vel patens et pendula, pluriflora: pe- 
dunculus et rachis angulata. Florum bracteae triangulari- 
ovatae Vel triangulari-lanceolatae, acutae, concavae, scar- 
iosae. Flores parvi, cum ovariis pedicellatis crassis sig- 
moideo-arcuatis, trialatis. Sepala libera, elliptica vel 
elliptico-lanceolata, acuta, dorso carinata, navicularia: 
sepalum dorsale erecto-arcuatum, cucullum super col- 
umnam. formans; sepala lateralia obliqua, patentia. Petala 
elliptica vel oblongo-elliptica, obtusa vel subacuta, leviter 
concava, plusminusve porrecta. Labellum patens, ellip- 
ticum, leviter retusum, marginibus paulo recurvis minute 
undulatis, conspicue trinervium nervis ramosis; discus 
ima basi callo profunde concavo glabro, et antice callo 
subquadrato leviter sulcato puberulo ornatus. Columna 
‘arnosa, Clavata, medio stelidio parvo oblique triangulari 
obtuso porrecto utrinque donata. Capsula obovoideo- 
ellipsoidea vel late ellipsoidea, tenuiter pedicellata, eros- 
trata, tr quetra angulis valde alatis. 
Plant small, glabrous, usually growing in clumps, up 
to 11 cm. tall. Pseudobulbs inconspicuous, suborbicular, 
less than 6 mm. long, about 38 mm. wide, unifoliate, 
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