Pityphyllum laricinum (A7riinz/.) Schlechter in 
Fedde Repert. Beih. 7 (1920) 168. 
Maaillaria laricina Wriinzlin in Engler Bot. Jahrb. 54 
(1916) Beibl. 117, p. 29. 
An examination of isotype material of Maaillaria la- 
ricina Kriinzl. shows that there are several misconceptions 
and inaccuracies in the type description (I.c.), and there- 
fore it seems advisable to correct these misstatements. 
Of first importance is the fact that the so-called abbre- 
viated leafy branches, or ‘‘ramuli foliati abbreviati, folia 
... fasciculum foliorum Laricis cujusdam aemulantia, ”’ 
actually represent small plants of a Bromeliad. The sus- 
pected identity of this epiphyte on an epiphyte was cor- 
roborated by Dr. Lyman B. Smith of the Gray Herbar- 
ium who tells me that in all probability the visitor is a 
species of 'Tillandsia. 
Careful investigation also shows that the pseudobulbs 
are commonly bifoliate (not trifoliate) and mostly about 
10 mm. (not 7 mm. or less) long. The leaves, which also 
appear on some of the cauline sheaths as well as on the 
pseudobulbs, are up to 1.5 cm. (rather than 1.2 cm.) long. 
The sepals are lanceolate and about 8.7 mm. (rather than 
3mm.) long. The petals, which are thinner in texture 
than the sepals, are linear and about 8 mm. (rather than 
2.5mm.) long. The lip, which is described as simple and 
oblong, is in reality constricted (and thus trilobulate) 
above the middle and ovate-elliptic in outline when flat- 
tened. It lacks a definite basal callus (as described), but has 
instead a pair of short arcuate folds near the constriction. 
This little plant was transferred by Schlechter to the 
genus Pityphyllum, a segregate from Maxillaria on the 
basis of the minute flowers and footless column. 
The species occurs in the Peruvian departments of 
Cajamarca (type of Mawillaria laricina) and Junin, fide 
Schlechter (in Fedde Repert. Beih. 9 (1921) 161. 
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