are prevailingly elliptic or elliptic-oblong, rather than 
oblong-lanceolate as described. The sepals are oblong- 
ovate and about 7.9 mm. long, whereas the type descrip- 
tion cites them as oblong-lanceolate or broadly oblong 
and 7 mm. long. The dorsal sepal is 4mm. (not 1.5 mm.) 
wide and the lateral sepals are slightly over 4 mm. (not 
3 mm.) wide. The petals are 2 mm. (not 1 mm.) wide. 
The lip is approximately elliptic-ovate (not obovate) and 
is 4mm. wide when expanded (not 2.5 mm. in front). 
Maxillaria huancabambae (Kriinz/.) C. Schweinf: 
var. cuzcoensis C. Schweinfurth var. nov. 
This variety differs from the species in the following 
particulars. Leaves relatively slender, linear-oblong to 
narrowly elliptic-oblong, up to 8.8 em. long, 4-5 mm. 
wide; those of the type are elliptic to oblong-elliptic and 
up to 8.2 em. long, 6-9 mm. wide. Flowers white; those 
of the type golden- to orange-yellow. Sepals somewhat 
narrower than in the type. Lateral lobes or auricles of 
the lip consisting of indistinct dilations; those of the 
type distinct and triangular-ovate. Column very short, 
about 1.5 mm. long at the back; that of the type much 
longer, about 2.7 mm. long at the back. 
Cuzco: Prov. of Convencién, Hda. Potrero, Sapan-Sachayocc, at 
2200 meters altitude, epiphyte in dense forest, March 5, 1942, C. 
Vargas 2258 (Type in Herb. Ames No. 61950). 
Maxillaria infausta Reichenbach filius in Bonpl. 3 
(1855) 216. 
After an examination of a drawing of this concept in- 
cluding a rough sketch of the flower from the Reichen- 
bach Herbarium at Vienna and especially of an actual 
specimen of what doubtless is an isotype bearing the no- 
tation ‘‘Peruvia Matthews 1862,’ it seems advisable to 
publish a few clarifying remarks. 
Plant medium-sized, caulescent. Stem entirely con- 
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