tenuis, late ovato-rhombeis, acutis vel obtusis, reflexis, 
9-nerviis, 18-21 mm. longis, 8-12 mm. latis; Jabello 
complicato, 3-lobo; lobis lateralibus oblongis, obtusis 
vel subacutis, 3.5-4 mm. longis, lobo intermedio ovato- 
oblongo, acuto vel obtusiusculo, 14-17 mm. longo, 5-8 
mm. lato; disco supra basim multi-cristato, cristis antice 
in fimbrias dissolutis; columna 8 mm. longa, apice bi- 
auriculata; ovariis pedicellatis 1.5-2 em. longis. 
This is the second species of the genus to be noted. 
A third, as yet undescribed, from the Guiana Highlands, 
is under study at present by Mr. Schweinfurth. Duckeella 
pauciflora differs from D. Adolfii Campos Porto & Brade 
in having a short raceme, larger flowers and differently 
shaped petals and lip. 
CoLtompia: Comisaria del Vaupés, Rio Kubiydé (tributary of Rio 
Vaupés); Cerro Kafiendaé, savannahs about 15 miles upstream from 
mouth, Quartzite base. Altitude about 800-900 feet. Nov. 10, 1952. 
Richard Evans Schultes & Isidoro Cabrera 18309 (Tyr in Herb. Ames 
no. 69675; Dupticare Type in U.S. Nat. Herb.); Schultes & Cabrera 
18399 (Herb. Ames no. 69674).—Yapobodaé. P. H. Allen 3203 (U.S. 
Nat. Herb. no. 1951970). 
Sobralia lancea Garay sp. nov. 
Saxicola, usque ad 50 cm. alta; radicibus fasciculatis, 
satis crassis pubescentibus; caulibus caespitosis, erectis, 
parte basali vaginatis, supra paucifoliatis, teretibus, gla- 
bris; foliis lanceolatis, apice longe acuminatis, basi in 
vaginam caulem amplectentem angustatis, subcoriaceis, 
plicatis, 16-25 em. longis, 1-1.5 cm. latis; inflorescentia 
valde abbreviata, bracteis lanceolatis, bifariis, arctissime 
adpressis omnino obtecta; floribus succedaneis, tenuis- 
simis, glabris; sepalis petalisque inter se simillimis, 
oblongo-lanceolatis, brevissime acuminatis, 5-7 nerviis, 
3 cm. longis, 5 mm. latis; labello ovato-pandurato, basi 
rotundato, apice undulato; disco a basi usque ad con- 
strictionem bilamellato, lamellis leviter crenulatis, supra 
dentiformibus, 2.4 em. longo, supra basim 12 mm., ad 
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