TWO ADDITIONS TO THE 
ORCHID FLORA OF VENEZUELA 
BY 
CHARLES SCHWEINFURTH 
Dunrinec the course of my investigations on the orchid 
flora of the Guiana Highlands with special emphasis on 
Venezuela, the following two species which seem to be 
amply distinct were discovered. 
Vargasiella venezuelana C. Schweinfurth sp. nov. 
Herba terrestris, elata, robusta, in parte inferiore de- 
cumbens. Caulis vaginis numerosis, adpressis, imbrican- 
tibus, foliiferis omnino celatus. Folia elliptica vel elliptico- 
oblonga, valde acuminata, ad basim articulatam longe 
attenuata, submembranacea, plicata. Inflorescentia e 
folii medii axilla exoriens, elata; pedunculus vaginis 
nonnullis brevibus, tubulatis remote ornatus; racemus 
perlaxe pauciflorus. Flores mediocres, laete purpurei, 
subcrassi, cum sepalis longitudinaliter concavis. Sepalum 
dorsale expansum lanceolato-oblongum, obtusum vel 
acutum. Sepala lateralia valde similia sed paullo majora, 
obliqua. Petala sepalis multo breviora et latiora, ovalia 
vel oblongo-elliptica, obtusa vel subacuta. Labellum 
simplex, unguiculatum; unguis brevis sed distinctus, a 
basi oblonga abrupte dilatatus, carina mediana crassa, 
apice divisa ornatus; lamina leviter recurva, triangulari- 
ovata, apice rotundata, basi prominenter cordata. Col- 
umna crassa, brevis. 
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