produced into a short somewhat broader foot which is 
about 9 mm. long. 
This concept appears to be remarkable in its genus by 
reason of the elongate sepals and much shorter petals. 
It was described from a photograph, and notes of the 
vegetative parts, together with a flowering scape pre- 
served in liquid, supplied by the University of California 
Botanical Garden (Berkeley), culture no. 50.1896. 
Peru: Sariapampa (?), Woytkowski 289. 
Zygopetalum Klugii C. Schweinfurth sp. nov. 
Herba epiphytica, pro genere mediocris, rhizomate 
abbreviato. Folia plura, in circulo flabelliformi, ad vagi- 
nas conduplicatas articulata; lamina oblongo-obovata vel 
oblongo-oblanceolata, abrupte acuta, infra sensim angus- 
tata. Inflorescentiae breves, uniflorae. Flos pro genere 
parvus, segmentis patentibus. Sepalum dorsale oblongo- 
lanceolatum, acuminatum. Sepala lateralia majora, ob- 
lique lanceolata, acuminata. Petala elliptico-lanceolata, 
acuminata, sepalo dorsali paulo minora. Labellum bre- 
viter unguiculatum, in hypochilium et epichilium divi- 
sum ; hypochilium conduplicato-concavum, antice digiti- 
formi-fimbriatum ; epichilium elliptico-lanceolatum, acu- 
minatum. Columna conspicua, infra late bialata. 
Plant epiphytic, medium-sized for the genus, without 
or with an abbreviated rhizome, without pseudobulbs or 
apparent stems. Roots fibrous, rather slender, glabrous, 
whitish. Leaves several in a flabelliform cluster, articu- 
lated to conduplicate basally imbricating sheaths the 
outer members of which are much smaller with abbre- 
viated or no blades; lamina oblong-obovate to oblong- 
oblanceolate (rarely an abbreviated outer blade is ovate), 
abruptly acute, long-narrowed below, membranaceous, 
with three to seven nerves exserted beneath, up to 26 
em. long and 5.5 cm. wide (the uppermost blade longest 
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