CamBriper, Massacuusetts, Marcu 1, 1940 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY 
NOTES ON AMERICAN ORCHIDS, 
INCLUDING NEW SPECIES AND 
NOMENCLATORIAL CHANGES 
BY 
CHARLES SCHWEINFURTH 
THE following notes, inclusive of the description of 
new species and changes in nomenclature, have been 
found advisable in the course of identifying various 
American collections. 
The order of genera follows that of Dr. E. Pfitzer in 
Engler and Prantl Die natiirlichen Pflanzentamilien. 
NOMENCLATORIAL NOTES ON CRANICHIS 
The following reductions in Cranichis have been 
found advisable after a careful study of closely similar 
concepts. 
Cranichis diphylla Swartz Prodr. Veg. Ind. Oce. 
(1788) 120—Cogniaux in Urban Symb. Antill. 6 (1909) 
357—Fawcett & Rendle Fl. Jam. 1 (1910) 33. 
Cranichis guatemalensis Schlechter in Fedde Repert. 
2 (1906) 129. 
? Cranichis nigrescens Schlechter in Fedde Repert. 
10 (1912) 482. 
Cranichis ovatilabia Schlechter in Fedde Repert. Bei- 
hefte 7 (1920) 59. 
Cranichis Alfredu Schlechter in Fedde Repert. Bei- 
hefte 19 (1928) 82. 
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