ly clawed lip is the form seen in typical C. guatemalensis. 
A characteristic of this concept is that the leaves are said 
to be adorned with white spots on the upper surface. 
Other species which are surely closely allied to C. 
diphylla and may prove to be synonymous are the Cuban 
C. tenuiflora Griseb. and the Venezuelan C. Schlimii 
Reichb. f. 
In numerous specimens of C. diphylla trom Costa Rica 
(in the Ames Herbarium) the flowers are designated as 
pale greenish, greenish white or white. 
Cranichis diphylla Sw., as now delimited, grows in 
Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Colombia, as well 
as in Jamaica and Haiti. 
Cranichis Wageneri Reichenbach filius in Linnaea 
41 (1876) 19. 
Cranichis subcordata Schlechter in Fedde Repert. 2 
(1906) 180. 
Cranichis pilosa Fawcett & Rendle in Journ. Bot. 47 
(1909) 265; Fl. Jam. 1 (1910) 33, t. 5, figs. 1-3. 
Cranichis costaricensis Schlechter in Fedde Repert. 
Beihefte 19 (1928) 12. 
Cranichis Vierecku Ames in Sched. Orch. 7 (1924) 1. 
A specimen of the type collection of the Venezuelan 
Cranichis Wageneri Reichb.f. in the Ames Herbarium 
shows that the basal leaf is ovate to oblong-ovate (not 
oblong, as cited in the type description) and that the 
linear petals are conspicuously long-ciliate, whereas no 
ciliation is mentioned or shown in a drawing of the type 
from the Reichenbach Herbarium in Vienna. 
Cranichis subcordata Schltr. from Guatemala is de- 
scribed as having leaves reaching only 8.5 cm. in length 
and 2.8 cm. in width, whereas typical C. Wageneri has 
leaves at least 7.5 cm. long and 8.3 cm. wide. However, 
there is no noticeable difference in floral characters. 
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