The West Indian Cranichis pilosa Fawe. & Rendle 
from Jamaica and Santo Domingo is apparently indis- 
tinguishable from C. Wageneri. The leaf-blades are said 
to vary from 4 to 10 cm. long and from 2.5 to 7.5 em. 
wide. Its flowers are said to be ‘‘greenish tinted with 
pink... orumber,... petals light pink with white hairs 
or pale reddish-brown, ... lip white tinted with green 
outside and pink inside, or white with reddish markings. ”’ 
The Costa Rican Cranichis costaricensis Schltr. does 
not differ from C.subcordata in any significant detail. In 
the Ames Herbarium are several collections identified as 
C.subcordata in one of which there is a leaf about 11.5 
cm. long and 6.2 em. wide, and the flowers (according 
to collectors’ notes) range from green or greenish white 
to white. 
The Colombian Cranichis Vierecktt Ames shows no 
noticeable difference from the other concepts of this cat- 
egory other than in having a smooth rachis. 
The most significant variations in this widely extend- 
ed species appear to occur in a Mexican collection, Ma- 
tuda 1807. In this number the flowers have sepals which 
are acute rather than acuminate, and the somewhat broad- 
er lip has the central vein bifurcate at the apex. Of the 
two specimens forming this collection, one bearing a short 
raceme of flowers in good condition is about 84 cm. high. 
The flowers are slightly larger than usual and the lip is 
rather more rhombic in outline. The other specimen, 
bearing old and imperfect flowers, is about 61 em. high 
and is thus more than twice as high as any specimens of 
C.subcordata in the Ames Herbarium. 
A concept which may prove to be a synonym of this 
species is Cranichis Engelit Reichb.f. from Venezuela. 
Judging from a drawing of the type sent from the Reich- 
enbach Herbarium, it appears to be very similar to C. 
Wagener, but differs in having the floral bracts pilose, 
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