not recognized prior to 1939, as specimens of it have been 
available in herbaria for more than one hundred and fifty 
years and it has been referred to in literature for about 
seventy-five years. 
It is regrettable that Acufa’s description of the spe- 
cies lacks a Latin diagnosis and consequently, according 
to the International Rules of Botanical Nomenclature, 
the name is not recognized as published. In order to val- 
idate Acuna’s name, “‘cubensis’’, a Latin diagnosis and 
an amplified description are here given. 
Corymborchis cubensis 4cufa in Estac. Exper. 
Agron. Bol. Tée. 60 (Cat. descr. Orquid. Cub.) (19389) 
51, ampl. Correll. 
Corymbis flava Hemsl. sensu Cogniaux in Urban 
Symb. Antill. 6 (1909) 365. (exclude synonymy). 
Chloidia flava Griseb. F 1. Brit. West Ind. (1864) 643. 
(as to description, not as to synonomy). 
Planta robusta, elata. Caulis teres, erectus vel de- 
cumbens. Folia ampla, disticha, lanceolato-elliptica vel 
anguste lanceolata, longe 
acuminata, sessilia, plicata, 
prominenter nervosa. In- 
florescentiae laterales, ex 
foliorum axillis exorientes, 
paniculatae ; pedunculi gra- 
ciles, squamosi. Bracteae 
inflorescentiae ovato-trian- 
gulares vel lanceolatae, acu- 
tae vel acuminatae, conca- 
vae. Flores arcuati, patuli. 
1. Corymborchis cubensis, lip, three : 
and one half times natural size. Sepalum dorsale lineare vel 
2, Corymborchis flava, lip, three and : : 7 
one half times natural size. lineari-oblanceolatum, acu 
Drawn March 1940 by G.W.Diton tum vel acuminatum, car- 
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