mid-nerve, 11—13.5 mm. long, 2.5—8.5 mm. wide above 
the middle. Lip in natural position arcuate-decurved 
above the middle, when spread out linear-spatulate, acute, 
cucullate-concave and rounded at the base, dorsally car- 
inate along the thickened mid-nerve, 11-14 mm. long; 
basal portion linear, canaliculate, 6-8 mm. long, 1.5-38 
mm. wide; apical portion dilated, ovate to oval, reflexed, 
with the margins usually undulate-crisped, 5—6 mm. long, 
3-4.5 mm. wide; disc with an intramarginal linear callus 
on each side extending from the base to about the middle 
of the apical portion. Column clavellate, terete below, 
10-12 mm. long. Capsule cylindrical, ribbed, 1.5—2 cm. 
long. 
Corymborchis cubensis is found throughout the West 
Indies, Mexico and Central America. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: 
Mexico: pr. Mirador, in sylvis umbrosis pinus, March 1842, Lieb- 
mann 6769 (U.S. Nat. Herb.) ; Mirador, March 1847, Lehmann 13.15.16 
(Gray Herb.); Vera Cruz, Mt. Armalonga, east of Tezonapa, Cordova- 
Tierra Blanca, very shady parts in virgin forest, in tough peaty soil, 
grows up to 2 meters high, fls. greenish white, at 550 meters alt., 
Jan. 5, 1934, Otto Nagel 3585 (Herb. Ames); Vera Cruz, Mt. Arm- 
alonga, near Tezonapa, virgin forest in peaty soil, fls. greenish white, 
at 500 meters alt., Nov. 12, 1934, Otto Nagel & Juan G. 4105A 
(Herb. Ames). 
GuaTeMaLa: Alta Verapaz, im Walde von Pansamala, 1300 meters 
alt., Sept. 1886, H. von Tuerckheim 1021 (Herb. Ames & U.S. Nat. 
Herb. ); Alta Verapaz, Cubilgiiitz, 350 m. alt., auf losem humusreichem 
Waldboden, Nov. 1903, H. von Tuerckheim 8601 (U.S. Nat. Herb.). 
Costa Rica: El] Silencio, at 800 meters alt., July 5, 1923, J. 
Valerio 143 (U.S. Nat. Herb.). 
Cusa: prope villam Monte Verde dictam, Cuba Orientali, Jan.-Jul. 
1859, C. Wright 1471 (Gray Herb.) ; 1860-1864, C. Wright 3312 (Gray 
Herb.); El Yunque, Mt. Baracoa, 5 feet tall, March 1903, L. M. 
Underwood & FS. Earle 685 (Herb. N.Y. Bot. Gard.); Oriente, Faral- 
lon de La Perla, plant 3.5 dm. tall, flowers greenish, Feb. 14, 1911, 
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