SOME NOMENCLATORIAL TRANSFERS 
AMONG PERUVIAN ORCHIDS 
BY 
CHARLES SCHWEINFURTH 
INCIDENT to working on the orchid flora of Peru, the 
following specific reductions were found advisable. 
Elleanthus conifer Reichenbach filius in Walpers 
Ann. 6 (1862) 474. 
Kvelyna conifera Reichenbach filius & Warscewiez 
in Bonpl. 2 (1854) 118. 
EKlleanthus Weberbauerianus Kriinzlin in Engler Bot. 
Jahrb. 54 (1916) Beibl. 117, p. 28. 
Elleanthus conchochilus Schlechter in Fedde Repert. 
Beihefte 9 (1921) 46; in Beihefte 57 (1929) t. 108, 
Nr. 402. 
A drawing from the type of Mvelyna conifera from 
the Reichenbach Herbarium in Vienna has narrowly lan- 
ceolate leaves which are long-attenuate and up to about 
22 cm. long and 2.5 em. wide, araceme about 6 cm. long 
and a lip which appears to be broadly rounded at the apex. 
On the other hand, a photograph of the type of //- 
leanthus Weberbauerianus accompanied by floral analyses 
shows narrowly oblong-lanceolate acuminate leaves up to 
14 cm. long and about 2 cm. wide, a raceme about 10 
em. long and a lip which is retuse at the apex. 
However, a specimen ( Soukup 473) apparently iden- 
tical with 7. Weberbauerianus has lanceolate-elongate- 
attenuate leaves up to 21 em. long and 3.5 em. wide, 
while the immature raceme is almost 7 em. long. Another 
collection ( Macbride 3489) has the leat-blade of typical 
KH. Weberbauerianus, up to only 15.8 cm. long, and a 
raceme about 8 cm. long. A further number ( Weber- 
bauer 7868 ) has leaves of both forms (elongate-lanceolate 
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