tinged the color of the flowers. The flowers, according 
to collectors’ notes, are ‘‘rose-colored’’, ‘‘lavander’’, 
‘‘white stained magenta-purple on the lip’’, ‘‘white 
with pink hue’’, ‘‘pink’’ and ‘‘pink, at lip-base 2 darker 
stains’’. 
Tsochilus mqjor is found on the mainland from southern 
Mexico to Panama. It is represented from Jamaica by 
two collections, one of which is doubtful material. It 
occurs as a terrestrial or epiphyte from about 600 to 2000 
meters altitude in open or cloud forests, and is often 
found growing in large clumps on rocks. 
An examination of a photograph of the type of J./ati- 
bracteatus shows that it is probably referable to the typi- 
cal form of this species. However, the leaves are rather 
narrow for J.mqjor; it may be that, if it were possible 
to examine the type, it would be found to be referable to 
var. Amparoanus. 
An examination of an isotype of J. chiriquensis in the 
Ames Herbarium (Sheet No. 23831) and a comparison 
of it with a photograph of the type of J. mqjor show that 
these concepts are essentially the same. Vegetatively 
they are an exact match. However, JI. chiriquensis has 
fewer flowers in a shorter and less compact inflorescence 
than that of typical J. major. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: 
Mexico—Colima: Reko 4829; Michoacan: Aiken 1378; Puebla: 
Hultén 4931; Vera Cruz: Linden 69 (Type of J. major, photograph 
seen), Galeotti 5170 (Type of J.latibracteatus, photograph seen), Bour- 
geau 66, Pringle 15588, Maury 361, Foster 1, 15, 18; Chiapas: Nagel 
4876, 5658. 
GuaTEMALA—Jutiapa: Steyermark 31898. 
Honpuras—Comayagua: Edwards 285, 476 (in part); Tegucigalpa: 
Edwards 15, 16. 
Costa Rica—Cartago: Stork 391. 
Panama—Chiriqui: Powell 98 (Type of /.chiriquensis, isotype seen), 
3380, Killip 3532, Woodson, Allen & Seibert 1003. 
Jamatca—Mazron 10262, Maxon & Killip 413. 
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