in lava fields, on trees in dry oak forests or in moist trop- 
ical forests. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: 
Mexico—Michoaecan: Hinton 13678, Nagel 2235; Vera Cruz: Foster 
27, Conzatti 353, Ostlund 2606, Purpus 2137, 3892, 16300; Oaxaca: 
Nagel 5371; Chiapas : Schmeling 6273, Nagel 5696, Matuda 1813, 2581. 
GuatTeMALa—Alta Verapaz: Standley 70923, Smith 1665; Chimal- 
tenango: Johnston 1381; Chiquimula: Steyermark 31505; Guatemala: 
Aguilar 172; Huehuetenango: Seler 2724; Jalapa: Kellerman 7868 ; 
Quetzaltenango: Skutch 797 (in part); Retalhuleu: Rojas 444; San 
Marcos: Steyermark 37630; Santa Rosa: Maxon & Hay 3374, Heyde 
& Lux 3864, 6243; Zacapa: Steyermark 29607; also ‘‘Chocola’’, 
Morton 263. 
Satvapor—San Salvador : Calderon 62; San Vicente: Standley 21547. 
Honpuras-—Comayagua: Edwards 66, 166, 229, 
Costa Rica—Cartago : Standley 36015, Danielson (Stork 1190); Gua- 
nacaste: Standley & Valerio 45100; San José: Alfaro 120 (in part). 
EXCLUDED SPECIES 
So far as we know, the following citations include all 
of the concepts originally proposed for the genus Jsochi- 
lus, or wrongly attributed to it, which have subsequently 
been transferred to other genera. 
Tsochilus cernuum Lindley in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 
ser. 1, 10 (1842) 184=Epidendrum Karwinskii 
Reichb,f. 
Tsochilus dubius A. Richard & Galeotti in Ann. Sci. 
Nat., ser.3, 3 (1845) 23 =Scaphyglottis livida (Lind. ) 
Schltr. 
Tsochilus elegans Focke in Tijdschr. Natuurk. Weten- 
sch. 4(1851) 68=Epidendrum stenopetalum Hook. 
Tsochilus fusiforme Lindley Gen.& Sp. Orch. Pl. (18381) 
113=Epidendrum fusiforme (Lindl.) Reichb-f. 
Tsochilus globosum (Jaeq.) Lindley Gen. & Sp. Orch. 
Pl. (1831) 112=Jacquiniella globosa (Jacq.) Schltr. 
Tsochilus graminifolius HBK. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1 
(1816) 340, t. 73=Maxillaria graminifolia (H BK.) 
Reich. f. 
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