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BOTANICAL MUSEUM LEAFLETS 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY 
Camnniver, Migsicecuers: JULY 31, 1941 Voi. 10, No. 2 
A NEW SPECIES OF ASPASIA 
FROM PANAMA 
BY 
CHARLES SCHWEINFURTH 
InN the course of identifying an interesting collection 
of orchids from Darien Province, Republic of Panama, 
the following noteworthy species of Aspasia was discov- 
ered. 
Aspasia pusilla C. Schweinfurth sp. nov. 
Herba epiphytica, pusilla. Caules congesti, supra 
pseudobulbosi, parte basali vaginis distichis conduplicatis 
imbricatis vestiti. Pseudobulbi valde complanati, saepis- 
sime plusminusve ellipsoidei, unifoliati. Folium lineare 
vel lineari-ellipticum, acutum, subsessile, in sicco valde 
chartaceum. Inflorescentia lateralis, brevis, laxe pauci- 
flora. Flores pro genere parvi. Sepalum dorsale elliptico- 
oblanceolatum, acutum. Sepala lateralia elliptico-oblonga, 
acuta, dorso carinata. Petala sepalo dorsali similia, levi- 
ter obliqua. Labellum columnae medio adnatum, patens, 
suborbiculari-obovatum, marginibus (parte basali cuneata 
excepta) irregulariter crenulatis. Columna _ perbrevis, 
crassa, clinandrio magno concavo denticulato. 
Plant epiphytic, small and slender for the genus. 
Roots fibrous, glabrous, numerous. Stems crowded, con- 
sisting of shortly stipitate pseudobulbs of which the 
slender lower portion and base of the pseudobulb are in- 
vested by distichously imbricating conduplicate sheaths, 
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