NOMENCLATORIAL NOTES AMONG 
SOUTH AMERICAN ORCHIDS 
BY 
CHARLES SCHWEINFURTH 
During my intensive studies of the orchids of Peru, 
I have found the following nomenclatorial transfers to be 
necessary. 
Malaxis carnosa (HBK.) C. Schweinfurth comb. 
nov. 
Stelis carnosa Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth Nov. 
Gen. et Sp. 1 (1816) 362. 
Dienia calycina Lindley Gen. & Sp. Orch. Pl. (1880) 
23. 
Ophrys monophyllos Pavon ex Lindley Gen. & Sp. 
Orch. Pl. (1880) 28, in synon. 
Microstyls graciis Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. 24 
(1888) 321. 
Microstylis calycina Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. 24 
(1888) 331. 
Serapias parasitica Pavon ex Ridley in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. 24 (1888) 831, in synon. 
Malazxis calycina O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. Pl. 2 (1891) 
673. 
Malaxis gracilis O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. Pl. 2 (1891) 
6738. 
Microstylis monticola Schlechter in Fedde Repert. 8 
(1906) 17. 
Microstylis microtoides Schlechter in Beihefte Bot. 
Centralbl. 86, Abt. 2 (1918) 381. 
Malaxis monticola Ames in Proce. Biol. Soc. Wash. 
35 (1922) 84. 
A photograph of the type of Stelis carnosa together 
with two flowers from the specimen in the Muséum 
d’ Histoire Naturelle at Paris show that this concept rep- 
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