conspicuous, with the base usually extended as a short 
mentum. 
This species is apparently endemic to Hispaniola where 
it is found as an epiphyte on trees and on limestone rocks 
from near sea level up to 200 meters altitude. 
Hairt: Presqu’ile du Nord-Ouest, Port-de-Paix, at Saline Michel, 
Ekman 3930; vicinity of La Vallée, Tortue Island, Leonard & Leonard 
15612. 
Dominican Repustic: Barahona, Trujin, Abbott 1727; Seibo, La 
Romana, Taylor 524; Cape Samana, Samana Peninsula, Abbott 1185; 
Palmarejo, Eggers 1809. 
EXCLUDED SPECIES 
Laelia domingensis Millspaugh in Field Columb. Mus. 
Bot. 2 (Plantae Utowanae) (1900) p. 82 (Publ. 43), ewel. 
synon. =Epidendrum bifidum Au//. 
At the time he made the combination, Laelia domin- 
gensis, Millspaugh cited a specimen (supposedly of this 
species) from Puerto Rico (‘‘Sand dunes and grassy fields 
near the sea, Catafio and Santurce (277), Porto Rico. 
Tuber 2-leaved, leaves 18-24 4.2 em., scape nude, 
whitish, 112 cm. high; flowers, few apical rose colored. ’’) 
An examination of this specimen shows that it is Hpi- 
dendrum bifidum Aubl. 
Laelopsis chinensis (Lindl.) ‘‘Lindl.’’ ex Reichen- 
bach f. in Saunders Refug. Bot. 2 (1882) sub. t. 139, in 
synon. =Epidendrum chinense (Lindl.) Ames. 
II. CONCERNING ACUNA’S CATALOGUE OF 
CUBAN ORCHIDS 
In Acuna’s Catalogo Descriptivo de las Orquideas Cu- 
banas seventy-nine genera and two hundred and seventy- 
two species were included, five of which were invalidly 
published as new species since they lacked Latin diagno- 
ses. Williams pointed out in his review of the Catalogue 
(Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harvard Univ. 7 (1989) 181-182) that 
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